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==Other Events of 1809==
 
==Other Events of 1809==
 
*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
 
*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
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*[[Fukuoka han]] constructs five new gun batteries for the defense of [[Nagasaki]] harbor.
 
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
 
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
 
*The shogunate establishes a network of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor. The system is never used.
 
*The shogunate establishes a network of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor. The system is never used.
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