1673

Kanbun 14 (寛文十四年) / Enpô 1 (延宝元年)

Timeline of 1673

• 1673/5/25 The British ship Return sails into Nagasaki harbor seeking trade; its requests are rejected, and the ship leaves roughly two months later without incident.
• 1673/5/27 Nagasaki bugyô Okano Sadaaki orders Kuroda Mitsuyuki, daimyô of Fukuoka han, to prepare to depart for Nagasaki, to deal with the Return. Later the same night, Okano reverses his orders, commanding Kuroda to remain in Fukuoka, as the Return was determined to be a non-military vessel, and not a threat.
• 1673/6/4 A Dutch ship enters Nagasaki harbor, as part of standard trade routines.

Other Events of 1673

• Asano Tsunanaga succeeds Asano Tsunaakira as lord of Hiroshima han.
• Shô Shôken retires as sessei of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû.
• Trinh and Nguyen lords of northern and southern Vietnam make peace and define borders.
• King Narai of Ayutthaya receives formal diplomatic letters from Louis XIV of France and Pope Clement IX.

Births and Deaths

• Ingen, founder of the Ôbaku sect of Zen, dies (b. 1592).

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