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Jan 1, 1050
Rise of the Samurai
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Jan 1, 1159
Heiji Rebellion
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Jan 1, 1180
Genpei War
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Jan 1, 1181
Great famine kills thousands
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Jan 1, 1185
Kamakura Bakufu is established by Minamoto no Yoritomo
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Period: Jan 1, 1185 to Jan 1, 1336
Kamakura Period
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Jan 1, 1192
Minamoto no Yoritomo gains title of Shogun
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Jan 1, 1274
Attempted Mongol invasion
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Jan 1, 1281
Second attempted Mongol invasion
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Jan 1, 1336
Ashikaga Shogunate is established by Ashikaga Takauji
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Period: Jan 1, 1336 to Jan 1, 1534
Ashikaga Period
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Period: Jan 1, 1467 to Jan 1, 1477
Onin War
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Period: Jan 1, 1534 to
Sengoku-Jidai Period
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Jan 1, 1575
Battle of Nagashio
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Battle of Sekigahara
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Tokugawa shogunate is established by Tokugawa ieyasu
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Period: to
Tokugawa Period
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Ieyasu bans christianity in Japan
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Tokugawa Ieyasu gives the title of Shogun to his son Tokugawa Hidetada
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Japanese break all ties with foreigners
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Commodore Matthew Perry arrives in Japan
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Meiji Restoration
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Japan grants religious freedom
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Emperor moves the capital to Heian-Kyo
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Japanese emperor forbids contact with the Chinese
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Period: to Jan 1, 1185
Heian Period