Oda Nobanaga

By chrina0
  • 1534

    Oda Nobunaga is born

    Born into family with high status, his farther was a daimyo.
  • 1549

    Oda Nobunaga adds 500 musketeers to his army

  • 1549

    teenaged Oda Nobunaga outfitted 500 soldiers with matchlock muskets

    using gun(matchlock musket) he out fitted 500 soldiers, whilst only being a teenager, was one of the first times using firearms in japan.
  • 1551

    Oda Nobunaga becomes the lord of Nagoya castle

    He becomes the Lord of Nagoya castle after his fathers death, it gets passed down onto him.
  • 1557

    Oda Nobunaga murders his brother

    He faked being sick so he could persuade Nobuyuki to visit him, and then killed him.
  • 1560

    Defeated the huge forces of Imagawa Yoshimoto

    He astonished all of Japan by doing this. This was Nobunaga's first step to the unification of many provinces.
  • Period: 1568 to 1582

    Oda Nobunaga seizes Heiankyo (Kyoto)

    When Oda Nobunaga seizes Heiankyo he is the dominant military leader in central Japan.
  • 1573

    Oda Nobanaga controls Kyoto and becomes new shogun

    Oda Nobanaga becomes new shogun by overthrowing previous shogun, Ashikaga.
  • 1575

    Oda Nobunaga wins the Battle of Nagashino

    Nobunaga's new method was the wooden stockades and rotating volleys of fire, which led to a decisive victory at Nagashino.
  • 1579

    Oda Nobunaga gets a new headquarters at Azuchi castle.

    he chose this because its a strategic location in that it gave him significant control over the nearby Tokaida and Nakasendo roads to Kyoto and any traffic on Lake Biwa.
  • Oda Nobunaga commited seppuku
    1582

    Oda Nobunaga commited seppuku

    he commited a suicide ritual on the verge of defeat, shortly after one of his generals rebelled against him.