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==Timeline of 1816==
==Timeline of 1816==
*1816/8/24 (Sept 15) [[HMS Alceste and Lyra]] arrive in [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]]; among the crew, commander [[Basil Hall]] and [[Herbert John Clifford]], who begins researching the [[Okinawan language]].
*1816/9/7 (Oct 27) The ''HMS Alceste and Lyra'' depart [[Naha]].
==Other Events of 1816==
==Other Events of 1816==
*[[HMS Alceste and Lyra]] arrive in [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]].
*The Dutch East Indies, controlled by the British since [[1811]], are restored to Dutch control.
*A system 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, established in [[1809]] and never used, is officially abolished.
*Second formal British embassy to China is led by [[Lord Amherst]].
*Over 1500 die of famine in Ryûkyû.
*The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Eliphalet Brown Jr.]] is born (d. [[1886]]).
*[[Santo Kyoden|Santô Kyôden]] dies (b. [[1761]]).
*[[Santo Kyoden|Santô Kyôden]] dies (b. [[1761]]).
*[[Tokugawa Harutoshi]], daimyô of [[Mito han]], dies (b. [[1773]]).
*[[Yoshida Toyo|Yoshida Tôyô]] is born.
*[[Yoshida Toyo|Yoshida Tôyô]] is born.
