1803

Kyôwa 3 (享和三年)

Timeline of 1803

• 1803/2 Direct petition by 3800 farmers in Nanbu han.
• 1803/2/6 Ogasawara Sôdô
• 1803/3/21 Direct petition in Bakufu territory in Shinano province.
• 1803/4/3 Big fire in Kôfu.
• 1803/5 Bakufu orders　Chôkaisho to aid chicken pox patients.
• 1803/7/8 American ship enters Nagasaki, Bakufu refuse to trade.
• 1803/7/24 Bengal ship enters Nagasaki, Bakufu refuse to trade.
• 1803/7/29 Enmei-in Chief priest Nichidô gets executed.
• 1803/10/1 Miharayama erupts.
• 1803/10/9 Nisshinkan school opens in Aizu.
• 1803/12/12 Matsudaira Nobuakira resigns Rôju.

Other Events of 1803

• Enmeiin Affair - a former actor uses a secret room at the Enmeiin Nichiren temple to seduce women from the shogun's household.
• Shô On is succeeded by Shô Sei as king of the Ryûkyû Kingdom.
• Shô Sei is succeeded by Shô Kô.
• The US seeks to import a camel into Japan, but is denied access to the country under kaikin (maritime restrictions) policies.
• Yaozen opens in Edo.

Births and Deaths

• Mercator Cooper is born (d. 1872).
• King Shô Sei of the Ryûkyû Kingdom dies.

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