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| ==Timeline of 1785== | | ==Timeline of 1785== |
| ==Other Events of 1785== | | ==Other Events of 1785== |
| + | *The Comprehensive National Code, or ''[[Daejeon tongpyeon]]'', is completed in Korea. |
| + | *[[Hayashi Shihei]] produces the ''[[Sangoku Tsuran Zusetsu|Sangoku Tsûran Zusetsu]]'', described by [[Tessa Morris-Suzuki|one scholar]] as "the first attempt to define Japan's position in relation to its neighbors, [[Korea]], the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], and the [[Ainu]]." The map represents Japan as a single unit, all in one color, with Ryukyuan, Ainu, and Korean territories in different colors, as foreign countries. |
| + | *[[Hendrik Casper Romberg]] is succeeded as ''[[opperhoofd]]'' of the [[Dutch East India Company]] base at [[Dejima]]. |
| + | *[[Satsuma han]] sends aid to relieve [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], which had been suffering from famine since the previous year; the famine abates. |
| + | *The shogunate dispatches a mission to [[Ezo]] to investigate the defenses, trade activities, and commercial potential of [[Matsumae han]], and to assess the Russian presence and the potential threat posed by it. This mission represents an important expansion of shogunate awareness of, or familiarity with, circumstances in Ezo. |
| + | *[[Tanuma Okitsugu]] establishes clearinghouses in [[Hakodate]], [[Edo]], [[Osaka]], and [[Shimonoseki]] to handle the collection of [[marine products]] to be exported at [[Nagasaki]], pushing private merchants out of the industry. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *1785/6/29 [[Takami Senseki]] is born (d. [[1858]]). |
| *[[Chou Huang]], Chinese ambassador to [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyu]], dies. | | *[[Chou Huang]], Chinese ambassador to [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryukyu]], dies. |
| + | *[[Hosokawa Shigetaka]], lord of [[Kumamoto han]], dies. |
| *[[Satake Shozan|Satake Yoshiatsu]], daimyô of [[Akita han]], dies (b. [[1748]]). | | *[[Satake Shozan|Satake Yoshiatsu]], daimyô of [[Akita han]], dies (b. [[1748]]). |
| + | *[[Todo Takatoyo|Tôdô Takatoyo]] dies (b. [[1717]]). |
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