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*China grants Portuguese "right of abode" on [[Macao]] after the Portuguese expel pirates from the area.

Christovão Ferreira was a prominent member of the Portuguese [[Jesuit]] mission in Japan, but apostatized (swore off [[Christianity]]) i One Portuguese account claims that Ferreira was forced by the local village headman (''[[s

...ra domain (eschewing the Matsura domain). The assault failed after another Portuguese vessel came to the Ship's aid. He retired in [[1568]] in favor of his son [

...ction of arquebuses. In exchange, Tokitaka gave his daughter to one of the Portuguese as a consort; reportedly, he expected that she would be with the foreigner A Portuguese ship (by some accounts carrying Tokitaka's daughter and her Portuguese husband) came to Tanegashima the following year, however, and a gunsmith on

...ter without incident. This is the last time during the Edo period that the Portuguese attempt to re-establish relations.

...a translator aboard the Portuguese ship (possibly a Chinese junk carrying Portuguese crew and/or passengers) which famously brought the first Western firearms t

...o, according to this edict, to be put to death. Some 287 Japanese wives of Portuguese men and mixed race children leave for [[Macao]].

Macao (or Macau) is a city in southern China, historically a major Portuguese colony in the region, and today administered as a Special Administrative Re When the Portuguese first came to China in the early 16th century, they caused considerable tro

*1647/6/24 - Two Portuguese ships arrive in [[Nagasaki]] harbor requesting trade. Their efforts to re-e *1647/8/6 - The two Portuguese ships depart Nagasaki after being ordered to do so. Ten ''[[han]]'' (domain

...long with a number of other Japanese converts, and later became an aide to Portuguese Jesuit Antonio Francisco Cardim, who was based in Ayutthaya at that time. T ...ra in the Seventeenth Century, According to Jesuit Sources,” ''Bulletin of Portuguese/Japanese Studies'' 3 (2001), 60.

Tobacco was first introduced to Japan in the mid-16th century by the Portuguese. It spread rapidly and was widely smoked in the [[Edo period]], using long,

...nt amount of territory on both sides of the Strait, the city fell to the [[Portuguese]] in [[1511]], and then to the [[VOC|Dutch]] in [[1641]]. Today, it is the ...onso de Albuquerque]] to take the city.<ref>Lockard, 232.</ref> Though the Portuguese quickly established active trading routes connecting Malacca to [[Macao]] a

...ally published in the original and in Japanese. The whole was published in Portuguese 1976-1984, and in a Japanese translation 1977-1980. Complete Portuguese edition:

...h to make more, and arranges for marksmanship lessons from the shipwrecked Portuguese.

...ed bans on Christianity in [[1614]]. He later found work as an agent for a Portuguese vessel, trading chiefly in raw [[silk]] in the ports of [[Quang Nam]]. He t ...daughter, Wada's wife Ursula, served as a translator and intermediary for Portuguese merchants in Tonkin as well.<ref>Wray, 89.</ref>

...ra in the Seventeenth Century, According to Jesuit Sources,” ''Bulletin of Portuguese/Japanese Studies'' 3 (2001), 63.

*Portuguese first reach India.

''Caixa'' were [[copper]] coins produced by the Portuguese at [[Macao]] using copper they imported from trade interactions with the Ja

...ilors who sailed from Macao to Japan bearing gifts in an attempt to regain Portuguese trading and missionary rights in Japan are executed, and their ship burned.

* Portuguese missionary [[Fernand Mendes Pinto]] arrives in Ryûkyû.

...m passage to Macau, and from there, Hanzaemon was able to then travel on a Portuguese ship to [[Batavia]], and then eventually back to Ayutthaya.

...great maritime history of the city. Parade floats take the form of Dutch, Portuguese, and Chinese ships, and make their way through the city to [[Suwa Shrine]],

*Portuguese first reach China.

...ra in the Seventeenth Century, According to Jesuit Sources,” ''Bulletin of Portuguese/Japanese Studies'' 3 (2001), 60.

*Portuguese arrive in China for the first time.

