Perry's black ships arrive in Edo Bay
1853 · Event
US Commodore Matthew Perry's warships arrive to demand that Japan open to foreign trade.
On these timelines: The Meiji Restoration, Japan, Master, USA
More from The Meiji Restoration
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- Bakumatsu (1853)
- Boshin War (1868)
- Treaty of Kanagawa (1854)
- Japan signs the unequal treaties (1858)
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu returns power to the emperor (Taisei Hokan) (1867)
- Charter Oath (1868)
- Abolition of the han system (1871)
Around 1853
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- Crimean War (1853)
- Taiping Rebellion (1851)
- American Civil War (1861)
- Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1857)
- Revolutions of 1848 (1848)
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- On the Origin of Species (1859)
- Pasteur develops germ theory of disease (1861)
- Perry Expedition to Japan (1853)