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1534
1534
Oda Nobunaga is born in Owashi Province, Japan -
1549
1549
Oda Nobunaga adds 500 specialist corps musketeers to his army. -
1557
1557
Oda Nobunaga orders his brother to be murdered. -
1559
1559
Oda Nobunaga captures and destroys Iwakura, a fortress in Japan. -
1568
1568-1582
Oda Nobunaga conquers Kyoto (Heiankyo) and becomes the dominant military leader in Japan -
1573
1573
Oda Nobunaga exiles Yoshiaki, the last Ashikaga shogun -
1575
1575
Oda Nobunaga wins the battle of Nagashino -
1576
1576
Oda Nobunaga initiates a 'Sword Hunt' to find and confiscate all weapons from peasants -
1580
1580
Oda Nobunaga uses ship-mounted canons to attack the Buddhist temple-fortress of Ishiyama Honganji in Osaka. -
Jun 21, 1582
June 21st 1582
Oda Nobunaga dies in the Honnō-ji Incident.