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| ==Timeline of 1758== | | ==Timeline of 1758== |
− | *1758/11/29 [[Baba Bunko|Baba Bunkô]], a professional storyteller, is executed for the dissemination of stories and rumors about current events - specifically, the [[peasant protests]] in [[Mino province]] against [[Kanamori Yorikane]].
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| ==Other Events of 1758== | | ==Other Events of 1758== |
− | *[[Horeki Incident|Hôreki Incident]] - pro-Imperialist rebels seek to seize Edo. | + | *The shogunate establishes a clearinghouse for managing the trade in [[alum]]. |
| + | *[[Horeki Incident|Hôreki Incident]] - pro-Imperialist rebels attempt to seize Edo. |
| + | *Linnaeus writes his ''Systema Naturae'', introducing the Linnaean system of categorization in Europe. |
| + | *[[Namiki Shozo I|Namiki Shôzô I]] introduces the ''[[mawari butai]]'' (revolving stage). |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
− | *Baba Bunkô dies (b. [[1717]]). | + | *1758/11/29 [[Baba Bunko|Baba Bunkô]], a professional storyteller, is executed for the dissemination of stories and rumors about current events - specifically, the [[peasant protests]] in [[Mino province]] against [[Kanamori Yorikane]]. (b. [[1717]]). His head is put on public display as a warning to others, in a practice known as ''gokumon''. |
| + | *[[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] dies (b. [[1689]]). |
| + | *[[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] is born (d. [[1829]]). |
| + | *[[Yanagisawa Kien]] dies (b. [[1703]]). |
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