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*1853/6/27 Perry departs Okinawa.
*1853/6/27 Perry departs Okinawa.
*1853 July The shogunate consults various daimyô on the issue of opening the country. [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] of [[Mito han]] is appointed to oversee the country's naval defense.
*1853 July The shogunate consults various daimyô on the issue of opening the country. [[Tokugawa Nariaki]] of [[Mito han]] is appointed to oversee the country's naval defense.
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*1853/7/13 One of the four American ships sets sail, leaving Naha.
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*1853/7/16 A second of the four American ships leaves Naha.
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*1853/7/19 A third of the three American ships leaves Naha, leaving only one ship remaining in the harbor.
*1853/7/18 Russian embassy under [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin|Putyatin]] arrives in [[Nagasaki]].
*1853/7/18 Russian embassy under [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin|Putyatin]] arrives in [[Nagasaki]].
*1853 August Construction begins on coastal fort at [[Shinagawa]].
*1853 August Construction begins on coastal fort at [[Shinagawa]].