*A bronze bell is cast by a Japanese metalworker as an offering to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]]. This bell will later be installed in the [[Gokoku-ji (Okinawa)|Gokoku-ji]], and taken by [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] back to Annapolis in [[1853]].
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*A number of Korean sailors are cast ashore on [[Kumejima]]; their accounts of Kumejima customs, etc. remain extant today.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Naata Ufushu]] (d. [[1517]]), chief of [[Ishigaki-jima]], is born.
*[[Naata Ufushu]] (d. [[1517]]), chief of [[Ishigaki-jima]], is born.