*War breaks out between Northern (Tonkin) and Southern (Quang Nam) Viet Nam. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, lord of Quang Nam, along with representatives of the [[Nihonmachi|Japanese community]] at [[Hoi An]], send letters to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] requesting that trade and relations between Japan and Tonkin end. | *War breaks out between Northern (Tonkin) and Southern (Quang Nam) Viet Nam. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen, lord of Quang Nam, along with representatives of the [[Nihonmachi|Japanese community]] at [[Hoi An]], send letters to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] requesting that trade and relations between Japan and Tonkin end. |