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==Other Events of 1590==
 
==Other Events of 1590==
 
*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] formally receive and meet with the [[Ezo]] (Ainu) island chief.
 
*[[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and [[Kakizaki Yoshihiro]] formally receive and meet with the [[Ezo]] (Ainu) island chief.
*The first four Japanese to travel to Europe return to Japan, having left in [[1582]] to meet with Pope Gregory XIII.
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*The first four Japanese to travel to Europe return to Japan, having left in [[1582]] to meet with Pope Gregory XIII. They bring with them a printing press, and moveable type blocks for both ''hiragana'' and ''kanji''.
  
 
===Births and Deaths of 1590===
 
===Births and Deaths of 1590===

Revision as of 18:54, 17 January 2010

Tenshô 18 (天正十八年)

Timeline of 1590

Other Events of 1590

  • Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Kakizaki Yoshihiro formally receive and meet with the Ezo (Ainu) island chief.
  • The first four Japanese to travel to Europe return to Japan, having left in 1582 to meet with Pope Gregory XIII. They bring with them a printing press, and moveable type blocks for both hiragana and kanji.

Births and Deaths of 1590


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