Meireki 3 (明暦三年)

Timeline of 1657

  • 1657/1/18-1/20 Great Meireki Fire ravages Edo, destroying over 60% of the city and killing over 100,000 people.
  • 1657/2/23 Bakufu send Kuni Metsuke to Kanto region.
  • 1657/2/29 Kaiko-in was established to bury the victims of Meireki fire.
  • 1657/7/18 Hatamoto Mizuno Jurozaemon kills Banzuiin Chobei.

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