*1793/7 [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] resigns as head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''.
*1793/7 [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] resigns as head of the ''[[roju|rôjû]]''.
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*1793/8/10 [[George Lord Macartney]] is granted an audience with the [[Qianlong Emperor]].
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*1793/8/10 First formal British embassy to China: [[George Lord Macartney]] is granted an audience with the [[Qianlong Emperor]].
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*1793/9/18 [[Daikokuya Kodayu|Daikokuya Kôdayû]] and the sailor Isokichi, castaways returning from Russia, are interrogated in an audience with Shogun [[Tokugawa Ienari]].
==Other Events of 1793==
==Other Events of 1793==
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===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*Kansei 4/12 ''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]] dies (b. [[1726]]).
*Kansei 4/12 ''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]] dies (b. [[1726]]).
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*1793/12 [[Baigyo-in|Baigyô-in]], wife of [[Ii Naohide]], dies.
*[[Hayashi Shihei]] dies (b. [[1738]]).
*[[Hayashi Shihei]] dies (b. [[1738]]).
*[[Oshio Heihachiro|Ôshio Heihachirô]] is born (d. [[1837]]).
*[[Oshio Heihachiro|Ôshio Heihachirô]] is born (d. [[1837]]).