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*Keiô 2/12/5 (10 Jan) [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] becomes the 15th Tokugawa Shogun.
*Keiô 2/12/5 (10 Jan) [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] becomes the 15th Tokugawa Shogun.
*1867/1/9 [[Emperor Meiji]] succeeds to the throne.
*1867/1/9 [[Emperor Meiji]] succeeds to the throne.
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*1867/2/27 [[1867 Paris World's Fair]] (''Exposition Universelle'') opens. [[Satsuma han]] and the Tokugawa shogunate display as separate delegations.
*1867/7 The ''[[Ee ja nai ka]]'' movement spreads.
*1867/7 The ''[[Ee ja nai ka]]'' movement spreads.
*1867/9/12 Steamboat line between [[Edo]] and [[Osaka]] is established.
*1867/9/12 Steamboat line between [[Edo]] and [[Osaka]] is established.
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*1867/9/18 [[Satsuma han]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshu han]] conclude an alliance of [[Tobaku|Tôbaku]].
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*1867/9/18 Satsuma han and [[Choshu han|Chôshu han]] conclude an alliance of [[Tobaku|Tôbaku]].
*1867/10/14 Restoration of political power to the Emperor. ([[Taisei Hokan|Taisei Hôkan]])
*1867/10/14 Restoration of political power to the Emperor. ([[Taisei Hokan|Taisei Hôkan]])
*1867/11/15 Assassination of [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] and [[Nakaoka Shintaro|Nakaoka Shintarô]].
*1867/11/15 Assassination of [[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] and [[Nakaoka Shintaro|Nakaoka Shintarô]].
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== Other Events of 1867 ==
== Other Events of 1867 ==
*The French take three more provinces of Southeast Asia.
*The French take three more provinces of Southeast Asia.
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* Japan exhibits at the [[1867 Paris World's Fair]] (''Exposition Universelle''); the exposition as a whole is four times the size of any previous such exposition. The shogunate, and [[Satsuma han]] (as "Kingdom of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyu]] and Satsuma"), send separate delegations; the weakened shogunal legitimacy this presents causes France to withhold a crucial monetary loan from the shogunate.
*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] opens his ''[[juku (art)|juku]]'' in Kyoto.
*[[Kono Bairei|Kôno Bairei]] opens his ''[[juku (art)|juku]]'' in Kyoto.
*[[Charles LeGendre]], US Consul in Amoy, leads a mission to meet with Taiwanese aboriginal leaders, and receives a promise from a man called Tôkitoku in Japanese sources that ships flying the US flag will not be attacked.
*[[Charles LeGendre]], US Consul in Amoy, leads a mission to meet with Taiwanese aboriginal leaders, and receives a promise from a man called Tôkitoku in Japanese sources that ships flying the US flag will not be attacked.