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Genroku 2 (元禄二年)

==Timeline of 1689==

==Other Events of 1689==
*Construction and establishment of Chinese quarter in [[Nagasaki]] is formally completed.
*The ''[[keizuza]]'' system of recording and tracking the geneologies of the aristocracy is established in [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
*[[Matsuo Basho|Matsuo Bashô]] makes a journey to the northern parts of Japan, upon which his ''[[Oku no Hosomichi]]'' ("The Narrow Road to the North") will later be based.
*The [[Treaty of Nerchinsk]] establishes the border between Russia and [[Qing Dynasty]] China.
*[[William of Orange|William and Mary]] are crowned King and Queen of England.

===Births and Deaths===
*[[Ichikawa Danjuro II|Ichikawa Danjûrô II]] is born (d. [[1758]]).
*[[Song Siyol]] dies (b. [[1607]]).


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