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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]]. |
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| ==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. | | *The [[Yoshiwara]] burns down. |
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| *[[Eliphalet Brown Jr.]] is born (d. [[1886]]). | | *[[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. |
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