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Kan'ei 16 (寛永十六年)

1639/7/5 (August 4) The final of the maritime restrictions are put into place. The construction of ocean-going vessels is banned, and all Westerners are banned from Japan, including people of mixed-race; the only exceptions are adult male employees of the Dutch East India Company, who are permitted to remain in the country but are restricted to Hirado. Roughly 32 people of mixed Dutch or British & Japanese blood leave for Batavia, along with eight or so full-blooded Japanese or Europeans.
1639/8/9 Hosokawa Tadatoshi of Kokura han, along with the lords of four other major domains, are assigned duties of coastal defense.

Hongan-ji school is established in Kyoto; these grounds are today Ryûkoku University.
Reconstruction efforts are completed on Matsumae castle, which was destroyed two years previous.
Maeda Toshitsune retires as daimyô of Kaga han, and is succeeded by his son Maeda Mitsumasa.
Russian forces moving overland across Siberia reach the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
Eleven managers of bathhouses and other Yoshiwara operations are crucified outside the Great Gate of the district for illegal activities committed outside the quarter.

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 ==Timeline of 1639==
-*1639/7/5 (August 4) The final of the [[kaikin|maritime restrictions]] are put into place. The construction of ocean-going vessels is banned, and all Westerners are banned from Japan, including people of mixed-race; the only exceptions are adult male employees of the Dutch East India Company, who are permitted to remain in the country but are restricted to [[Hirado]]. Roughly 30 Japanese women and their children by Dutch or British men leave for Batavia.
+*1639/7/5 (August 4) The final of the [[kaikin|maritime restrictions]] are put into place. The construction of ocean-going vessels is banned, and all Westerners are banned from Japan, including people of mixed-race; the only exceptions are adult male employees of the Dutch East India Company, who are permitted to remain in the country but are restricted to [[Hirado]]. Roughly 32 people of mixed Dutch or British & Japanese blood leave for [[Batavia]], along with eight or so full-blooded Japanese or Europeans.
 *1639/8/9 [[Hosokawa Tadatoshi]] of [[Kokura han]], along with the lords of four other major domains, are assigned duties of coastal defense.