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==Timeline of 1788==
==Timeline of 1788==
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*1788/1/29 [[Great Tenmei Fire]] ravages [[Kyoto]].
*1788/3 Ishikawamon of [[Kanazawa castle]] is built.
*1788/3 Ishikawamon of [[Kanazawa castle]] is built.
*1788/3 [[Matsumae Bunkyo|Matsumae Bunkyô]], son of the daimyo of [[Matsumae han]], buys out the contract of [[Segawa VII]] of the [[Matsubaya]] [[chaya|teahouse]] for 500 ''[[ryo|ryô]]''.
*1788/3 [[Matsumae Bunkyo|Matsumae Bunkyô]], son of the daimyo of [[Matsumae han]], buys out the contract of [[Segawa VII]] of the [[Matsubaya]] [[chaya|teahouse]] for 500 ''[[ryo|ryô]]''.
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*1788/9/20 Kôkan arrives in Nagasaki.
*1788/9/20 Kôkan arrives in Nagasaki.
*1788/9/26 Kôkan sneaks into [[Dejima]].
*1788/9/26 Kôkan sneaks into [[Dejima]].
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*1788/10 [[Tay Son Rebellion]]: [[Le Chieu Thong]], emperor of Vietnam's [[Le Dynasty]], retakes [[Tonkin|Dong Kinh]] with the help of [[Qing Dynasty]] forces.
==Other Events of 1788==
==Other Events of 1788==
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*A series of fires strikes [[Kyoto]].
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*Chinese individuals arrive in Hawaii for the first time.
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*''[[Rangaku kaitei]]'', a primer on [[Rangaku|Dutch studies]], is published. It is the first unsuppressed publication & circulation in Japan of a book containing Dutch writing.
*''[[Ryukyu zatsuwa|Ryûkyû zatsuwa]]'' is published.
*''[[Ryukyu zatsuwa|Ryûkyû zatsuwa]]'' is published.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Arashi Rikan II]] is born (d. [[1837]]).
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*[[Basil Hall]] is born (d. [[1844]]).
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*[[Ichikawa Danzo V|Ichikawa Danzô V]] is born (d. [[1845]]).
*Artist [[Kikuchi Yosai|Kikuchi Yôsai]] is born (d. [[1879]]).
*Artist [[Kikuchi Yosai|Kikuchi Yôsai]] is born (d. [[1879]]).
*[[Tanuma Okitsugu]] dies (b. [[1719]]).
*[[Tanuma Okitsugu]] dies (b. [[1719]]).