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===Births and Deaths===
 
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*1808/9/27 [[Chiba Saburoemon|Chiba Saburôemon]] and [[Kanbara Jiemon]], Saga samurai and heads of the defenses at Nagasaki, are ordered to commit ''seppuku''.
 
*[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]] [[Matsudaira Yasuhira]] commits suicide.
 
*[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]] [[Matsudaira Yasuhira]] commits suicide.
 
*[[Kabuki]] playwright [[Namiki Gohei I]] dies (b. [[1747]]).
 
*[[Kabuki]] playwright [[Namiki Gohei I]] dies (b. [[1747]]).

Revision as of 07:03, 11 July 2011

Bunka 5 (文化五年)

Timeline of 1808

  • 1808/4 Mamiya Rinzô surveys Sakhalin.
  • 1808/6 Sakhalin is confirmed to be an island, and not a peninsula of the Asian mainland.
  • 1808/8/25-28 Phaeton Incident - HMS Phaeton enters Nagasaki harbor, with the intention of attacking Dutch East India Company ships, capturing several Dutchmen, and threatening Japanese and Chinese as well. The Phaeton eventually leaves after receiving supplies and learning that the Dutch ships would not be arriving that year.

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