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==Timeline of 1779==
 
==Timeline of 1779==
 
*1779/1 Shogunate bans the circulation of ''[[nanryoni|nanryôni]]'' (pure silver) coinage, beginning the circulation of gold-silver alloyed coins.
 
*1779/1 Shogunate bans the circulation of ''[[nanryoni|nanryôni]]'' (pure silver) coinage, beginning the circulation of gold-silver alloyed coins.
*1779/10 [[Sakurajima]] erupts.
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*1779/9/1 [[Sakurajima]] erupts.
 
*1779/11/9 [[Emperor Kokaku|Emperor Kôkaku]] succeeds [[Emperor Go-Momozono]] to the Imperial throne.
 
*1779/11/9 [[Emperor Kokaku|Emperor Kôkaku]] succeeds [[Emperor Go-Momozono]] to the Imperial throne.
  
==Other Events==
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==Other Events of 1779==
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*Adherents of the [[Fuji-ko|Fuji-kô]] sect first begin building mini-Fuji in [[Edo]].
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*Works by Katsukawa Shunrô, the artist who will later be known as [[Hokusai]], are published for the first time.
 
*''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar [[Hiraga Gennai]] is arrested and imprisoned for killing a disciple of his in a fit of rage.
 
*''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar [[Hiraga Gennai]] is arrested and imprisoned for killing a disciple of his in a fit of rage.
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*The shogunate establishes the [[geisha]] ''[[kenban]]'', and all geisha of the Yoshiwara are registered.
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*[[Shimazu Shigehide]] establishes the Meiji-kan (later known as [[Tenmonkan]]).
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*[[Isaac Titsingh]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
  
 
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===
*Hiraga Gennai dies in prison (b. 1729).
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*[[Emperor Go-Momozono]] dies.
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*[[Jan Cock Blumhoff]] is born (d. [[1853]]).
 
*''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] dies (b. 1714).
 
*''[[Roju|Rôjû]]'' [[Matsudaira Takechika]] dies (b. 1714).
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An'ei 8 (安永八年)

Timeline of 1779

Other Events of 1779

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