08/15/1863
- 08/17/1863
British naval units bombard and largely destroy the Japanese city of Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu US/the World
03/04/1858
Commodore Perry dies at his home in New York City Personal
01/31/1867
Emperor Komei dies in Japan US/the World
01/22/1860
First American Hotel opened in Japan at Hakodadi on the northern island of Yezo US/the World
02/22/1860
First Japanese Ambassador leaves Japan for the United States US/the World
03/29/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States arrives in California US/the World
03/05/1860
First Japanese Diplomatic Mission to the United States arrives in Hawaii US/the World
04/26/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States arrives in Panama enroute to Washington, D.C. US/the World
05/14/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States arrives in Washington D.C. US/the World
06/30/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs for home from New York City US/the World
03/18/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs Hawaii for San Francisco US/the World
06/16/1860
- 06/28/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States lavishly entertained in New York City US/the World
11/09/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States reaches home after a nine month absence US/the World
06/08/1860
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States visits Baltimore and Philadelphia US/the World
05/17/1860
First Japanese Embassy to the United States received officially at the White House US/the World
11/03/1852
Future emperor born in Japan Foreign
05/16/1860
Historic Japanese Mission meets in Washington, D.C. with the U.S. Secretary of State US/the World
06/07/1863
In Japan, anti-western factions, led by Emperor Komei, order the expulsion of all foreigners US/the World
07/10/1860
In Japan, seven year old Prince Mutsuhito named as Crown Prince and heir to the throne US/the World
07/16/1863
In the Shimoneseki Straights, the U.S.S. Wyoming attacks Japanese anti-western naval units US/the World
03/31/1854
Japan and the United States sign the Treaty of Kanagawa, the first ever between the two nations US/the World
06/24/1863
Japan pays an indemnity Britain demanded for attacks on its people and property in the country US/the World
08/19/1858
Japan signs a commercial treaty with Russia Foreign
06/30/1858
Joseph Heco becomes the first Japanese born citizen of the United States Cultural
07/11/1863
Off the island of Honshu, Japanese anti-Western factions fire on a visiting Dutch warship US/the World
06/25/1863
On the deadline for all foreigners to be expelled, Japanese factions begin attacking Western shipping US/the World
01/15/1859
Postage costs in the United States in 1859, by the numbers Business/Industry
03/24/1860
Pro-Western Japanese leader assassinated US/the World
09/09/1860
Royal Navy warship lost with all hands in a typhoon off the coast of Japan Crime/Disasters
04/07/1860
The first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs San Francisco for Panama US/the World
03/31/1860
- 04/06/1860
The first Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States hosted in San Francisco US/the World
08/26/1858
The Treaty of Yedo is signed between Japan and Britain US/the World
06/25/1866
The United States and several European powers sign a joint trade agreement with Japan. US/the World
07/08/1853
U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry anchors his ships in Edo Bay near Tokyo and delivers a letter from President Millard Fillmore US/the World
