Editing Sengoku period (section)

=== Events ===
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! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col" | Event
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! scope="row" | 1454
|Beginning of [[Kyōtoku incident]]
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! scope="row" | 1467
|Beginning of [[Ōnin War]]
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! scope="row" | 1477
|End of Ōnin War. The effective independence of the [[Iga ikki|Iga ''ikki'']] is noted
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! scope="row" | 1482
|End of Kyōtoku incident.
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!1485
|The Yamashiro uprising results in the formation of the [[Yamashiro ikki|Yamashiro ''ikki'']]
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!1487
|Battle of Magari: Rokkaku Takayori, assisted by ninjas from the Iga and [[Kōka ikki|Kōka ''ikki''s]], defeats [[Ashikaga Yoshihisa]]
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! scope="row" | 1488
|The [[Kaga Rebellion]] establishes the [[Kaga ikki|Kaga ''ikki'']]
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! rowspan="3" scope="row" | 1493
|[[Hosokawa Masamoto]] succeeds in the Coup of Meio (Meio incident)
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|[[Hōjō Sōun]] seizes [[Izu Province]]
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|The Ashikaga shogunate destroys the Yamashiro ''ikki''
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! scope="row" | 1507
|  Beginning of the Ryo Hosokawa War (the succession dispute in the Hosokawa family)
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! scope="row" | 1520
| [[Hosokawa Takakuni]] defeats [[Hosokawa Sumimoto]]
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!1523
|[[Ming Empire|Ming China]] suspends all diplomatic and trade relations with [[Japan]] due to the conflict
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! scope="row" | 1531
| [[Hosokawa Harumoto]] defeats Hosokawa Takakuni
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! Scope="row" | 1535
| [[Battle of Idano]] The forces of the [[Matsudaira clan|Matsudaira]] defeat the rebel Masatoyo
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! scope="row" | 1543
| The [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] lands on [[Tanegashima]], becoming the first Europeans to arrive in Japan, and introduce the [[arquebus]] into Japanese warfare
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! scope="row" | 1546
|[[Siege of Kawagoe Castle]]: [[Hojo Ujiyasu]] defeats the [[Uesugi clan]] and becomes ruler of the [[Kanto Region]]
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1549
| [[Miyoshi Nagayoshi]] betrays Hosokawa Harumoto
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|Japan officially ends its recognition of China's [[regional hegemony]] and cancels any further [[Tributary system of China|tribute missions]]
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! scope="row" | 1551
| [[Tainei-ji incident]]: [[Sue Harukata]] betrays [[Ōuchi Yoshitaka]], taking control of western Honshu
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! scope="row"  | 1554
|  The tripartite pact among [[Takeda Shingen|Takeda]], [[Hōjō Ujiyasu|Hōjō]] and [[Imagawa Yoshimoto|Imagawa]] is signed
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! scope="row"  | 1555
| [[Battle of Itsukushima]]: [[Mōri Motonari]] defeats Sue Harukata and goes on to supplant the Ōuchi as the foremost ''daimyo'' of western Honshu
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! scope="row" | 1560
| [[Battle of Okehazama]]: The outnumbered [[Oda Nobunaga]] defeats and kills [[Imagawa Yoshimoto]] in a surprise attack
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1561
| [[Battle of Kawanakajima|Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]]: The legendary battle between [[Takeda Shingen]] and [[Uesugi Kenshin]]
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|Portuguese vessels bombard Moji at the request of [[Otomo Sorin]], who fails to take it [[Siege of Moji|in a siege]].
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! scope="row"  | 1562
| [[Omura Sumitada]] converted to Christianity, becoming the first Japanese lord to do so.
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! scope="row"  | 1565
| Portuguese and Japanese vessels belonging to the Matsura clan clash at the [[Battle of Fukuda Bay]].
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! scope="row" | 1568
| [[Oda Nobunaga]] marches toward [[Kyoto]] forcing [[Matsunaga Hisahide]] to relinquish control of the city
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! scope="row" | 1570
|[[Battle of Anegawa]] and the beginning of the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]]
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!1571
|[[Nagasaki]] is established as a trade port for Portuguese merchants, with authorization of [[Daimyō|daimyo]] [[Ōmura Sumitada]]
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! scope="row" | 1573
| The end of the [[Ashikaga shogunate]]
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!1574
|The [[Rokkaku clan]] and [[Kōka ikki|Kōka ''ikki'']] surrender to Oda Nobunaga
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! scope="row" | 1575
| [[Battle of Nagashino]]: [[Oda Nobunaga]] and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] decisively defeat the [[Takeda clan]] cavalry with innovative arquebus tactics
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! scope="row" | 1577
| [[Battle of Tedorigawa]]: The epic battle between [[Uesugi Kenshin]] against [[Oda Nobunaga]]
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! scope="row" | 1580
|End of the [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]]. Oda Nobunaga unifies central Japan under his rule
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!1581
|The [[Tenshō Iga War]] ends with the destruction of the [[Iga ikki|Iga ''ikki'']].
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! scope="row" | 1582
|[[Akechi Mitsuhide]] assassinates Oda Nobunaga in the [[Honnō-ji Incident]]; [[Hashiba Hideyoshi]] defeats Akechi at the [[Battle of Yamazaki]]
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! scope="row" | 1583
|[[Chosokabe Motochika]] extends his power to all of [[Shikoku island]]
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! scope="row" | 1584
|[[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] succeeds in controlling the entire [[Kyushu region]]
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! rowspan="2" scope="row"| 1585
| [[Invasion of Shikoku (1585)]]:Hashiba Hideyoshi conquest of Shikoku
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|Hashiba Hideyoshi is granted the title of ''[[Sesshō and Kampaku|Kampaku]]'', establishing his predominant authority; he is granted the surname ''Toyotomi'' a year after.
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1587
| [[Kyūshū campaign]]: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats the [[Shimazu clan]]
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| [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] announces the first anti-Christian sentiment
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! rowspan="2" scope="row" | 1590
| [[Siege of Odawara (1590)|Siege of Odawara]]: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats the [[Late Hōjō clan|Hōjō clan]]
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| Toyotomi Hideyoshi achieves the unification of the entire country under the loyalty of the clans of Mutsu Province.
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! scope="row" | 1591
| [[Kunohe rebellion]]: Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the forces of [[Kunohe Masazane]], unifying Japan under the rule of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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! scope="row" | 1592–98
|[[Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)|Japanese invasions of Korea]]
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! scope="row" | 1598
|Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies
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! scope="row" | 1600
| [[Battle of Sekigahara]]: The Eastern Army under [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] defeats the Western Army of Toyotomi loyalists
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! scope="row" | 1603
| [[Rokugō Rebellion]]: Satake clan under [[Satake Yoshinobu]] takes full control of Kubota Domain
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! scope="row" | 1603
|[[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] unifies all of Japan under his rule and establishes the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]
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! scope="row" | 1609
|[[Invasion of Ryukyu]]: The Ryukyu Kingdom becomes a vassal state under the [[Satsuma Domain]] of Japan
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!1614
|[[Catholicism]] is officially banned and all missionaries are ordered to leave the country for two centuries
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! scope="row" | 1615
|[[Siege of Osaka]]: The last of the Toyotomi opposition to the Tokugawa shogunate is stamped out
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