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| − | *[[HMS Alceste and Lyra]] arrive in [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]. | + | *[[HMS Alceste and Lyra]] arrive in [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]; among the crew, commander [[Basil Hall]] and [[Herbert John Clifford]], who begins researching the [[Okinawan language]]. |
*A system of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor, established in [[1809]] and never used, is officially abolished. | *A system of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor, established in [[1809]] and never used, is officially abolished. | ||
*The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down. | *The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down. | ||
Revision as of 20:22, 24 November 2011
Bunka 13 (文化十三年)
Timeline of 1816
Other Events of 1816
- HMS Alceste and Lyra arrive in Ryûkyû; among the crew, commander Basil Hall and Herbert John Clifford, who begins researching the Okinawan language.
- A system of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor, established in 1809 and never used, is officially abolished.
- The Yoshiwara burns down.
Births and Deaths
- Eliphalet Brown Jr. is born (d. 1886).
- Santô Kyôden dies (b. 1761).
- Yoshida Tôyô is born.
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