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| ==Timeline of 1788== | | ==Timeline of 1788== |
| + | *1788/1/29 [[Great Tenmei Fire]] ravages [[Kyoto]]. |
| *1788/3 Ishikawamon of [[Kanazawa castle]] is built. | | *1788/3 Ishikawamon of [[Kanazawa castle]] is built. |
| *1788/3 [[Matsumae Bunkyo|Matsumae Bunkyô]], son of the daimyo of [[Matsumae han]], buys out the contract of [[Segawa VII]] of the [[Matsubaya]] [[chaya|teahouse]] for 500 ''[[ryo|ryô]]''. | | *1788/3 [[Matsumae Bunkyo|Matsumae Bunkyô]], son of the daimyo of [[Matsumae han]], buys out the contract of [[Segawa VII]] of the [[Matsubaya]] [[chaya|teahouse]] for 500 ''[[ryo|ryô]]''. |
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| *1788/9/20 Kôkan arrives in Nagasaki. | | *1788/9/20 Kôkan arrives in Nagasaki. |
| *1788/9/26 Kôkan sneaks into [[Dejima]]. | | *1788/9/26 Kôkan sneaks into [[Dejima]]. |
| + | *1788/10 [[Tay Son Rebellion]]: [[Le Chieu Thong]], emperor of Vietnam's [[Le Dynasty]], retakes [[Tonkin|Dong Kinh]] with the help of [[Qing Dynasty]] forces. |
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| ==Other Events of 1788== | | ==Other Events of 1788== |
− | *A series of fires strikes [[Kyoto]]. | + | *Chinese individuals arrive in Hawaii for the first time. |
− | *''[[Rangaku kaitei]]'', a primer on [[Rangaku|Dutch studies]], is published. | + | *''[[Rangaku kaitei]]'', a primer on [[Rangaku|Dutch studies]], is published. It is the first unsuppressed publication & circulation in Japan of a book containing Dutch writing. |
| *''[[Ryukyu zatsuwa|Ryûkyû zatsuwa]]'' is published. | | *''[[Ryukyu zatsuwa|Ryûkyû zatsuwa]]'' is published. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *[[Arashi Rikan II]] is born (d. [[1837]]). |
| *[[Basil Hall]] is born (d. [[1844]]). | | *[[Basil Hall]] is born (d. [[1844]]). |
| *[[Ichikawa Danzo V|Ichikawa Danzô V]] is born (d. [[1845]]). | | *[[Ichikawa Danzo V|Ichikawa Danzô V]] is born (d. [[1845]]). |