1771
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Meiwa 8 (明和八年)
Timeline of 1771
- 1771/3 A tsunami strikes Yonaguni Island. Roughly 10,000 are killed in the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands.
Other Events of 1771
- Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky of Hungary lands on Amami Ôshima.
- The Naitô Shinjuku post-station is reopened after being closed for several decades.
- Nakasu entertainment district in Edo is established.
- Sugita Genpaku and two others perform a dissection of a human body, with a Dutch book as a guide.
- The Yoshiwara burns down.
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