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==Other Events==
==Other Events==
*Shogunal post of ''[[Shumon kaiyaku|Shûmon kaiyaku]]'' is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. ''[[O-metsuke|Ô-metsuke]]'' [[Inoue Masashige]] is the first appointed to the post.
*Shogunal post of ''[[Shumon kaiyaku|Shûmon kaiyaku]]'' is created to oversee and enforce the bans on Christianity. ''[[O-metsuke|Ô-metsuke]]'' [[Inoue Masashige]] is the first appointed to the post.
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*57 of approximately 70 Portuguese sailors who sailed from Macao to Japan bearing gifts in an attempt to regain Portuguese trading and missionary rights in Japan are executed.
*Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan.
*Ayutthaya dispatches an envoy to request the resumption of trade and relations with Japan. The ship succumbs to typhoon or inclement weather and never makes it to Japan.
*[[Shimabara, Kyoto|Shimabara pleasure district]] in Kyoto is established.
*[[Shimabara, Kyoto|Shimabara pleasure district]] in Kyoto is established.