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*[[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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*[[Gima Shinjo|Gima Shinjô]] sends two young Okinawan students to China to study sugar processing.
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*[[Gima Shinjo|Gima Shinjô]] sends two young Okinawan students to China to study sugar processing. Sugar cane plantations first begin to take off.
*[[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.