Matthew C. Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry ( born April 10, 1794 in Newport, Rhode Iceland, USA, † March 4, 1858 in New York City, New York, USA) was American naval officer, most recently with the rank of Commodore.

Life

Matthew Calbraith Perry was the son of a naval officer and a younger brother of the famous by his victory in the Battle of Lake Erie 1813 by Oliver Hazard Perry. During the Mexican-American War, he was followed by Commodore David Conner, commander of the Home Squadron and carried out attacks on a number of Mexican coastal cities.

On July 8, 1853 ended up under Perry's command, the so-called Black Ships Mississippi, Plymouth, Saratoga, and Susquehanna at Uraga Harbor near Edo ( now Tokyo ) to force the opening of Japan to the West. Due to the on March 31, 1854 entered into between Abe Masahiro and Perry Treaty of Kanagawa first ports, Shimoda and Hakodate were opened to American ships for loading provisions, also a " good treatment " of Americans as well as a favored American ships were agreed in the contract.

The flag of Perry's flagship was mounted at the surrender of Japan in World War II to the superstructure of the battleship USS Missouri on which the surrender on September 2, 1945 was signed.

Perry's daughter Caroline was married to the German - American banker, representative of the Rothschilds and politicians August Belmont.