1452

Hôtoku 4 (宝徳四年) / Kyôtoku 1 (享徳元年)

Other Events of 1452

• Chôkôtei embankment is completed, connecting Naha and Shuri.
• A Korean who had drifted to Gaja Island is found and brought to Shuri; he later writes about the customs of the people of Okinawa.
• The Ming Dynasty Board of Justice decrees that the residents of the Fujian coast are forbidden from providing Ryukyuans with firearms or other military equipment in private dealings.

Births and Deaths

• Aisu Hisatada is born (d. 1538).
• Sô Sadamori dies (b. 1385).
• Leonardo da Vinci is born (d. 1519).

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