1837 in Japan
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Events in the year 1837 in Japan.
Incumbents
Events
- July â Morrison incident: A US ship is fired on by cannon when entering Tokyo Bay while attempting to repatriate castaway Japanese citizens.[2]
- TenpÅ famine which began in 1833 comes to an end.[3]
Births
- 28 October â Tokugawa Yoshinobu, 15th and last Tokugawa shogunate (d. 1913)[4]