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==Other Events of 1816==
==Other Events of 1816==
*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.
*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.
