Changes

*[[Morita-za]] [[kabuki]] theatre in [[Edo]] changes its name to incorporate the ''[[kanji]]'' for "protection".

*[[Morita-za]] [[kabuki]] theatre in [[Edo]] changes its name to incorporate the ''[[kanji]]'' for "protection".

*[[Fukuzawa Yukichi]] founds a school of [[rangaku|Western learning]] which would later become [[Keio University|Keiô University]].

*[[Fukuzawa Yukichi]] founds a school of [[rangaku|Western learning]] which would later become [[Keio University|Keiô University]].

*[[Shimazu Tadayoshi]] succeeds [[Shimazu Nariakira]] as daimyô of [[Satsuma han]]; his father [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] serves as regent.

*[[Ichiki Shiro|Ichiki Shirô]] of [[Satsuma han]] receives various secret orders from [[Shimazu Nariakira]], including plans for obtaining a military steamship, and enters into discussions with the French. Upon Nariakira's sudden death, these discussions are halted.

*[[Shimazu Tadayoshi]] succeeds Shimazu Nariakira as daimyô of [[Satsuma han]]; his father [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] serves as regent.

*A [[Sino-British Treaty of 1858|Sino-British Treaty]] is signed.

*A [[Sino-British Treaty of 1858|Sino-British Treaty]] is signed.