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| ==Timeline of 1846== | | ==Timeline of 1846== |
| + | *1846/4/5 Protestant missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]] arrives in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] aboard the British ship ''Starling''. |
| + | *1846/4/7 A French ship called ''[[Sabine]]'' arrives in Ryûkyû. |
| + | *1846/5/13 The French ship ''[[Cleopatre]]'', captained by Jean-Baptiste Cecille, arrives in Ryûkyû along with another French warship. |
| + | *1846/8 The French ships depart Ryûkyû, and take with them the missionary [[Theodore Augustin Forcade]], who had arrived in Ryûkyû in [[1844]], aboard the ''[[Alcmene]]''. They leave two new missionaries, [[Mathieu Adnet]] and [[Pierre-Julien Le Turdu]], to take his place. |
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| ==Other Events of 1846== | | ==Other Events of 1846== |
− | *Protestant missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]] arrives in Ryukyu.
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| *[[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]] is succeeded by his son, who takes the throne as [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]]. | | *[[Emperor Ninko|Emperor Ninkô]] is succeeded by his son, who takes the throne as [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei]]. |
| *[[Matsudaira Katamori]] is adopted by the lord of [[Aizu han]]. | | *[[Matsudaira Katamori]] is adopted by the lord of [[Aizu han]]. |
| + | *Renovations are undertaken at [[Shuri castle]]. |
| + | *The shogunate relents on a ten-year ban, issued in [[1839]], against the sale of "Ryukyu goods" in [[Nagasaki]]. |
| + | *The [[USS Columbus|USS ''Columbus'']] and [[USS Vincennes|USS ''Vincennes'']], captained by Commodore [[James Biddle]] call at [[Uraga]], near [[Edo]]. |
| + | *New York-based publisher John T. White produces a set of ''[[kana]]'' type for type-printing. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
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| *Imperial Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] is born. | | *Imperial Princess [[Kazu-no-Miya]] is born. |
| *Shinsengumi member [[Kawai Tetsugoro|Kawai Tetsugorô]] is born. | | *Shinsengumi member [[Kawai Tetsugoro|Kawai Tetsugorô]] is born. |
| + | *[[Nakatani Shinshichi]], builder of structures at San Francisco's [[Hagiwara Tea Garden]], is born (d. 1922). |
| + | *[[Prince Rinnoji|Prince Rinnôji]] is born (d. [[1895]]). |
| + | *[[Jacques Sallus]] and [[Francois-Charles Guitart]], two members of the crew of the French ship ''Sabine'', die and are [[Oranda baka (Nago)|buried]] in [[Unten]]. |
| *[[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] is born. | | *[[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] is born. |
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