Tenna or Tenwa (天和) was a Japanese era after Empō and before Jōkyō and spanned from 1681 to 1684. The reigning emperor was Reigen. Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. ... Empō (延宝) was a Japanese era after Kambun and before Tenna and spanned from 1673 to 1681. ... Jōkyō (貞享) was a Japanese era after Tenna and before Genroku and spanned from 1684 to 1688. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... Emperor Reigen (霊元天皇) (July 9, 1654 - September 24, 1732) was the 112th imperial ruler of Japan. ...

Change of era

To mark the 58th year of a cycle of the Chinese zodiac, on the 29th day of the 9th month of Empō 9 (1681), the era was changed to Tenna (天和, "Heavenly/Imperial peace") Chinese astrology (占星術 pinyin: zhàn xÄ«ng shù; 星學 pinyin: xÄ«ngxúe ; 七政四餘 pinyin: qÄ« zhèng sì yú; and 果老星宗 pinyin: gÇ”o lÇŽo xÄ«ng zōng) is related to the Chinese calendar, particularly its 12-year cycle of animals (aka Chinese Zodiac), and the fortune-telling aspects according...

Events of the Tenna era

• Twelfth month, twenty-eighth day, Tenna 2 (1682) - Great Tenna Fire in Edo