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==Timeline of 1854==
==Timeline of 1854==
*1854/1/6 [[Commodore Perry]] enters [[Shuri castle]] for the second time, as a mere show of authority, but is not granted an audience with any royals.
*Kaei 6/12/22-26 (Jan 20-24) Perry's fourth visit to Ryûkyû. [[Commodore Perry]] enters [[Shuri castle]] for the second time, as a mere show of authority, but is not granted an audience with any royals.
*1854/1/4-5 (Feb 1-2) Perry departs Ryûkyû for [[Edo]].
*1854/1/11-24 (Feb 8-21) A Russian fleet under [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] makes port in [[Naha]].
*1854/1/16 (Feb 13) Perry's fleet arrives in mainland Japan.
*1854/3/3 (March 31) The [[Convention of Kanagawa]] is concluded.
*1854/4/5 The [[USS Saratoga|USS ''Saratoga'']] makes port in Honolulu on its way back to the US from Japan.
*1854/4/5 The [[USS Saratoga|USS ''Saratoga'']] makes port in Honolulu on its way back to the US from Japan.
*1854/6/17 The [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-US)|Treaty of Amity]]<!--琉米修好条約--> between the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] and the United States is signed by Commodore Perry and the Ryukyuan ''[[Sessei]]'' [[Sho Kokun|Shô Kôkun]]''<!--尚宏勲--> at [[Naha]].
*1854/5/17 (June 12) [[Board Incident]] - An American sailor named Board assaults an old woman in Naha.
*1854/6/7 (July 1) Perry arrives in Ryûkyû for the fifth time.
*1854/6/17 (July 11) The [[Treaty of Amity (Ryukyu-US)|Treaty of Amity]]<!--琉米修好条約--> between the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] and the United States is signed by Commodore Perry and the Ryukyuan ''[[Sessei]]'' [[Sho Kokun|Shô Kôkun]]''<!--尚宏勲--> at [[Naha]].
*1854/6/23 (July 17) Perry and his fleet depart Ryûkyû for Hong Kong, taking [[Bernard Bettelheim]] with them.
*1854/11/9 An earthquake and tsunami hit the Nankaidô region.
*1854/11/9 An earthquake and tsunami hit the Nankaidô region.
*Reconstuction of [[Matsumae castle]], begun in [[1849]], is completed.
*Reconstuction of [[Matsumae castle]], begun in [[1849]], is completed.
*Construction on the ''[[tenshu]]'' of [[Matsuyama castle (Iyo)]], begun in [[1820]], is completed.
*Construction on the ''[[tenshu]]'' of [[Matsuyama castle (Iyo)]], begun in [[1820]], is completed.
*Expeditionary forces of the [[Russia-America Company]] occupy [[Sakhalin Island]]; the action, and subsequent Russian claims to the island, are justified by [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] based on the concepts of ''terra nullius'' and 'prior occupation.'
*Expeditionary forces of the [[Russia-America Company]] occupy [[Sakhalin Island]]; the action, and subsequent Russian claims to the island, are justified by Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin based on the concepts of ''terra nullius'' and 'prior occupation.'
*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] completes training in Chiba and returns to [[Tosa han]].
*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] completes training in Chiba and returns to [[Tosa han]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
