Editing Edo period (section)

==Events==
* 1600: [[Battle of Sekigahara]]. [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] defeats a coalition of ''daimyo'' and establishes hegemony over most of Japan.
* 1603: The emperor appoints Tokugawa Ieyasu as ''shōgun'', who moves his government to Edo (Tokyo) and founds the Tokugawa dynasty of ''shōguns''.
* 1605: Tokugawa Ieyasu resigns as ''shōgun'' and is succeeded by his son [[Tokugawa Hidetada]].
* 1607: Korean [[Joseon]] dynasty sends an embassy to [[Tokugawa shogunate]].
* 1611: [[Ryūkyū]] Islands become a vassal state of [[Satsuma Domain]].
* 1614: Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity from Japan.
* 1615: Battle of Osaka. Tokugawa Ieyasu besieges [[Osaka Castle]], all opposition from forces loyal to the [[Toyotomi]] family. Tokugawa authority becomes paramount throughout Japan.
* 1616: Tokugawa Ieyasu dies.
* 1620: After Ieyasu dies the peasants and ''chōnins'' increase in population
* 1623: [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] becomes the third ''shōgun''.
* 1633: Iemitsu forbids travelling abroad and reading foreign books.
* 1635: Iemitsu formalizes the system of mandatory alternative residence (''[[sankin-kōtai]]'') in Edo.
* 1637: [[Shimabara Rebellion]] (1637–38) mounted by overtaxed peasants.
* 1638: Iemitsu forbids ship building.
* 1639: Edicts establishing National Seclusion ([[Sakoku]] Rei) are completed. All Westerners except the [[Dutch people|Dutch]] are prohibited from entering Japan.
* 1641: Iemitsu bans all foreigners, except Chinese, Koreans, and Dutch from Japan.
* 1657: The [[Great Fire of Meireki]] destroys most of the city of Edo.
* 1700: [[Kabuki]] and [[ukiyo-e]] become popular.{{clarify|reason=Why choose 1700 for this?|date=January 2018}}
* 1707: [[Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji|Mount Fuji erupts]].
* 1774: The anatomical text ''[[Kaitai Shinsho]]'', the first complete Japanese translation of a Western medical work, is published by [[Sugita Genpaku]] and [[Maeno Ryotaku]].
* 1787: [[Matsudaira Sadanobu]] becomes senior shogunal councillor and institutes the [[Kansei Reforms]].
* 1792: Russian envoy [[Adam Laxman]] arrives at Nemuro in eastern [[Ezo]] (now [[Hokkaidō]]).
* 1804: Russian envoy [[Nikolai Rezanov]] reaches [[Nagasaki]] and unsuccessfully seeks the establishment of trade relations with Japan.
* 1837: Rebellion of [[Ōshio Heihachirō]].
* 1841: [[Tenpō Reforms]].
* 1853: US Navy [[Matthew C. Perry|Commodore Matthew C. Perry]]'s four-ship squadron appeared in [[Edo Bay]] ([[Tokyo Bay]]).
* 1854: The US forces Japan to sign a trade agreement ("[[Convention of Kanagawa|Treaty of Kanagawa]]") which reopens Japan to foreigners after two centuries.
* 1855: Russia and Japan establish diplomatic relations.
* 1860: [[Sakuradamon Incident (1860)|Sakuradamon Incident]].
* 1863: [[Bombardment of Kagoshima]].
* 1864: British, French, Dutch and American warships bombard [[Shimonoseki]] and open more Japanese ports for foreigners.
* 1868: [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] resigns, the Tokugawa dynasty ends, and the emperor (or "mikado") [[Meiji Emperor|Meiji]] is restored, but with capital in Edo/Tokyo and divine attributes.

=== Era names ===
The [[Japanese era name|imperial eras]] proclaimed during the Edo period were:<ref>{{cite web|title=江戸時代の年表・年号 |date=July 2019 |language=ja |url=https://origamijapan.net/origami/2019/01/19/edo-history/ |access-date=2020-02-20}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ {{sronly|Eras during the Edo period}}
|-
!scope="col"| Era name
!scope="col"| Japanese [[kanji]]
!scope="col"| Approximate years
|-
!scope="row"| Keichō
| 慶長
| 1596～1615
|-
!scope="row"| Genna
| 元和
| 1615～1624
|-
!scope="row"| Kan'ei
| 寛永
| 1624～1644
|-
!scope="row"| Shōhō
| 正保
| 1644～1648
|-
!scope="row"| Keian
| 慶安
| 1648～1652
|-
!scope="row"| Jōō
| 承応
| 1652～1655
|-
!scope="row"| Meireki
| 明暦
| 1655～1658
|-
!scope="row"| Manji
| 万治
| 1658～1661
|-
!scope="row"| Kanbun
| 寛文
| 1661～1673
|-
!scope="row"| Enpō
| 延宝
| 1673～1681
|-
!scope="row"| Tenna
| 天和
| 1681～1684
|-
!scope="row"| Jōkyō
| 貞享
| 1684～1688
|-
!scope="row"| Genroku
| 元禄
| 1688～1704
|-
!scope="row"| Hōei
| 宝永
| 1704～1711
|-
!scope="row"| Shōtoku
| 正徳
| 1711～1716
|-
!scope="row"| Kyōhō
| 享保
| 1716～1736
|-
!scope="row"| Genbun
| 元文
| 1736～1741
|-
!scope="row"| Kanpō
| 寛保
| 1741～1744
|-
!scope="row"| Enkyō
| 延享
| 1744～1748
|-
!scope="row"| Kan'en
| 寛延
| 1748～1751
|-
!scope="row"| Hōreki
| 宝暦
| 1751～1764
|-
!scope="row"| Meiwa
| 明和
| 1764～1772
|-
!scope="row"| An'ei
| 安永
| 1772～1781
|-
!scope="row"| Tenmei
| 天明
| 1781～1789
|-
!scope="row"| Kansei
| 寛政
| 1789～1801
|-
!scope="row"| Kyōwa
| 享和
| 1801～1804
|-
!scope="row"| Bunka
| 文化
| 1804～1818
|-
!scope="row"| Bunsei
| 文政
| 1818～1830
|-
!scope="row"| Tenpō
| 天保
| 1830～1844
|-
!scope="row"| Kōka
| 弘化
| 1844～1848
|-
!scope="row"| Kaei
| 嘉永
| 1848～1854
|-
!scope="row"| Ansei
| 安政
| 1854～1860
|-
!scope="row"| Man'en
| 万延
| 1860～1861
|-
!scope="row"| Bunkyū
| 文久
| 1861～1864
|-
!scope="row"| Genji
| 元治
| 1864～1865
|-
!scope="row"| Keiō
| 慶応
| 1865～1868
|}