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Eishô 6 (永正六年)

==Timeline of 1509==

==Other Events of 1509==
*[[Battle of Ichiburi]]: [[Nagao Tamekage]] defeats [[Uesugi Sadanori]].
*The ''[[hachimaki]]'' and ''[[kanzashi]]'' systems of court rank are established in the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], along with a [[mibun seido|class system]].
*Henry VIII takes the throne in England.
*Shô Iko, Prince of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, takes up residence in [[Urasoe castle]].
*The [[So clan|Sô clan]] of [[Tsushima]] sends an imposter envoy to Korea claiming to be representing Ise-no-kami Masachika (a fictional shogunal vassal). The envoy carries an [[ivory tally system|ivory tally]] borrowed possibly from the [[Ouchi clan|Ôuchi clan]], or the [[Otomo clan|Ôtomo clan]].
*A Portuguese fleet under Lopes de Sequiera becomes the first European set of ships to visit Southeast Asia.

===Births and Deaths===
*[[Hoshino Masatoshi]] (d. [[1593]]), [[Takeda clan (Kai)|Takeda]] and [[Tokugawa clan|Tokugawa]] retainer, is born.
*[[Naoe Kagetsuna]] (d. [[1577]]), [[Uesugi clan]] retainer, is born.
*Chinese painter [[Shen Zhou]] dies (b. [[1427]]).

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