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*[[Hendrik Casper Romberg]] is succeeded as ''[[opperhoofd]]'' of the [[Dutch East India Company]] base at [[Dejima]].
*[[Hendrik Casper Romberg]] is succeeded as ''[[opperhoofd]]'' of the [[Dutch East India Company]] base at [[Dejima]].
*[[Satsuma han]] sends aid to relieve [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], which had been suffering from famine since the previous year; the famine abates.
*[[Satsuma han]] sends aid to relieve [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], which had been suffering from famine since the previous year; the famine abates.
+*The shogunate dispatches a mission to [[Ezo]] to investigate the defenses, trade activities, and commercial potential of [[Matsumae han]], and to assess the Russian presence and the potential threat posed by it. This mission represents an important expansion of shogunate awareness of, or familiarity with, circumstances in Ezo.
*[[Tanuma Okitsugu]] establishes clearinghouses in [[Hakodate]], [[Edo]], [[Osaka]], and [[Shimonoseki]] to handle the collection of [[marine products]] to be exported at [[Nagasaki]], pushing private merchants out of the industry.
*[[Tanuma Okitsugu]] establishes clearinghouses in [[Hakodate]], [[Edo]], [[Osaka]], and [[Shimonoseki]] to handle the collection of [[marine products]] to be exported at [[Nagasaki]], pushing private merchants out of the industry.