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*1623/11 [[British East India Company]] factory at [[Hirado]] is closed; British leave Japan.
*1623/11 [[British East India Company]] factory at [[Hirado]] is closed; British leave Japan.
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==Other Events==
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==Other Events of 1623==
*[[Amboyna massacre]] in Dutch East Indies; twenty men in the service of the British East India Company are executed by the [[Dutch East India Company]].
*[[Amboyna massacre]] in Dutch East Indies; twenty men in the service of the British East India Company are executed by the [[Dutch East India Company]].
*The third volume of the ''[[Omoro Soshi|Omoro Sôshi]]'' is compiled.
*The third volume of the ''[[Omoro Soshi|Omoro Sôshi]]'' is compiled.
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*[[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] abdicates in favor of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].
*[[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] abdicates in favor of [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]].
*[[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]] becomes head of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] of painters.
*[[Kano Yasunobu|Kanô Yasunobu]] becomes head of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]] of painters.
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*[[Satsuma han]] comes to more fully control the [[Amami Islands]], and forbids local Amami officials from interacting with those of the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]].
===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===