Keichô 1 (慶長元年)
Timeline of 1596
- 1596/int7/13 Big earthquake strikes Osaka~Kyoto.
- 1596/8/28 Spanish galleon San Felipe, en route from Manila to Acapulco, crashes in Tosa province.
- 1596/9/1~2, Toyotomi Hideyoshi meets envoy from Ming at Osaka castle.
- 1596/12/19 Execution of 26 Christians in Hizen.