Timeline of 1598
(Keichô 3; 慶長三年)
- 1598/8/5 Hideyoshi establishes a council of regents (Tokugawa Ieyasu, Meada Toshiie, Môri Terumoto, Ukita Hideie, and Uesugi Kagekatsu)to rule while Hideyori comes of age.
- 1598/8/18 Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies.
- 1598/8/25 Ieyasu and Toshiie orders to withdraw troops from Korea.
- 1598/11/10 Ming-Choson Navy blocks Japanese troops.
- 1598/11/18 Yi Sun Shin killed in the battle with Shimazu Yoshihiro in the war at Noryang.
- 1598/12 Withdrawal from Korea completed.