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==Other Events of 1643==
 
==Other Events of 1643==
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*Dutch explorer [[Maarten de Vries]] visits [[Sakhalin]]. The local [[Ainu]] offer him and his people chopsticks, and upon finding they cannot use them, call the Dutchmen "Spanola," an indication that the Ainu were surprisingly familiar with foreign peoples.
 
*Shogunate bans the planting of cash crops (rapeseed, tobacco, and mulberries for the cultivation of silkworms) on certain lands. <!--田畑勝手作禁止令-->
 
*Shogunate bans the planting of cash crops (rapeseed, tobacco, and mulberries for the cultivation of silkworms) on certain lands. <!--田畑勝手作禁止令-->
 
*[[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] succeeded by [[Emperor Go-Komyo|Emperor Go-Kômyô]].
 
*[[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]] succeeded by [[Emperor Go-Komyo|Emperor Go-Kômyô]].
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