...our Portuguese warships in [[1574]]. That same year, Sumitada submitted to Portuguese pressure that he abolish all "idol worship" in his lands; numerous temples ...motivations, Sumitada stood to gain much through continued trade with the Portuguese, especially if this were combined with an end of the war with the Ryûzôji

...Japan's first contact with Europe, when a Chinese vessel carrying several Portuguese was forced ashore there by weather in [[1543]]. They brought with them [[te

The ship's crew were in their second year of a mission to attack Spanish and Portuguese settlements in Asia and Africa, and to collect pepper, a valuable Southern

*Portuguese establish base at [[Goa]] (in India).

...dition, vol 2, Columbia University Press (2005), 148.</ref> The arrival of Portuguese weapons and ships bought the Arima a little time, but in [[1582]] Harunobu Harunobu was also involved in the sinking of the Portuguese ship ''[[Madre de Dios]]'' in 1609 and was rewarded for his efforts; in [[1

*The Dutch East India Company seizes [[Malacca]] from the Portuguese, who had controlled it since [[1511]].

*The Portuguese seize [[Malacca]]. Direct trade between Malacca and the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu

*The Portuguese build a wall separating their holdings on [[Macao]] from the Chinese.

...ymology of this term is unclear. It is believed to perhaps derive from the Portuguese word ''ponto'', or the English "point," as the first buildings went up at t

*Portuguese arrive in China for the first time, and are denied permission to trade.

*A Portuguese fleet under Lopes de Sequiera becomes the first European set of ships to vi

...opolistic privileges in certain aspects of commerce to select Japanese and Portuguese merchants.

According to most accounts, two or three Portuguese arrived at Tanegashima in 1543 aboard a Chinese junk, and before long [[Tan

...magics", learned from his Korean father, the incantations of which include Portuguese words such as ''Santa Maria'' and ''paraiso''. He uses these incantations t

.... (1999), 57-58.</ref> [[Zheng Chenggong]] and others pushed the Dutch and Portuguese out of Taiwan in the mid-17th century In the early 18th century, the [[Yong

Portuguese [[Jesuit]] missionary [[Alvaro Semedo]] wrote of the Huitong-guan in the ea

...s]] beginning in [[1587]], and also due to the [[kaikin|expulsion]] of the Portuguese in the 1630s.

*The [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the world among Spanish and Portuguese jurisdictions for exploration, proselytization, and dominion.

...s to incorporate European design elements, they were built with the aid of Portuguese shipwrights brought to [[Nanjing]] by the Ming court for that purpose. The

*Portuguese are granted licenses to trade at [[Guangzhou]].

...ayed a prominent role in coordinating trade with Japan, and with Dutch and Portuguese merchants.

Portuguese copper ''[[caixa]]'' coins imported by both Dutch and Japanese merchants be

*[[Nagasaki]] is established as a trading port; the Portuguese establish a trade route from there to [[Malacca]] via [[Macao]].

...f 25 wealthy Nagasaki merchants, to be used by Portuguese merchants. These Portuguese merchants made use of Japanese-style homes and storehouses on the island, a In [[1641]], following the expulsion of the Portuguese in [[1639]], Dejima became the home of the VOC. The Dutch made a single pay

...ppear in Japanese contexts, it is often called the ''charumera'', from the Portuguese ''charamela'', which in turn derived from the French term ''chalumeau''.<re

...se in [[Champa]] leads to a diplomatic incident, and to the sinking of the Portuguese ship ''[[Madre de Dios]]'' in [[Nagasaki]].

** [[Nagasaki]] is established as a foreign trading post by the Portuguese.

*The shogunate expels Spanish and Portuguese missionaries.

...hist chapels, and guarded by a force of black slaves who had fled from the Portuguese on Macao. The inner living quarters were directly accessible by boat.<ref>J

...[1654]]. His wife Ursula served as an intermediary and interpreter between Portuguese and Vietnamese traders.<ref>Wray, 79-89.</ref> The prominent [[red seal shi

...al; previously under Chinese jurisdiction, the city now formally becomes a Portuguese colony.

