1606

(Keichô 11; 慶長十一年)

Timeline of 1606

• 1606/1/19 Asaoka Shigemasa wins Tôshiya tournament at Sanjûsangen-dô.
• 1606/3/1 Enlargement construction of Edo castle begins.
• 1606/4 Ukita Hideie exiled to Hachijo-jima.
• 1606/5/22 Construction of Hikone castle completed.
• 1606/6/17 Tokugawa Bakufu grants permission to Satsuma han to invade Ryûkyû.
• 1606/7 Tokugawa Ieyasu sends a missive to the King of Ayutthaya, establishing the first diplomatic contact with the Thai kingdom.
• 1606/8 Construcation of Fukuyama-kan completed.(Ezo)
• 1606/11 Bakufu found Koshôgumi.
• 1606/12/8 casting of Keichô Tsûhô begins.

Other Events of 1606

Births and Deaths of 1606

• Tokugawa Tadanaga, son of Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, born (d. 1633).
• Akaza Naoyasu, retainer to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, falls from his horse and dies of drowning.
• 1606/4/19 Yagyu Muneyoshi dies.