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*1808/6 Sakhalin is confirmed to be an island, and not a peninsula of the Asian mainland.
*1808/6 Sakhalin is confirmed to be an island, and not a peninsula of the Asian mainland.
*1808/8/25-28 [[Phaeton Incident]] - [[HMS Phaeton]] enters [[Nagasaki]] harbor, with the intention of attacking [[Dutch East India Company]] ships, capturing several Dutchmen, and threatening Japanese and Chinese as well. The ''Phaeton'' eventually leaves after receiving supplies and learning that the Dutch ships would not be arriving that year.
*1808/8/25-28 [[Phaeton Incident]] - [[HMS Phaeton]] enters [[Nagasaki]] harbor, with the intention of attacking [[Dutch East India Company]] ships, capturing several Dutchmen, and threatening Japanese and Chinese as well. The ''Phaeton'' eventually leaves after receiving supplies and learning that the Dutch ships would not be arriving that year.
*1808/10/15 Ten officers from [[Saga han]], commanders of the gun batteries at Nagasaki, are placed under house arrest until the following year; [[Seki Dennojo|Seki Dennojô]], Nagasaki intelligence officer from Saga, is stripped of his office.
*1808/11/10 The order is given to place Saga han ''daimyô'' [[Nabeshima Naomasa]] under house arrest.
*1808/11/24 The order to place Nabeshima Naomasa under house arrest arrives in Saga.
==Other Events==
==Other Events==
*1808/9/27 [[Chiba Saburoemon|Chiba Saburôemon]] and [[Kanbara Jiemon]], Saga samurai and heads of the defenses at Nagasaki, commit ''seppuku''.
*1808/9/27 [[Chiba Saburoemon|Chiba Saburôemon]] and [[Kanbara Jiemon]], Saga samurai and heads of the defenses at Nagasaki, commit ''seppuku''.
*[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]] [[Matsudaira Yasuhira]] commits suicide.
*[[Nagasaki bugyo|Nagasaki bugyô]] [[Matsudaira Yasuhira]] commits suicide.
*[[Matsumoto Saburo|Matsumoto Saburô]], chief counselor to [[Fukahori han]], commits suicide.
*[[Kabuki]] playwright [[Namiki Gohei I]] dies (b. [[1747]]).
*[[Kabuki]] playwright [[Namiki Gohei I]] dies (b. [[1747]]).
*[[Udono Kyuo|Udono Kyûô]], head of the [[Roshigumi]], is born (d. 1869).
*[[Udono Kyuo|Udono Kyûô]], head of the [[Roshigumi]], is born (d. 1869).