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==Timeline of 1708==
 
==Timeline of 1708==
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*1708/1/3 [[Mt. Fuji]], which began erupting on [[1707]]/11/23, becomes dormant again. It has not erupted since.
 
*1708/9 [[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] appears onstage for the final time, in a production of ''Yûgiri Nagori no Shôgatsu''.
 
*1708/9 [[Sakata Tojuro I|Sakata Tôjûrô I]] appears onstage for the final time, in a production of ''Yûgiri Nagori no Shôgatsu''.
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*1708/12/3 Shogun [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]] issues his "[[Kindness to Animals Decrees]]." All animals are to be kindly treated; if [[horses]] get tired while being ridden, they are to be stabled and taken care of by whatever mansions are nearby; and, [[post-horses]] are not to be overtaxed, and are to be well taken care of in both [[tenryo|shogunal]] and [[han|domain lands]].
  
 
==Other Events of 1708==
 
==Other Events of 1708==
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*[[Arai Hakuseki]] meets with and interviews the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionary [[Giovanni Battista Sidotti]].
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*Arai Hakuseki completes his ''[[Sairan igen]]'', credited as being the first systematic geography of the world to be produced in Japan.
 
*[[Asano Yoshinaga]] succeeds [[Asano Tsunanaga]] as ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Hiroshima han]].
 
*[[Asano Yoshinaga]] succeeds [[Asano Tsunanaga]] as ''[[daimyo|daimyô]]'' of [[Hiroshima han]].
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*The [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] in Kyoto burns down; reconstruction is completed the following year.
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*The wooden [[Madan-bashi]] is rebuilt in stone.
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*Construction, begun in [[1695]], is completed on the [[Taku Seibyo|Taku Seibyô]] in Taku, [[Saga han]]. It is today the oldest extant [[Confucian temple]] in Japan.
 
*[[Tei Junsoku]] compiles the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) and brings it back from China.
 
*[[Tei Junsoku]] compiles the ''[[Six Courses in Morals]]'' (六諭衍義) and brings it back from China.
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===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Matsudaira Masakuni]] (Hisachiyo) dies.
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*[[Nakamura Shichisaburo|Nakamura Shichisaburô]] dies (b. [[1662]]).
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 1 October 2017

Hôei 5 (宝永五年)

Timeline of 1708

Other Events of 1708

Births and Deaths

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