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Edo Periodknow
We have compiled a chronology of the Edo period.
| Year | incident | place | general | Related people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed as Seii Taishogun | Tokyo | First generation:Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 1605 | Tokugawa Ieyasu cedes the title of shogun to Tokugawa Hidetada | Tokyo | 2nd generation:Tokugawa Hidetada | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| 1612 | Promulgation of ban on Christianity | Tokyo | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 1614 | Osaka winter camp | Osaka Prefecture | Tokugawa Ieyasu,Toyotomi Hideyori | |
| 1615 | Osaka summer camp | Osaka Prefecture | Tokugawa Ieyasu,Toyotomi Hideyori | |
| 1615 | samurai laws established | Tokyo | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 1615 | Establishment of various laws for Kinchu-Nami Nobles. | Tokyo | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 1615 | Establishment of the One Country One Castle Law | Tokyo | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 1616 | Ports of call for European ships are limited to Nagasaki and Hirado | Nagasaki Prefecture | ||
| 1623 | Tokugawa Iemitsu becomes the third shogun | Tokyo | Third Generation:Tokugawa Iemitsu | |
| 1623 | Trade with Britain is cut off | Tokyo | ||
| 1624 | Banning Spanish ships from visiting the port | Tokyo | ||
| 1633 | Issuance of national isolation order | Tokyo | ||
| 1635 | Establishment of sankin kotai | Tokyo | ||
| 1635 | Japanese people are banned from traveling abroad (Third Isolation Order) | Tokyo | ||
| 1637 | Shimabara Rebellion | Nagasaki Prefecture | Shiro Amakusa | |
| 1639 | Portuguese ships are banned from entering Japan (Fifth Isolation Order) | Tokyo | ||
| 1641 | Dutch trading post moved from Hirado to Nagasaki “Dejima” | Nagasaki Prefecture | ||
| 1651 | Tokugawa Ietsuna becomes the fourth shogun. | Tokyo | 4th Generation:Tokugawa Ietsuna | |
| 1657 | Great Fire of Meireki | Tokyo | ||
| 1669 | Battle of Shakshain | Hokkaido | ||
| 1680 | Tokugawa Tsunayoshi becomes the fifth shogun. | Tokyo | 5th Generation:Tokugawa Tsunayoshi | |
| 1687 | An order of mercy for living creatures is issued. | Tokyo | ||
| 1702 | Ako incident | Tokyo | ||
| 1703 | Performance of Sonezaki Shinju | Osaka Prefecture | Chikamatsu Monzaemon | |
| 1709 | Tokugawa Ienobu becomes the 6th Shogun | Tokyo | 6th Generation:Tokugawa Ienobu | |
| 1709 | The rule of righteousness | Tokyo | Arai Shiraishi | |
| 1713 | Tokugawa Ietsugu becomes the 7th Shogun | Tokyo | 7th generation: Ietsugu Tokugawa | |
| 1716 | Tokugawa Yoshimune becomes the 8th shogun. | Tokyo | 8th generation: Tokugawa Yoshimune | |
| 1716 | Kyoho reform | Tokyo | ||
| 1732 | Great Kyoho famine | Western Japan | ||
| 1745 | Tokugawa Ieshige becomes the 9th Shogun | Tokyo | 9th generation: Tokugawa Ieshige | |
| 1760 | Tokugawa Ieharu becomes the 10th shogun | Tokyo | 10th generation: Ieharu Tokugawa | |
| 1767 | Tanuma Otsuji takes control of politics | Tokyo | Tanuma Ichiji, Tanuma Ichiji | |
| 1773 | Open a bookstore in front of Yoshiwara Daimon | Tokyo | Juzaburo Tsutaya | |
| 1774 | Publishes a new book on disassembly | Tokyo | Genpaku Sugita, Ryosawa Maeno | |
| 1776 | Gennai Hiraga restores the static electricity generator "Erekiteru" | Tokyo | Hiraga Gennai | |
| 1782 | Great Tenmei Famine | Tohoku | ||
| 1783 | Mt. Asama eruption | Nagano Prefecture | ||
