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==== Asia ====
* [[April 15]] &ndash; A fire breaks out in the [[Song dynasty|Song Chinese]] capital city of [[Hangzhou]], raging for four days and nights, destroying 58,097 houses over an area of more than {{convert|3|mi|km}}, killing 59 people, and an unrecorded number of other people, who are trampled while attempting to flee. The government provides temporary lodging for 5,345 people, in nearby [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] and [[Taoism|Taoist]] monasteries. The collective victims of the disaster are given 160,000 strings of cash, along with 400 tons of rice. Some of the government officials who lose their homes take up residence in rented [[boathouse]]s on the nearby [[West Lake]].