Changes

*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] begins studying swordsmanship for the first time.

*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] begins studying swordsmanship for the first time.

*The practice of "subscription [[Noh]]" comes to an end.

*The practice of "subscription [[Noh]]" comes to an end.

*The [[USS Preble|USS ''Preble'']] arrives in [[Naha]], as part of a trip to attempt to open Japan for American commerce.

*The [[USS Preble|USS ''Preble'']] arrives in [[Naha]], as part of an effort to open Japan for American commerce. They are ultimately unsuccessful; the ship's captain, a Commander Glynn, is petitioned to take missionary [[Bernard Bettelheim]] away with him, but he refuses on the grounds that Bettelheim was a British subject.

===Births and Deaths===

===Births and Deaths===