1628
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Kan'ei 5 (寛永五年)
Timeline of 1628
Other Events of 1628
- The shogunate seizes the lands of Bessho Toyoharu, on account of misconduct.
- The Chongzhen Emperor takes the throne in China.
- Hamada Yahyôe attacks the Dutch fortress Casteel Zeelandia on Taiwan, and captures the Dutch governor, Pieter Nuyts and five others.
- Reconstruction begins of the tenshu at Osaka castle; it will be completed in 1630.
Births and Deaths
- 1628/9/17 Inaba Masanari dies (b. 1571).
- Inaba Masashige dies (b. 1571).
- Môri Takamasa dies (b. 1559).
- Ôkubo Tadachika dies (b. 1553).
- Tokugawa Mitsukuni is born (d. 1670).
- Torii Tadamasa dies (b. 1567).
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