Year in Japan
1866 in Japanese History
9 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Edo period (江戸時代, 1603 – 1868).
Era name: Keiō 慶応 (year 2 of the era)
What happened 出来事
- Ishii Kikujirō 石井菊次郎 · Politician — Japanese politician (1866-1945)
- Wakatsuki Reijirō 若槻禮次郎 · Politician — Japanese politician (1866–1949)
- Naitō Torajirō 内藤湖南 · Historian — Japanese historian and sinologist (1866–1934)
- Kume Keiichiro 久米桂一郎 · Painter — Japanese painter (1866-1934)
- Nakamura Fusetsu 中村不折 · Painter — Japanese painter (1866–1943)
- Date Munemoto 伊達宗基 · Samurai — daimyo
- Chūgai Gotō 後藤宙外 · Politician — Japanese writer (1866–1938)
- Kiichirō Kumagai 熊谷喜一郎 (内務官僚) · Politician — Japanese politician
- Kamisaka Sekka 神坂雪佳 · Painter — Japanese artist (1866-1942)
Reading the year 1866 in Japanese
Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1866 corresponds to Keiō 慶応 (year 2 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".
The year itself is read 1866年 (1866ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 19th century for its neighbours.