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==Other Events of 1798==
 
==Other Events of 1798==
*Lightning strikes the Great Buddha Hall of Kyoto, setting it aflame. The Hall, and the [[Kyoto Daibutsu]] (Great Buddha statue) within are destroyed.
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*Lightning strikes the Great Buddha Hall of Kyoto's [[Hoko-ji|Hôkô-ji]], setting it aflame. The Hall, and the ''Kyôto Daibutsu'' (Great Buddha statue) within are destroyed.
 
*The [[Hosho school|Hôshô school]] of [[Noh]] publishes its first ''[[utai-bon]]''.
 
*The [[Hosho school|Hôshô school]] of [[Noh]] publishes its first ''[[utai-bon]]''.
 
*[[Morishima Churyo|Morishima Chûryô]] finishes compiling his ''[[Bango-sen]]'' ("Lexicon of the Barbarian Language"), a Japanese-Dutch dictionary.
 
*[[Morishima Churyo|Morishima Chûryô]] finishes compiling his ''[[Bango-sen]]'' ("Lexicon of the Barbarian Language"), a Japanese-Dutch dictionary.

Revision as of 01:12, 9 April 2015

Kansei 10 (寛政十年)

Timeline of 1798

  • 1798/5/1 Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu views from his beach palace a whale which, following torrential rains in previous days, had become disoriented and made its way into Edo Bay.

Other Events of 1798

Births and Deaths

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1797
1798 Following Year
1799