Monarch: Ninkō{{cite book |last1=Shillony |first1=Ben-Ami |title=The Emperors of Modern Japan |date=2008 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-16822-0 |page=317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwztKKtQ_rAC&pg=PA317 |language=en}}
Births
January 3 – Sakamoto Ryōma, samurai and rebel leader (d. 1867){{cite web |title=Sakamoto Ryōma {{!}} Meiji Restoration, Samurai, Shogunate {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sakamoto-Ryoma |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=8 November 2023 |language=en}}