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==Other Events of 1856==
==Other Events of 1856==
*The shogunate establishes the ''[[kobusho|kôbusho]]''.
*The shogunate establishes the ''[[kobusho|kôbusho]]''.
*The [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom's]] [[nentoshi|New Year's mission]] to [[Kagoshima]], led by [[Tonaki ueekata]], encounters difficulty on its way to Kagoshima and is rescued by an American fishing boat and returned to [[Naha]].
*Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] presents his ''[[Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan]]'' to Congress.
*Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] presents his ''[[Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan]]'' to Congress.
*The [[Second Opium War]] breaks out (ends [[1860]]).
*The [[Second Opium War]] breaks out (ends [[1860]]).
