1783

Tenmei 3 (天明三年)

Timeline of 1783

• 1783/8/5 Mt. Asama erupts; casualties are estimated at over 20,000. The event exacerbates and prolongs the Great Tenmei Famine.

Births and Deaths

• Swordsman Shirai Tôru born.
• 1783/4/6 Chôshû retainer Murata Seifû born.
• 1783/5/12 Gesaku writer Ryûtei Tanehiko born.
• 1783/9/26 Matsudaira Nariatsu born.
• 1783/11/23 Mathematician Arima Yoriyuki dies.