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• 1557
  *China grants Portuguese "right of abode" on [[Macao]] after the Portuguese expel pirates from the area.
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• Christovao Ferreira
  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
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• Matsura Takanobu (1529-1599)
  ...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 [
  1 KB (220 words) - 03:10, 7 October 2019
• Tanegashima Tokitaka
  ...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
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• 1685
  ...ter without incident. This is the last time during the Edo period that the Portuguese attempt to re-establish relations.
  1 KB (199 words) - 01:02, 28 December 2015
• Wang Zhi
  ...a translator aboard the Portuguese ship (possibly a Chinese junk carrying Portuguese crew and/or passengers) which famously brought the first Western firearms t
  1 KB (188 words) - 03:27, 7 October 2019
• 1636
  ...o, according to this edict, to be put to death. Some 287 Japanese wives of Portuguese men and mixed race children leave for [[Macao]].
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• 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
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• 1647
  *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
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• Roman Nishi
  ...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.
  2 KB (227 words) - 20:34, 9 April 2017
• Tobacco
  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,
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• Malacca
  ...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
  3 KB (490 words) - 15:29, 24 December 2015
• Frois's History of Japan
  ...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:
  3 KB (392 words) - 23:40, 8 June 2007
• 1543
  ...h to make more, and arranges for marksmanship lessons from the shipwrecked Portuguese.
  898 bytes (105 words) - 22:33, 6 July 2011
• Wada Rizaemon
  ...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>
  2 KB (278 words) - 17:44, 20 September 2017
• Joao Pacheco
  ...ra in the Seventeenth Century, According to Jesuit Sources,” ''Bulletin of Portuguese/Japanese Studies'' 3 (2001), 63.
  628 bytes (86 words) - 20:39, 9 April 2017
• 1498
  *Portuguese first reach India.
  592 bytes (71 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2013
• Caixa
  ''Caixa'' were [[copper]] coins produced by the Portuguese at [[Macao]] using copper they imported from trade interactions with the Ja
  723 bytes (100 words) - 23:03, 25 September 2015
• 1640
  ...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.
  2 KB (275 words) - 07:19, 1 August 2017
• 1542
  * Portuguese missionary [[Fernand Mendes Pinto]] arrives in Ryûkyû.
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• Kimura Hanzaemon
  ...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.
  2 KB (346 words) - 00:58, 23 November 2015
• Kunchi festival
  ...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]],
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• 1514
  *Portuguese first reach China.
  748 bytes (86 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2013
• Justo Kazariya
  ...ra in the Seventeenth Century, According to Jesuit Sources,” ''Bulletin of Portuguese/Japanese Studies'' 3 (2001), 60.
  889 bytes (119 words) - 20:38, 9 April 2017
• 1513
  *Portuguese arrive in China for the first time.
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• Omura Sumitada
  ...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
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• Tanegashima clan
  ...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
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• Liefde
  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
  1 KB (151 words) - 08:02, 12 April 2018
• 1510
  *Portuguese establish base at [[Goa]] (in India).
  1 KB (136 words) - 18:14, 31 October 2013
• Arima Harunobu
  ...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
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• 1641
  *The Dutch East India Company seizes [[Malacca]] from the Portuguese, who had controlled it since [[1511]].
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• 1511
  *The Portuguese seize [[Malacca]]. Direct trade between Malacca and the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu
  1 KB (164 words) - 01:08, 5 May 2013
• 1573
  *The Portuguese build a wall separating their holdings on [[Macao]] from the Chinese.
  1 KB (161 words) - 16:17, 28 January 2014
• Pontocho
  ...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
  1 KB (238 words) - 16:44, 16 December 2014
• 1517
  *Portuguese arrive in China for the first time, and are denied permission to trade.
  1 KB (163 words) - 23:00, 18 April 2015
• 1509
  *A Portuguese fleet under Lopes de Sequiera becomes the first European set of ships to vi
  1 KB (190 words) - 15:54, 19 April 2018
• 1604
  ...opolistic privileges in certain aspects of commerce to select Japanese and Portuguese merchants.
  2 KB (244 words) - 14:00, 27 September 2017
• Tanegashima
  According to most accounts, two or three Portuguese arrived at Tanegashima in 1543 aboard a Chinese junk, and before long [[Tan
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• Tenjiku Tokubei
  ...magics", learned from his Korean father, the incantations of which include Portuguese words such as ''Santa Maria'' and ''paraiso''. He uses these incantations t
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• Taiwanese aborigines
  .... (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
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• Huitong-guan
  Portuguese [[Jesuit]] missionary [[Alvaro Semedo]] wrote of the Huitong-guan in the ea
  2 KB (320 words) - 16:59, 2 August 2016
• Nanban screens
  ...s]] beginning in [[1587]], and also due to the [[kaikin|expulsion]] of the Portuguese in the 1630s.
  2 KB (302 words) - 07:39, 11 May 2017
• 1493
  *The [[Treaty of Tordesillas]] divides the world among Spanish and Portuguese jurisdictions for exploration, proselytization, and dominion.
  2 KB (260 words) - 23:03, 16 October 2013
• Centipede ships
  ...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
  2 KB (322 words) - 07:35, 15 October 2019
• 1554
  *Portuguese are granted licenses to trade at [[Guangzhou]].
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• Phnom Penh
  ...ayed a prominent role in coordinating trade with Japan, and with Dutch and Portuguese merchants.
  2 KB (308 words) - 21:04, 25 September 2015
• Pho Hien
  Portuguese copper ''[[caixa]]'' coins imported by both Dutch and Japanese merchants be
  2 KB (327 words) - 23:01, 25 September 2015
• 1570
  *[[Nagasaki]] is established as a trading port; the Portuguese establish a trade route from there to [[Malacca]] via [[Macao]].
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• Dejima
  ...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
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• Suona
  ...ppear in Japanese contexts, it is often called the ''charumera'', from the Portuguese ''charamela'', which in turn derived from the French term ''chalumeau''.<re
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