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Jan 1, 1543
Merchants from Europe arrive in Japan.
Merchants from Europe arrive in Japan. -
Period: Jan 1, 1543 to
Feudal Japan
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Jan 1, 1549
Christian missionaries come to try and conert the Japanese.
They managed to convert a quarter of a million people and over 200 Christian churches were built. -
Jan 1, 1560
Civil War
Civil war in Japan is still happening, the country is in chaos. -
Jan 1, 1565
Nobunaga is in control
Obu Nogunaga is in control of Japan, he conquers almost one third of the country, -
Jan 1, 1568
Kyoto is captured by Nobunaga
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Jan 1, 1582
Nobunaga kills himself
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Hideyoshi becomes shogun
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Hideyoshi dies
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Battle of Sekigahara occurs
Ieyasu is initially outnumbered but many diamyo's defet and join his side, winning him the battle. This ends the warring states and Ieyasu is awarded shogun. -
Ieyasu is Shogun
He begins the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Tokugawa clan had no divine right to rule.