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==Other Events of 1864==
==Other Events of 1864==
*The [[Taiping Rebellion]] in China comes to an end.
*The [[Taiping Rebellion]] in China comes to an end.
*The [[Qing Dynasty|Qing]] Court launches the [[Tongzhi Restoration]] in an effort to halt or reverse the dynasty's decline.
*The first political cartoon by a Japanese artist, appearing in a Japanese publication, is believed to be one published in this year. Appearing in the ''Nihon bôeki shinbun'', a translation of the English-language newspaper ''Japan Commercial News'', the cartoon depicts a man with his decapitated head in his hands, and is meant to refer to the self-destructive results of the anti-foreign actions of [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]] (see [[Bombardment of Shimonoseki]]).
*The first political cartoon by a Japanese artist, appearing in a Japanese publication, is believed to be one published in this year. Appearing in the ''Nihon bôeki shinbun'', a translation of the English-language newspaper ''Japan Commercial News'', the cartoon depicts a man with his decapitated head in his hands, and is meant to refer to the self-destructive results of the anti-foreign actions of [[Choshu han|Chôshû han]] (see [[Bombardment of Shimonoseki]]).
