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Kôji 3 (弘治三年)

== Timeline of 1557 ==
* 1557/4/2 [[Mori Motonari|Môri Motonari]] forces [[Ouchi Yoshinaga|Ôuchi Yoshinaga]] to commit suicide and occupies [[Suo province]]. 
* 1557/7 [[Otomo Sorin|Ôtomo Sôrin]] defeats [[Akizuki Fumitane]] and expands into Chikuzen. 
* 1557/11 [[Oda Nobuyuki]] and [[Shibata Katsuie]] plot against [[Oda Nobunaga]] in [[Owari province|Owari]]. Though Shibata is spared, Nobuyuki is killed.

==Other Events of 1557==
*China grants Portuguese "right of abode" on [[Macao]] after the Portuguese expel pirates from the area.
*China imposes ''[[hai jin]]'' ban on Chinese traveling to Japan, and on Japanese being received at Chinese ports.
*The first Western-style hospital in Japan is established in [[Bungo province]] by Jesuit [[Luis Almeida]].

===Births and Deaths of 1557===
* 1557/4/2 Ôuchi Yoshinaga commits suicide.
* 1557/11 Oda Nobuyuki is killed.


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