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Keichô 14 (慶長十四年)

==Timeline of 1609==
* 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]].
* 1609/8/22 ''[[Dutch East India Company|Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie]]'' factory is established in Hirado.
* 1609/9/29 The [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] confiscates a number of large ships from [[daimyo]] in the western regions of the archipelago.

===[[Invasion of Ryukyu|Invasion of Ryûkyû]]===
*1609/2/6 The senior [[Shimazu clan]] retainers meet and choose [[Kabayama Hisataka]] to lead the invasion. The invasion forces leave [[Kagoshima]] for [[Yamakawa]].
*1609/3/4 One hundred ships carrying 3000 warriors depart from Yamakawa harbor, near the southern tip of Kyushu, under the command of Kabayama Hisataka.
*1609/3/5 The fleet reaches [[Kuchinoerabujima]], one of the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]].
*1609/3/6 The fleet departs Kuchinoerabujima.
*1609/3/7 Shimazu forces land at Kasari Bay<!--笠利湾--> on [[Amami-Oshima|Amami-Ôshima]].
*1609/3/8 Kasari falls to the Shimazu.
*1609/3/10 A Ryukyuan envoy is dispatched from Okinawa to Amami-Ôshima.
*1609/3/12 Skirting the coast, the Shimazu forces continue to fight for control of Amami-Ôshima.
*1609/3/16 Fighting for Amami-Ôshima ends in Shimazu victory.
*1609/3/17 Shimazu forces land on [[Tokunoshima]].
*1609/3/22 Fighting for Tokunoshima ends in Shimazu victory.
*1609/3/23 Shimazu forces fail to intercept a number of Ryukyuan boats heading in the direction of Amami-Ôshima as the latter pass Tokunoshima.
*1609/3/24 Shimazu forces hit Wadomari, on the island of [[Okinoerabujima]].
*1609/3/25 Shimazu forces land on [[Kourijima]], just off the coast of [[Nakijin]], in preparation for their first assault upon [[Okinawa Island]].
*1609/3/26 Shimazu forces siege [[Nakijin gusuku]].
*1609/3/27 A Shimazu reconnaissance force led by [[Hirata Masamune]] and [[Ijuin Hisamoto]], operating off of Kourijima, find Nakijin abandoned; the Shimazu seize control of [[Unten Harbor]]. Ryukyuan officials, led by [[Kyan ueekata]], seek to negotiate a settlement but are refused.
*1609/3/29 The Shimazu fleet lands at [[Yomitan]] and splits, one half traveling overland and the other attacking by sea.
*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]].
*1609/4/05 King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] surrenders, and the invaders take Shuri castle.
*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.
*1609/5/15 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.

==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 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]]''.

===Births and Deaths of 1609===
*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.
*1609/5/3 [[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]]).
*[[Yamada Arinobu]], retainer of [[Shimazu clan]], dies (b. [[1544]]).

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