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Aug 23, 1050
Rise of the Samurai
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Aug 23, 1159
Heiji rebellion
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Aug 23, 1180
Genpei war
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Aug 23, 1181
Great famine kills thousands
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Aug 23, 1185
Kamakura Bakufu is established by Minamoto novYoritomo
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Period: Aug 23, 1185 to Aug 23, 1336
Kamakura Period
In this period there were several attempts from the Mongols to invade Japan. The Mongols were unforunate as they didn't succeed. -
Aug 23, 1192
Minamoto no Yoritomo gains title of shogun
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Aug 23, 1274
Attempt Mongol invasion
The mongols attempted to invade the Japanese but there was a massive storm that forced the mongols to retreat -
Aug 23, 1281
Second attempted Mongol invasion
The second attempt of the invasion was also whiped out with a storm just as big. -
Aug 23, 1336
Ashikaga shogunate is established by Ashikaga Takauj
The shogunate was a feudal military regime. -
Period: Aug 23, 1336 to Aug 23, 1534
Ashikaga Period
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Period: Aug 23, 1467 to Aug 23, 1477
Onin War
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Period: Aug 23, 1534 to
Sengoku-Jidai Period
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Aug 23, 1575
Battle of Nagashino
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Battle of Sekigahara
A decisive battle which cleared the path for the shogunate. It took him three more years to gain power over the Daimyo. Beginning of Tokugawa Bakufu. -
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 HeianKyo
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Japanese Emperor forbids contact with China
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Period: to Aug 23, 1185
Heian Period