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== Timeline of 1603 ==
== Timeline of 1603 ==
* 1603/2/12 [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] is formally named [[Shogun|Shôgun]] by [[Emperor Go-Yozei|Emperor Go-Yôzei]], marking the beginning of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]](''Edo bakufu'').
* 1603/2 Ieyasu begins assigning residential land in [[Edo]] to [[daimyo]].
* 1603/2/12 [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] becomes [[Shogun|Shôgun]] of Japan, establishes [[Tokugawa Shogunate]](Edo Bakufu).
* 1603/3/3 The shogunate authorizes construction of [[Nihonbashi]].
* 1603/3/21 Construction of [[Nijo castle]] completed, Ieyasu moves in.
* 1603/3/21 Construction of [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] completed, Ieyasu moves in.
* 1603/4 [[Izumo no Okuni]] starts [[Kabuki]] in Kyoto.
* 1603/4 [[Izumo no Okuni]] starts [[Kabuki]] in Kyoto.
* 1603/7/28 [[Princess Sen]] marries [[Toyotomi Hideyori]].
* 1603/7/28 [[Princess Sen]] marries [[Toyotomi Hideyori]].
* 1603/12 The [[Red seal ship]] sails to Vietnam from Nagasaki.
* 1603/12 A [[Red seal ships|Red seal ship]] sails to Vietnam from [[Nagasaki]].
== Other Events of 1603 ==
*Members of the Dominican Order arrive in Japan for the first time.
*Formal relations are established between the shogunate and Cambodia.
*[[Suminokura Ryoi|Suminokura Ryôi]] and his son [[Suminokura Soan|Soan]] make their first annual trip to Tonkin.
*[[Taichu|Taichû shônin]]<!--袋中--> comes to [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] (returns to Japan in [[1605]]).
===Births and Deaths===
*Queen [[Elizabeth I]] of England dies (b. 1533) and is succeeded by [[James I]].
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|width="35%"|Previous Year<br>'''[[1602]]'''
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