Genroku 12/12/8-9 (Jan 27-28) - Tsunami six to ten feet high triggered by an earthquake in the American Pacific Northwest, 9.0 in magnitude or greater, strikes Tôhoku.
==Other Events of 1700==
==Other Events of 1700==
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*[[Dutch East India Company]] trading house in Hanoi closed.
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*[[Gion Nankai]] is stripped of his stipend and exiled from his ''[[han]]''.
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Nabeshima Mitsushige]] dies.
*[[Nabeshima Mitsushige]] dies.
*[[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] (d. [[1751]]), King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]], is born.
*[[Sho Kei|Shô Kei]] (d. [[1751]]), King of [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]], is born.
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*[[Rinzai]] Zen monk [[Tetsugyu Doki|Tetsugyû Dôki]] dies (b. [[1626]]).