*1809/2/21 The house arrest of [[Saga han]] ''daimyô'' [[Nabeshima Naomasa]], which began several months earlier, is ended.
*1809/2/21 The house arrest of [[Saga han]] ''daimyô'' [[Nabeshima Naomasa]], which began several months earlier, is ended.
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*1809/5/20 A system of communicating alarm, and rallying troops, using temple bells, is tested in [[Nagasaki]]. It proves ineffective, and is abandoned soon afterwards.
==Other Events of 1809==
==Other Events of 1809==
*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
*[[Jan Cock Blomhof]] becomes ''[[opperhoofd]]'' in [[Dejima]].
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
*Publication of "[[Shank's Mare]]" (''Tôkaidô hizakurige'') by [[Jippensha Ikku]], is completed (begun [[1802]]).
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*The shogunate establishes a network 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. The system is never used.
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===Births and Deaths===
===Births and Deaths===
*[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is born (d. [[1890]]).
*[[Negishi Yuzan|Negishi Yûzan]] of the [[Shinsengumi]] is born (d. [[1890]]).