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==Timeline of 1861==
==Timeline of 1861==
*1861/2/3 Russian ship ''[[Posadnik]]'' drops anchor at [[Tsushima Island|Tsushima]].
*1861/5 ''[[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' activists from [[Mito han]] attack the British legation in [[Edo]], killing 21.
==Other Events of 1861==
==Other Events of 1861==
*[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] becomes the fourth head of the ''Tennen Rishin-ryû''.
*[[Kondo Isami|Kondô Isami]] becomes the fourth head of the ''Tennen Rishin-ryû''.
*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] joins the [[Tosa Loyalist Party]].
*[[Sakamoto Ryoma|Sakamoto Ryôma]] joins the [[Tosa Loyalist Party]].
*A Ryukyuan [[tribute]] mission is denied permission to travel to Beijing, and stays in [[Fuzhou]] for several months, requesting permission and being denied several times, before finally returning to Ryûykû.
*A Ryukyuan [[tribute]] mission is denied permission to travel to Beijing, and stays in [[Fuzhou]] for several months, requesting permission and being denied several times, before finally returning to Ryûykû.
*Political cartoonist [[Charles Wirgman]] arrives in Japan.
*Political cartoonist [[Charles Wirgman]] arrives in Japan.
