Genroku 2 (元禄二年)

Timeline of 1689

Other Events of 1689

  • Construction and establishment of Chinese quarter in Nagasaki is formally completed.
  • The keizuza system of recording and tracking the geneologies of the aristocracy is established in Ryûkyû.
  • Matsuo Bashô makes a journey to the northern parts of Japan, upon which his Oku no Hosomichi ("The Narrow Road to the North") will later be based.
  • The Treaty of Nerchinsk establishes the border between Russia and Qing Dynasty China.

Births and Deaths

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1688
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1690