1568
Eiroku 11 (永禄十一年)
Timeline of 1568
- 1568/2/8 Ashikaga Yoshihide becomes the 14th Shôgun.(Kyoto)
- 1568/9/26 Oda Nobunaga enters Kyoto and installs Ashikaga Yoshiaki as Shôgun.
- 1568/12/27 Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks Kakegawa castle.
Other Events of 1568
- The Protestant northern provinces of the Netherlands rise up in revolt against Spain.
- The Shimazu clan returns to Ryûkyû the crew and cargo of a ship from the Miyako Islands which had become castaway at Kaseda.
Births and Deaths
- Painter Fûgai Ekun is born (d. 1650).
- Shimazu Tadayoshi dies (b. 1492).
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