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==Timeline of 1811==
==Timeline of 1811==
*1811/1/27 [[Miyakejima]] erupts.
*1811/1/27 [[Miyakejima]] erupts.
*1811/5 ''[[Bansho Wage Goyo|Bansho Wage Goyô]]'' department for the translation of foreign books is established within the shogunate, with ''[[Tenmon gata]]'' [[Takahashi Kageyasu]] as its head.
*1811/6 Russian captain [[Vasily Golovnin]], along with 7 others of his party, are captured on [[Kunashir Island]] by samurai of [[Matsumae han]]. Golovnin is held for two years.
==Other Events of 1811==
==Other Events of 1811==
*Final [[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Edo]].
*The Dutch East Indies fall to the British (returned to Dutch control [[1816]]). For the next five years, the only place in the world flying the flag of the Netherlands is [[Dejima]].
*Final [[Korean embassy]] journeys to [[Tsushima han]], not making its way to "mainland" Japan.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*1811/2/28 [[Sakuma Shozan|Sakuma Shôzan]], politician and scholar, is born (d. 1864).
*1811/2/28 [[Sakuma Shozan|Sakuma Shôzan]], politician and scholar, is born (d. 1864).
*[[James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin]], British diplomat, is born (d. [[1863]]).
*Artist [[Matsumura Goshun]] dies (b. [[1752]]).
*Painter [[Sumiyoshi Hiroyuki]] dies (b. [[1755]]).
*[[Zeng Guofan]] is born (d. [[1872]]).
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