1558

Eiroku 1 (永禄元年)

Timeline of 1558

• 1558/7/12 battle of Ukino - Oda Nobunaga defeats forces of Iwakura castle, but does not press on to siege the castle.

Other Events

• Môri clan seizes Moji castle from the Ôtomo.
• Matsudaira Motoyasu (Tokugawa Ieyasu), fights his first battle, retaking Terabe castle for the Imagawa clan, from Oda Nobunaga.
• Asai Hisamasa makes peace with the Rokkaku clan.
• Miyake clan become retainers of the Matsudaira clan.
• Battle of Urushihara - Takenaka Shigemoto seizes the lands of the Iwate clan.

Births and Deaths

• Ei Hisatora, Shimazu clan retainer, is born (d. 1587).
• Kimotsuki Kaneaki is born (d. 1634).
• Kimotsuki Kanehiro, Shimazu retainer, is born (d. 1590).
• Hachisuka Iemasa, retainer to Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, is born (d. 1638).
• Môri Nagayoshi is born (d. 1584).
• Oda Nobuo, son of Nobunaga, is born (d. 1630).
• Oda Nobutaka, son of Nobunaga, is born (d. 1583).
• Ôtomo Yoshimune, son of Ôtomo Sôrin, is born (d. 1605).

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