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