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*The Dutch build [[Casteel Zeelandia]] on Taiwan.
*The Dutch build [[Casteel Zeelandia]] on Taiwan.
*The [[Nakamura-za]] opens as the first licensed [[kabuki]] theater in Edo.
*The [[Nakamura-za]] opens as the first licensed [[kabuki]] theater in Edo.
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*[[Satsuma han]] formally annexes the [[Amami Islands]] from the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu]].
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*[[Satsuma han]] bans Ryukyuans from taking Japanese-sounding names, or wearing Japanese clothes.
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*Satsuma bans people from other provinces (i.e. Japanese from outside Satsuma) from traveling to Ryûkyû.
*Shogunate severs ties with Spanish and expels them from Japan.
*Shogunate severs ties with Spanish and expels them from Japan.
*[[Korean embassy]] journeys to Edo.
*[[Korean embassy]] journeys to Edo.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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* [[Itakura Katsushige]], [[Kyoto shoshidai]], dies (b. [[1542]]).
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*[[Itakura Katsushige]], [[Kyoto shoshidai]], dies (b. [[1542]]).
*[[Koxinga]], Ming loyalist rebel/pirate leader, is born (d. 1662).
*[[Koxinga]], Ming loyalist rebel/pirate leader, is born (d. 1662).