1700

Genroku 13 (元禄十三年)

Timeline of 1700

Genroku 12/12/8-9 (Jan 27-28) - Tsunami six to ten feet high triggered by an earthquake in the American Pacific Northwest, 9.0 in magnitude or greater, strikes Tôhoku.

Other Events of 1700

• Dutch East India Company trading house in Hanoi closed.
• Gion Nankai is stripped of his stipend and exiled from his han.

Births and Deaths

• Nabeshima Mitsushige dies.
• Shô Kei (d. 1751), King of Ryûkyû, is born.
• Rinzai Zen monk Tetsugyû Dôki dies (b. 1626).

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