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| ==Timeline of 1609== | | ==Timeline of 1609== |
− | * 1606/3 The [[Kiyu Treaty|Kiyû Treaty]], a trade treaty, is established between [[Tsushima han]] and Joseon Korea. Among the stipulations are that Japanese envoys do not travel deeper into Korea beyond [[Pusan]]. | + | * 1609/3 The [[Kiyu Treaty|Kiyû Treaty]], a trade treaty, is established between [[Tsushima han]] and Joseon Korea. Among the stipulations are that Japanese envoys do not travel deeper into Korea beyond [[Pusan]]. |
| * 1609/5/2 First Dutch ships enter [[Hirado]]. | | * 1609/5/2 First Dutch ships enter [[Hirado]]. |
| * 1609/8/22 ''[[Dutch East India Company|Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie]]'' factory is established in Hirado. | | * 1609/8/22 ''[[Dutch East India Company|Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie]]'' factory is established in Hirado. |
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| *1609/3/30 The Shimazu naval attack on the port of [[Naha]] is repulsed; the fleet withdraws to [[Makiminato]]. | | *1609/3/30 The Shimazu naval attack on the port of [[Naha]] is repulsed; the fleet withdraws to [[Makiminato]]. |
| *1609/4/01 The Shimazu forces arrive at Naha Port again, and surround [[Shuri castle]]. | | *1609/4/01 The Shimazu forces arrive at Naha Port again, and surround [[Shuri castle]]. |
− | *1609/4/04 King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] surrenders, and departs the castle. | + | *1609/4/05 King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] surrenders, and the invaders take Shuri castle. |
− | *1609/4/05 The invaders take Shuri castle.
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| *1609/4/25 The Shimazu fleet returns to Kagoshima, with King Shô Nei and other royals and officials as prisoners. | | *1609/4/25 The Shimazu fleet returns to Kagoshima, with King Shô Nei and other royals and officials as prisoners. |
| *1609/5/05 The last of the outlying Ryukyu Islands submits to Shimazu authority, the ''[[sanshikan]]'' having been dispatched to relay the news of Shuri's fall, thus sparing the Shimazu forces (and the Ryukyuans) any further fighting. | | *1609/5/05 The last of the outlying Ryukyu Islands submits to Shimazu authority, the ''[[sanshikan]]'' having been dispatched to relay the news of Shuri's fall, thus sparing the Shimazu forces (and the Ryukyuans) any further fighting. |
− | *1609/5/15 The Shimazu fleet departs Naha with a number of royal and aristocratic hostages. | + | *1609/5/15 The remainder of the Shimazu fleet departs Naha with a number of royal and aristocratic hostages. |
| + | *1609/5 [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]] reports to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] at [[Sunpu]] on the success of the invasion. |
| + | *1609/7/7 The Tokugawa shogunate officially recognizes the Shimazu as lords of Ryûkyû. |
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| ==Other Events of 1609== | | ==Other Events of 1609== |
| + | *[[Arima Harunobu]] leads a reconnaissance mission to [[Taiwan]]. |
| + | *A brawl between Japanese and Portuguese in [[Champa]] leads to a diplomatic incident, and to the sinking of the Portuguese ship ''[[Madre de Dios]]'' in [[Nagasaki]]. |
| + | *The unruly behavior of the crew of a Japanese ship in [[Macao]] leads the Tokugawa shogunate to ban travel to Macao; effectively, this simply means Japanese authorities take no responsibility for the actions of those who do travel there. |
| + | *Spanish official [[Rodriguo de Vivero y Velasco]] ([[1564]]-[[1636]]) is shipwrecked in Japan. |
| *[[Suminokura Ryoi|Suminokura Ryôi]] survives a shipwreck on his way back to Japan from Annam, and has his son [[Suminokura Soan]] take over overseas operations. | | *[[Suminokura Ryoi|Suminokura Ryôi]] survives a shipwreck on his way back to Japan from Annam, and has his son [[Suminokura Soan]] take over overseas operations. |
| *Suminokura Ryôi oversees the completion of a riverboat connection between the port of [[Fushimi]] and the [[Kamogawa]] in Kyoto. | | *Suminokura Ryôi oversees the completion of a riverboat connection between the port of [[Fushimi]] and the [[Kamogawa]] in Kyoto. |
| + | *Tokugawa Ieyasu relocates his tenth son [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]] from [[Mito han]] to [[Sunpu han]], and his eleventh son [[Tokugawa Yorifusa]] from [[Shimotsuma han]] to Mito. |
| *[[Wang Qi]] and his son [[Wang Siyi]] complete their ''[[Sancai tuhui]]'', an encyclopedia which serves as the basis for the later ([[1712]]-[[1714]]) Japanese encyclopedia ''[[Wakan sansai zue]]''. | | *[[Wang Qi]] and his son [[Wang Siyi]] complete their ''[[Sancai tuhui]]'', an encyclopedia which serves as the basis for the later ([[1712]]-[[1714]]) Japanese encyclopedia ''[[Wakan sansai zue]]''. |
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| ===Births and Deaths of 1609=== | | ===Births and Deaths of 1609=== |
− | *1609/3/28 Shô Kokushi, Warden of the North (''Hokuzan Kanshi'') and son of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], is killed. | + | *1609/3/28 [[Sho Kokushi|Shô Kokushi]], [[Warden of the North]] (''Hokuzan Kanshi'') and son of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], is killed. |
| *1609/4/2 Satsuma samurai [[Umekita Shozonbo|Umekita Shôzonbô]] and [[Komatsu Hikokurô]] are killed in action. | | *1609/4/2 Satsuma samurai [[Umekita Shozonbo|Umekita Shôzonbô]] and [[Komatsu Hikokurô]] are killed in action. |
| *1609/5/3 [[Kyogoku Takatsugu|Kyôgoku Takatsugu]], ''daimyô'' of [[Obama han]], dies (b. [[1563]]). | | *1609/5/3 [[Kyogoku Takatsugu|Kyôgoku Takatsugu]], ''daimyô'' of [[Obama han]], dies (b. [[1563]]). |
| + | *[[Hojo Ujinaga|Hôjô Ujinaga]], ''hatamoto'' and military scholar, is born (d. [[1670]]). |
| *[[Kujo Michifusa|Kujô Michifusa]] is born (d. [[1647]]). | | *[[Kujo Michifusa|Kujô Michifusa]] is born (d. [[1647]]). |
| *[[Yamada Arinobu]], retainer of [[Shimazu clan]], dies (b. [[1544]]). | | *[[Yamada Arinobu]], retainer of [[Shimazu clan]], dies (b. [[1544]]). |