1863 in Japan

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Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s
See also:	Other events of 1863 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1863 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor: Kōmei

Events[]

• March 11 - Order to expel barbarians issued by the Emperor.
• July 16 - Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
• July 20-August 14 - First Shimonoseki Campaign
• August 15–17 - Bombardment of Kagoshima
• September 29 - Tenchūgumi Incident
• December 29 - Second Japanese Embassy to Europe (1863)

Births[]

• February 23 - Katsusaburō Yamagiwa, pathologist
• March 14 - Tokutomi Sohō

Deaths[]

• August 27 - Aizawa Seishisai
• October 27? - Serizawa Kamo