*''[[Kyoshin Meichi Ryu|Kyôshin Meichi-ryû]]'' school of ''kenjutsu'' is founded by [[Momoi Naoyoshi]].
*''[[Kyoshin Meichi Ryu|Kyôshin Meichi-ryû]]'' school of ''kenjutsu'' is founded by [[Momoi Naoyoshi]].
*[[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]] is formally sanctioned, sponsored, and organized by the shogunate.
*[[Dojima Rice Exchange|Dôjima Rice Exchange]] is formally sanctioned, sponsored, and organized by the shogunate.
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*[[Hiraga Gennai]] visits [[Akita han]].
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*A custom of the Crown Prince of [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] paying a formal visit to [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima]], continued since [[1660]], ceases to be practiced.
*Publisher [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]] sets up shop just outside the main gate of the [[Yoshiwara]].
*Publisher [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]] sets up shop just outside the main gate of the [[Yoshiwara]].
*[[Kabuki]] enthusiast [[Yanagisawa Nobutoki]] steps down as ''daimyô'' of [[Koriyama han|Kôriyama han]] and retires to Edo.
*[[Kabuki]] enthusiast [[Yanagisawa Nobutoki]] steps down as ''daimyô'' of [[Koriyama han|Kôriyama han]] and retires to Edo.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Utagawa Toyohiro]], ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist, is born (d. 1828).
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*[[Segawa Kikunojo II|Segawa Kikunojô II]] dies (b. [[1741]]).
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*[[Tokugawa Harutoshi]], daimyô of [[Mito han]], is born (d. [[1816]]).
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*[[Tokugawa Ienari]] is born (d. [[1841]]).
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*[[Utagawa Toyohiro]], ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artist, is born (d. [[1828]]).