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| ==Timeline of 1809== | | ==Timeline of 1809== |
− | *1809/2/21 The house arrest of [[Saga han]] ''daimyô'' [[Nabeshima Naomasa]], which began several months earlier, is ended. | + | *1809/2/21 The house arrest of [[Saga han]] ''daimyô'' [[Nabeshima Narinao]], which began several months earlier, is ended. |
| *1809/5/20 A system of communicating alarm, and rallying troops, using temple bells, is tested in [[Nagasaki]]. It proves ineffective, and is abandoned soon afterwards. | | *1809/5/20 A system of communicating alarm, and rallying troops, using temple bells, is tested in [[Nagasaki]]. It proves ineffective, and is abandoned soon afterwards. |
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| ==Other Events of 1809== | | ==Other Events of 1809== |
| *[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]]. | | *[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]]. |
| + | *[[Fukuoka han]] constructs five new gun batteries for the defense of [[Nagasaki]] harbor. |
| + | *A live [[monkeys|gibbon]] is brought to Japan for the first time. |
| + | *An envoy from Korea is instructed, in [[Tsushima]], that the next formal [[Korean embassy]] should be received in Tsushima, rather than traveling to Edo. |
| *Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]). | | *Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]). |
| *The shogunate establishes a network of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor. The system is never used. | | *The shogunate establishes a network of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor. The system is never used. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *[[Rutherford Alcock]] is born (d. [[1897]]). |
| + | *Charles Darwin is born (d. [[1882]]). |
| + | *''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar [[Katsuragawa Hoshu|Katsuragawa Hôshû]] dies (b. [[1756]]). |
| *[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is born (d. [[1890]]). | | *[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is born (d. [[1890]]). |
| *[[Shimazu Nariakira]], daimyô of [[Satsuma han]], is born (d. [[1858]]). | | *[[Shimazu Nariakira]], daimyô of [[Satsuma han]], is born (d. [[1858]]). |