1598
Keichô 3 (慶長三年)
Timeline of 1598
At the beginning of the year, Japanese armies are in Korea.
- 1598/8/5 Hideyoshi establishes a council of regents (Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Môri Terumoto, Ukita Hideie, and Uesugi Kagekatsu) to rule while Hideyori comes of age.
- 1598/8/18 Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies.
- 1598/8/25 Ieyasu and Toshiie orders the withdrawal of troops from Korea.
- 1598/11/10 Ming-Chôson Navy blocks Japanese troops.
- 1598/11/18 Yi Sun Shin killed in battle with Shimazu Yoshihiro in the war at Noryang.
- 1598/12 Withdrawal from Korea completed.
Other Events of 1598
- Main hall and lecture hall of Tô-ji in Kyoto are rebuilt.
Births and Deaths of 1598
- 1598/7/17 Akamatsu Norifusa dies.
- 1598/8/18 Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies.
- Painter Kaihô Yûsetsu is born (d. 1677).
- Yi Sun-shin dies (b. 1545).
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