*1846/8 The French ships depart Ryûkyû, and take with them the missionary [[Theodore Augustin Forcade]], who had arrived in Ryûkyû in [[1844]], aboard the ''[[Alcmene]]''. | *1846/8 The French ships depart Ryûkyû, and take with them the missionary [[Theodore Augustin Forcade]], who had arrived in Ryûkyû in [[1844]], aboard the ''[[Alcmene]]''. |