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==Timeline of 1779==
 
==Timeline of 1779==
 
*1779/1 Shogunate bans the circulation of ''[[nanryoni|nanryôni]]'' (pure silver) coinage, beginning the circulation of gold-silver alloyed coins.
 
*1779/1 Shogunate bans the circulation of ''[[nanryoni|nanryôni]]'' (pure silver) coinage, beginning the circulation of gold-silver alloyed coins.
*1779/10 [[Sakurajima]] erupts.
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*1779/9/1 [[Sakurajima]] erupts.
 
*1779/11/9 [[Emperor Kokaku|Emperor Kôkaku]] succeeds [[Emperor Go-Momozono]] to the Imperial throne.
 
*1779/11/9 [[Emperor Kokaku|Emperor Kôkaku]] succeeds [[Emperor Go-Momozono]] to the Imperial throne.
  

Revision as of 21:55, 9 December 2012

An'ei 8 (安永八年)

Timeline of 1779

Other Events of 1779

  • Adherents of the Fuji-kô sect first begin building mini-Fuji in Edo.
  • Works by Katsukawa Shunrô, the artist who will later be known as Hokusai, are published for the first time.
  • Rangaku scholar Hiraga Gennai is arrested and imprisoned for killing a disciple of his in a fit of rage.
  • The shogunate establishes the geisha kenban, and all geisha of the Yoshiwara are registered.
  • Isaac Titsingh becomes opperhoofd in Dejima.

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