* [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] return to Japan three men from [[Satsuma province]] who they had captured in [[Malacca]] the previous year and had brought to [[Goa]]. One of these men is [[Anjiro|Anjirô]], who later becomes an interpreter for [[Francis Xavier]].
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*[[Oda Nobuhiro]] surrenders and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu|Takechiyo]] returns to [[Okazaki castle]] from imprisonment.
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*The final [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi clan]] [[tribute]] mission (sent two years earlier) arrives in China. This marks the end of Japanese tributary relations with China.
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===Births and Deaths===
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*1549/3/6 [[Matsudaira Hirotada]] of [[Mikawa province|Mikawa]] is killed.
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* 1549/3/6 [[Matsudaira Hirotada]] of [[Mikawa province|Mikawa]] is killed.
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* 1549/7/3 [[Francis Xavier]] founds first Catholic Mission in Japan, on the southern island of Kyûshû.