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==Timeline of 1609==
==Timeline of 1609==
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* 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]].
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* 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]].
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*1609/4/04 King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] surrenders, and departs the castle.
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*1609/4/05 King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] surrenders, and the invaders take Shuri castle.
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*1609/4/05 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.
*1609/4/25 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.
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*1609/5/15 The Shimazu fleet departs Naha with a number of royal and aristocratic hostages.
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*1609/5/15 The remainder of the Shimazu fleet departs Naha with a number of royal and aristocratic hostages.
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*1609/5 [[Shimazu Tadatsune|Shimazu Iehisa]] reports to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] at [[Sunpu]] on the success of the invasion.
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*1609/7/7 The Tokugawa shogunate officially recognizes the Shimazu as lords of Ryûkyû.
==Other Events of 1609==
==Other Events of 1609==
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*[[Arima Harunobu]] leads a reconnaissance mission to [[Taiwan]].
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*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]].
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*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.
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*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.
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*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]]''.
===Births and Deaths of 1609===
===Births and Deaths of 1609===
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*1609/3/28 Shô Kokushi, Warden of the North (''Hokuzan Kanshi'') and son of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], is killed.
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*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]]).
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*[[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]]).