1636
Kan'ei 13 (寛永十三年)
Timeline of 1636
Other Events of 1636
- Korean embassy journeys to Edo.
- Descendants of Portuguese are expelled from the archipelago. The Japanese wives of Portuguese men, and their mixed race children, numbering 287 in all, leave for Macao.
- Satsuma han ends the use of the title "King of Chûzan" (中山王) to refer to the leader of the Kingdom of Ryûkyû, instituting instead the title kokushi (国司), implying a position of having been appointed by Satsuma to govern the territory.
- Construction is completed on Tsukijima, which will later come to be called Dejima.
- Construction begins on Nikkô Tôshôgû.
Births and Deaths
- 1636/5/24 Date Masamune, daimyô of Sendai han, dies (b. 1567).
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