1783
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Timeline of 1783
- 1783/8/5 Mt. Asama erupts; casualties are estimated at over 20,000. The event exacerbates and prolongs the Great Tenmei Famine.
Other Events of 1783
- Shiba Kôkan becomes the first Japanese to produce copperplate engraving prints.
Births and Deaths
- Swordsman Shirai Tôru born.
- 1783/4/6 Chôshû retainer Murata Seifû born.
- 1783/5/12 Gesaku writer Ryûtei Tanehiko born.
- 1783/9/26 Matsudaira Nariatsu born.
- 1783/11/23 Mathematician Arima Yoriyuki dies.
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