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** Put in charge of the [[Kaientai]], in Kobe, an auxiliary naval training unit established by Katsu Kaishu

** Put in charge of the [[Kaientai]], in Kobe, an auxiliary naval training unit established by Katsu Kaishu

** Introduced to [[Yokoi Shonan]], an influential loyalist from Fukui, who advocated opening the country  

** Introduced to [[Yokoi Shonan]], an influential loyalist from Fukui, who advocated opening the country  

* [[1864]] Met [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], a Satsuma loyalist leader, one of the future masterminds behind the future overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu

* [[1864]] Met [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]], a [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] loyalist leader, one of the future masterminds behind the future overthrow of the Tokugawa bakufu

* [[1865]] Established Japan’s first foreign trading company, the Kameyama-shachu in Nagasaki, with the help of Saigo, to run supplies to loyalists in Choshu.

* [[1865]] Established Japan’s first foreign trading company, the Kameyama-shachu in Nagasaki, with the help of Saigo, to run supplies to loyalists in Choshu.

** Met [[Choshu han|Chôshu]] loyalist leader [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] and begins to push longtime enemies, Satsuma and Choshu to form an anti-Tokugawa alliance

** Met [[Choshu han|Chôshu]] loyalist leader [[Katsura Kogoro|Katsura Kogorô]] and begins to push longtime enemies, Satsuma and Choshu to form an anti-Tokugawa alliance

* [[1866]] Successfully brokered the secret military alliance between Satsuma and Choshu that will seal the fate of the Tokugawa bakufu.   

* [[1866]] Successfully brokered the secret military alliance between Satsuma and Choshu that will seal the fate of the [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] [[Bakufu]].   

**  One night after the conclusion of the Satsuma-Choshu alliance, Ryoma fights his way out of the [[Teradaya]] using a Smith & Wesson revolver during a raid by pro-bakufu police forces.  

**  One night after the conclusion of the Satsuma-Choshu alliance, Ryoma fights his way out of the [[Teradaya]] using a Smith & Wesson revolver during a raid by pro-bakufu police forces.  

[[1867]] Received a second pardon from Tosa

*[[1867]] Received a second pardon from Tosa

** Reorganized the Kameyama-shachu into the Tosa-Kaientai, and is appointed its head.

** Reorganized the Kameyama-shachu into the Tosa-Kaientai, and is appointed its head.

** While running guns, the Kaintai vessel lroha is struck by a vessel belonging to Kii. Ryoma files a law suit under the premise that the Kii ship violated the laws of the sea as stipulated under international law. Receives an out-of-court settlement.  

** While running guns, the Kaintai vessel lroha is struck by a vessel belonging to Kii. Ryoma files a law suit under the premise that the Kii ship violated the laws of the sea as stipulated under international law. Receives an out-of-court settlement.  

** [[Gotô Shôjirô|Goto Shojiro]], head of the Tosa bureaucracy, passes a written memorial calling for the immediate restoration of imperial rule and a new government based on Ryoma’s Eight-Point Program to the leader of Tosa, [[Yamauchi Yodo|Yamauchi Yôdô]], who passes the document to the bakufu.  

** [[Gotô Shôjirô|Goto Shojiro]], head of the Tosa bureaucracy, passes a written memorial calling for the immediate restoration of imperial rule and a new government based on Ryoma’s Eight-Point Program to the leader of Tosa, [[Yamauchi Yodo|Yamauchi Yôdô]], who passes the document to the bakufu.  

**[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], accepts the memorial from Tosa and resigns as Shogun, returning political power to the imperial court.

**[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], accepts the memorial from Tosa and resigns as Shogun, returning political power to the imperial court.

**Assassinated with fellow Tosa loyalist, Nakaoka Shintaro by pro-bakufu forces on December 10

**Assassinated with fellow Tosa loyalist, [[Nakaoka Shintaro|Nakaoka Shintarô]] by pro-bakufu forces on December 10

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