1864 (WOD)

Events

 * The Seige of Nanking. Manchu forces bring down most of the important rebels of the Taiping Rebellion.

June

 * June 1: Taiping Rebel Hung Hsiu-Ch'uan, the "Heavenly King," kills himself.

July

 * July 4: The imperial army of Japan clashes with shogitai, the samurai loyal to the absent shogun. The army is equipped with firearms while the samurai fight with swords. The day is a massacre. Three samurai decide on a different path, and take up the way of the ninja, later founding the Go Kamisori Gama.