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*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.
*1879/4/18 Renovation efforts under the direction of [[Inoue Kaoru]], [[Minister of Public Works]], transforming the [[Enryokan|Enryôkan]] into a suitable Western-style accommodation for Grant and his party are completed.
*1879/5/27-31 [[Ulysses S. Grant]] meets with [[Li Hongzhang]] in Tianjin.
*1879/5/27-31 [[Ulysses S. Grant]] meets with [[Li Hongzhang]] in Tianjin.
*1879/5/30 [[Prince Henry of Prussia]] stops at Tokyo while on a world tour, arriving coincidentally on the occasion of a ball organized by [[Sir Harry Parkes]] in honor of the birthday of the Prince's grandmother, [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom.
*1879/6/5-8 Grant meets with [[Prince Kung]] and agrees to mediate in the dispute over the Ryukyus.
*1879/6/5-8 Grant meets with [[Prince Kung]] and agrees to mediate in the dispute over the Ryukyus.
*1879/6/15 Grant boards the USS ''Richmond'' and departs China from Tianjin.
*1879/6/15 Grant boards the USS ''Richmond'' and departs China from Tianjin.