...tonio da Mota, Francis Zimoro, and Antonio Perota, who had abandoned their Portuguese compatriots in [[Ayutthaya|Siam]] and found passage aboard this Chinese jun ...the next year a Portuguese ship arrived (by some accounts bearing the same Portuguese men), and a smith on board was able to teach Kiyosada about the spring mech

Despite the eventual Dutch dominance over Portuguese, Spanish, or English involvement in the region, the VOC was continually far

...Places” in that vast region; though they faced competition from the Dutch, Portuguese, and various groups of Asian merchants, the EIC were to have no competition ...ty. The EIC moved into the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf and soon displaced Portuguese agents as the dominant European powers there. The Company traded chiefly in

...lished as a trading post c. 1570-1572, and quickly became a major port for Portuguese and Spanish trade. Converted [[Christianity|Christian]] warlord [[Omura Sum ...aritime prohibitions]] (''kaikin'') put into in the 1630s, the Spanish and Portuguese were banned from the country, and the Dutch were restricted to the tiny art

...Japan, and to attempt to establish trade relations there. The Spanish and Portuguese were the only Europeans trading in Japan at this time, and gaining access f ...en her and the Protestant Adams - who decidedly saw the Catholic Spanish & Portuguese as his enemies - the couple seem to have gotten along quite well though; so

...([[1731]]), a text on Nagasaki, its history, and its connections with the Portuguese and the Dutch. Joken's daughter, meanwhile, married a son of Chinese interp

...rate out of Ayutthaya instead. Ayutthaya quickly secured a treaty with the Portuguese in [[1516]], mainly to secure access to [[teppo|firearms]], and to defend a ...shore; many Japanese Christians sent their children to be educated in the Portuguese quarters. These foreign communities settled most internal matters themselve

...the Dutchmen from being expelled, or worse, as happened to the Spanish and Portuguese. Caron was succeeded as ''opperhoofd'' in 1641, and took a new position in

During this period, there would be many more changes. Portuguese would land at [[Tanegashima]], eventually bringing [[teppo|guns]] and [[Chr

While the Portuguese were restricted to [[Macao]], the [[Dutch East India Company]] and later, f

...ian forms, e.g. combining European rigging with an East Asian junk's hull. Portuguese piloted many of these ships, and there are numerous records of European sai

...be severely reduced by this time anyway, however, due to competition with Portuguese and other traders, and all the more so after the lifting of Ming maritime b

...th the lowest rungs of society. Political/economic competition between the Portuguese and Spanish active in Japan also contributed to Japanese concerns about fac ...ra in the Seventeenth Century, According to Jesuit Sources,” ''Bulletin of Portuguese/Japanese Studies'' 3 (2001), 57.</ref> The Spanish were expelled entirely i

...strengthened the borders of the empire through agreements with the [[Macao|Portuguese]], a [[Treaty of Nerchinsk|treaty]] with the Russians, and military campaig

...wan became a base of operations for [[wako|pirates and smugglers]] and the Portuguese in the 16th century, and the [[Dutch East India Company]] and [[Ming loyali The Portuguese were the first Europeans to explore the island, giving it the name "Beautif

...ic prize with an all-out assault that included a number of cannon-equipped Portuguese warships. The warships were used to credible effect, but Yoshishige’s sub

...village or defeated another samurai house. Some women were even bought by Portuguese who took them back to Europe as, essentially, sex slaves. [[Toyotomi Hideyo

...he sultans of Melaka from [[1463]] until [[1511]], when Melaka fell to the Portuguese, and the Ryukyuans diverted their trade activities to Pattani. Records of R ...ore sharply, as the seas came to be dominated by other powers. Spanish and Portuguese galleons arrived around the mid-16th century, followed by the agents of the

...seas competition between the [[VOC|Dutch]], [[EIC|English]], Spanish, and Portuguese.<ref>Kang, David C. “Hierarchy in Asian International Relations: 1300-190

...troduced to Japan first by the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]], who brought a Portuguese printing press to [[Nagasaki]] in [[1590]], but then also via Korea later t

...s. ''Luna'' (worksite foremen, or field overseers, generally of ''haole'', Portuguese, or Hawaiian stock) often whipped the workers with the same whips used on o

...aces” in that vast region; though they faced competition from the English, Portuguese, and various groups of Asian merchants, the VOC were to have no competition

...ef sources of precious metals in the New World controlled by the Spanish & Portuguese, and Japanese mines - the most significant other source of silver in the wo

...a.D. 1543, the face of warfare in Japan was changed forever. This year the Portuguese first introduced firearms to Japan ,named Tanegashima '''Teppo''' from the