1571

Genki 2 (元亀二年)

Timeline of 1571

• 1571/1 Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin face each other for the last time at the Tone River (Kozuke province).
• 1571/5
  • Oda Nobunaga lays siege to the Nagashima Ikkô stronghold in Ise province.
  • Nagasaki is established as a foreign trading post by the Portuguese.
• 1571/6/14 Môri Motonari dies and is succeded by his grandson, Môri Terumoto
• 1571/8 Tokugawa Ieyasu takes Nagashino (Mikawa province) from Suganuma Sadayoshi.
• 1571/9/12 Nobunaga burns down Enryakuji
• 1571/10/3 Hôjô Ujiyasu dies and is succeded by Ujimasa.

Other Events of 1571

• The Shimazu clan of Satsuma province launches a punitive expedition against Amami Ôshima in response to Ryukyuan refusals to submit to Shimazu authority.
• Amami Ôshima submits to the authority of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû.
• The Kanze school of Noh relocates to Tokugawa Ieyasu's headquarters of Hamamatsu.
• Maeda Toshiie seizes control of Noto province on behalf of Oda Nobunaga.
• The Spanish seize Luzon Island, and establish the port city of Manila.

Births and Deaths

• 1571/5 Shimazu Takahisa dies.
• 1571/6/14 Môri Motonari dies.
• 1571/10/3 Hôjô Ujiyasu dies.

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