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*The shogunate issues an edict mandating all commoners throughout the realm to [[shumon aratame|register]] with a Buddhist temple as parishioners (''danka''<!--檀家-->).
*The shogunate issues an edict mandating all commoners throughout the realm to [[shumon aratame|register]] with a Buddhist temple as parishioners (''danka''<!--檀家-->).
*[[VOC|Dutch]] [[opperhoofd|factor]] gifts a candelabra to [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]]; this is later mistakenly recorded as having been a Ryukyuan gift.
*[[VOC|Dutch]] [[opperhoofd|factor]] gifts a candelabra to [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]]; this is later mistakenly recorded as having been a Ryukyuan gift.
===Births and Deaths===
*''[[Kokugaku]]'' scholar [[Keichu|Keichû]] is born (d. [[1701]]).
