1739

Genbun 4 (元文四年)

Other Events of 1739

• Itô Jakuchû takes over the operations of his family's grocery shop, in the wake of his father's death.
• Ming shi (The Official History of the Ming) is completed.
• Russians reach Kamchatka and follow the line of the Kuril Islands to the eastern coast of Honshu.
• Kabuki actor Sakata Sadashirô takes on the name Sakata Tôjûrô III.

Births and Deaths

• Kitao Shigemasa is born (d. 1820).
• Nakagawa Jun'an is born (d. 1786).
• Shô Boku, king of Ryûkyû, is born.

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