1655

Jôô 4 (承応四年) / Meireki 1 (明暦元年)

Timeline of 1655

Jôô 3/11/28 Emperor Go-Sai ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Other Events of 1655

• Korean embassy journeys to Edo.

Births and Deaths

• 1655/6/25 Suzuki Shôsan, samurai and Zen monk, dies (b. 1579).
• 1655/11/20 Ukita Hideie, one of the Go-Tairô, dies (b. 1572).
• Indô Yorimori, defector to Eastern Army at Sekigahara, dies (b. 1568).
• Hotta Masayasu, daimyô of Ômimiyagawa and Yoshii han, is born (d. 1731).

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