*[[John Jacob Astor]] receives permission to send trading ships to China; among those aboard his ship is the first documented Chinese individual in New York.
*[[Hokusai]] travels the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] for the first time.
*[[Hokusai]] travels the [[Tokaido|Tôkaidô]] for the first time.
*The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
*The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Date Chikamune]], daimyô of [[Sendai han]], dies (b. [[1796]]).
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*[[Ichikawa Kodanji IV]] is born (d. [[1866]]).
*''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Katsukawa Shunko|Katsukawa Shunkô]] dies (b. [[1743]]).
*''[[Ukiyo-e]]'' artist [[Katsukawa Shunko|Katsukawa Shunkô]] dies (b. [[1743]]).
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*[[Okada Gyokuzan]] dies (b. [[1737]]).
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*[[Segawa Kikunojo IV|Segawa Kikunojô IV]] dies (b. [[1782]]).