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==Timeline of 1809==
 
==Timeline of 1809==
*1809/2/21 The house arrest of [[Saga han]] ''daimyô'' [[Nabeshima Naomasa]], which began several months earlier, is ended.
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*1809/2/21 The house arrest of [[Saga han]] ''daimyô'' [[Nabeshima Narinao]], which began several months earlier, is ended.
 
*1809/5/20 A system of communicating alarm, and rallying troops, using temple bells, is tested in [[Nagasaki]]. It proves ineffective, and is abandoned soon afterwards.
 
*1809/5/20 A system of communicating alarm, and rallying troops, using temple bells, is tested in [[Nagasaki]]. It proves ineffective, and is abandoned soon afterwards.
  
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*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
 
*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
 
*[[Fukuoka han]] constructs five new gun batteries for the defense of [[Nagasaki]] harbor.
 
*[[Fukuoka han]] constructs five new gun batteries for the defense of [[Nagasaki]] harbor.
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*A live [[monkeys|gibbon]] is brought to Japan for the first time.
 
*An envoy from Korea is instructed, in [[Tsushima]], that the next formal [[Korean embassy]] should be received in Tsushima, rather than traveling to Edo.
 
*An envoy from Korea is instructed, in [[Tsushima]], that the next formal [[Korean embassy]] should be received in Tsushima, rather than traveling to Edo.
 
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
 
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
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===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Rutherford Alcock]] is born (d. [[1897]]).
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*Charles Darwin is born (d. [[1882]]).
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*''[[Rangaku]]'' scholar [[Katsuragawa Hoshu|Katsuragawa Hôshû]] dies (b. [[1756]]).
 
*[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is born (d. [[1890]]).
 
*[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is born (d. [[1890]]).
 
*[[Shimazu Nariakira]], daimyô of [[Satsuma han]], is born (d. [[1858]]).
 
*[[Shimazu Nariakira]], daimyô of [[Satsuma han]], is born (d. [[1858]]).

Latest revision as of 13:49, 15 October 2017

Bunka 6 (文化六年)

Timeline of 1809

  • 1809/2/21 The house arrest of Saga han daimyô Nabeshima Narinao, which began several months earlier, is ended.
  • 1809/5/20 A system of communicating alarm, and rallying troops, using temple bells, is tested in Nagasaki. It proves ineffective, and is abandoned soon afterwards.

Other Events of 1809

  • Jan Cock Blomhof becomes opperhoofd in Dejima.
  • Fukuoka han constructs five new gun batteries for the defense of Nagasaki harbor.
  • A live gibbon is brought to Japan for the first time.
  • An envoy from Korea is instructed, in Tsushima, that the next formal Korean embassy should be received in Tsushima, rather than traveling to Edo.
  • Publication of "Shank's Mare" (Tôkaidô hizakurige) by Jippensha Ikku, is completed (begun 1802).
  • The shogunate establishes a network of fire signals located atop mountains, which could be lit to signal Edo in the event of the incursion of a foreign ship into Nagasaki harbor. The system is never used.

Births and Deaths

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