| 1787 | Tokugawa Ienari becomes the 11th shogun | Tokyo | 11th generation: Tokugawa Ienari | |
| 1787 | Kansei reform | Tokyo | Sadanobu Matsudaira | |
| 1792 | Laxman (Russia) arrives at Nemuro and requests trade. | Hokkaido | Laxman | |
| 1802 | Published Tokaidochu Hizakurige | Tokyo | Jugensha Ichiku | |
| 1804 | Taiko Gotsuma painted a picture of Rakuto sightseeing and was arrested by the shogunate. | Tokyo | Kitagawa Utamaro | |
| 1804 | Rezanov (Russia) arrives at Nagasaki and requests trade again. | Nagasaki Prefecture | Rezanov | |
| 1807 | cultural invasion | Hokkaido | Rezanov | |
| 1808 | Phaeton (British) arrives in Nagasaki | Nagasaki Prefecture | ||
| 1821 | The complete map of the Great Japan Coastal Area is completed. | Tokyo | Tadataka Ino | |
| 1825 | Order to destroy foreign ships issued | Tokyo | ||
| 1828 | Siebold incident | Nagasaki Prefecture | Rinzo Mamiya | |
| 1831 | Published 36 Views of Mt. Fuji | Tokyo | Katsushika Hokusai | |
| 1833 | Great Tenpo Famine | Tokyo | ||
| 1834 | Published 53 Stations of the Tokaido | Tokyo | Hiroshige Utagawa | |
| 1837 | Oshio Heihachiro's Rebellion | Osaka Prefecture | Heihachiro Oshio | |
| 1837 | Tokugawa Ieyoshi becomes the 12th shogun. | Tokyo | 12th generation: Tokugawa Ieyoshi | |
| 1837 | Morrison incident | Kagoshima prefecture・Kanagawa Prefecture | ||
| 1839 | Bansha no Goku | Tokyo | Nagahide Takano, Kazan Watanabe | |
| 1840 | opium war | China | ||
| 1841 | Tenpo reform | Tokyo | Tadakuni Mizuno | |
| 1853 | Perry (USA) arrives at Uraga and demands opening of the country. | Kanagawa Prefecture | perry | |
| 1853 | Tokugawa Iesada becomes the 13th shogun. | Tokyo | 13th generation: Tokugawa Iesada | |
| 1853 | Ansei reform | Tokyo | Masahiro Abe | |
| 1854 | Japan-U.S. Treaty of Peace and Amity concluded | Tokyo | Masahiro Abe | |
| 1854 | Japan-UK Treaty of Peace and Amity concluded | Tokyo | Masahiro Abe | |
| 1854 | Japan-Russia Treaty of Peace and Amity concluded | Tokyo | Masahiro Abe | |
| 1856 | Harris visits Shimoda as U.S. Consul General | Tokyo | Harris | |
| 1857 | Shoin Yoshida takes over Matsushita Sonjuku | Tokyo | Yoshida Shoin | |
| 1858 | Naosuke Ii was appointed as Tairo. | Tokyo | Naosuke Ii | |
| 1858 | Concluded the Ansei Five-Party Treaty, including the Japan-U.S. Treaty of Amity and Commerce. | Tokyo | Naosuke Ii, Harris | |
| 1858 | Great prison of Ansei | Tokyo | Yoshida Shoin | |
| 1858 | Tokugawa Iemochi becomes the 14th shogun. | Tokyo | 14th generation: Iemochi Tokugawa | |
| 1860 | Incident outside the Sakuradamon gate | Tokyo | Naosuke Ii | |
| 1862 | Namamugi incident | Kanagawa Prefecture | Hisamitsu Shimazu | |
| 1863 | Satsuma-British War | Kagoshima prefecture | ||
| 1863 | Political change of August 18th | Tokyo | ||
| 1863 | Shimonoseki incident | Yamaguchi Prefecture | ||
| 1864 | Ikedaya incident | Kyoto | Shinsengumi | |
| 1864 | Kinmon Incident | Kyoto | Katamori Matsudaira | |
| 1864 | First Choshu conquest | Yamaguchi Prefecture | ||
| 1864 | Shikoku Fleet Shimonoseki Bombardment Incident | Yamaguchi Prefecture | ||
| 1866 | Satcho Alliance | Kyoto | Ryoma Sakamoto | |
| 1866 | Second Choshu Conquest | Yamaguchi Prefecture | ||
| 1866 | Yoshinobu Tokugawa becomes the 15th shogun. | Tokyo | 15th generation: Yoshinobu Tokugawa | |
| 1867 | secret edict of the shogunate | Tokyo | ||
| 1867 | Restoration of imperial rule | Tokyo | Emperor Meiji | |
| 1867 | Grand Decree for the Restoration of the Monarchy | Tokyo |