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Kan'ei 18 (寛永十八年)

==Timeline of 1641==

==Other Events of 1641==
*The shogunate assigns [[Fukuoka han]] the responsibility of defending [[Nagasaki]] harbor.
*[[Dutch East India Company]] factory is moved to [[Dejima]], to which the Dutch are restricted.
*The Dutch East India Company seizes [[Malacca]] from the Portuguese, who had controlled it since [[1511]].
*First official records of Dutch commerce at Nagasaki (''[[fusetsugaki|fûsetsugaki]]'') are produced.
*Monopoly privileges on silk under the ''[[itowappu]]'' system are extended to the Dutch East India Company.
*[[Sho Ken|Shô Ken]] takes the throne in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]].
*A fire destroys the five-story pagoda at [[To-ji|Tô-ji]].
*Women associated with the [[Yoshiwara]] are forbidden from leaving the quarter without special permission.

===Births and Deaths===
*[[Shimazu clan]] ''[[karo|karô]]'' [[Ise Sadamasa]] dies.
*[[Tokugawa Ietsuna]] is born (d. [[1680]]).


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