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==Other Events of 1799==
 
==Other Events of 1799==
 
*[[Asano Narikata]] succeeds [[Asano Shigeakira]] as daimyô of [[Hiroshima han]].
 
*[[Asano Narikata]] succeeds [[Asano Shigeakira]] as daimyô of [[Hiroshima han]].
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*The [[Dutch East India Company]] goes bankrupt. It hires the Salem, Mass.-based American ship ''Franklin'' to carry VOC trade.
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*A [[kabuki]] adaptation of the book ''[[Ehon Taikoki|Ehon Taikôki]]'' debuts.
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*Eastern [[Ezo]] (Hokkaido) and the southern [[Kurile Islands]] are incorporated into shogunal territory, in response to and as a defense against [[Russia]]n encroachment.
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*''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar [[Otsuki Gentaku|Ôtsuki Gentaku]] writes ''[[Ransetsu benwaku]]'' ("Clarification of Misunderstandings in Theories of the Dutch)".
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*The Russia America Company is chartered.
 
*[[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]] writes ''[[Seiyo gadan|Seiyô gadan]]'' ("The Essay on Western Pictures").
 
*[[Shiba Kokan|Shiba Kôkan]] writes ''[[Seiyo gadan|Seiyô gadan]]'' ("The Essay on Western Pictures").
  
 
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Kabuki]] actor [[Ichikawa Danjuro VI|Ichikawa Danjûrô VI]] dies.
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*1799/6/8 Artist [[Nagasawa Rosetsu]] dies (b. [[1754]]).
*Artist [[Nagasawa Rosetsu]] dies (b. [[1754]]).
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*Dutch [[Opperhoofd|factor]] [[Gijsbert Hemmij]] dies on the way back from Edo, under suspicious circumstances, possibly poisoned.
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*[[Kabuki]] actor [[Ichikawa Danjuro VI|Ichikawa Danjûrô VI]] dies (b. [[1778]]).
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Latest revision as of 05:39, 29 April 2018

Kansei 11 (寛政十一年)

Timeline of 1799

Other Events of 1799

Births and Deaths


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