Keichô 18 (慶長十八年)
Timeline of 1613
- 1613/9 Date Masamune (Sendai han) dispatches a political mission to Europe.
- 1613/12/23 The Tokugawa Bakufu officially orders the expulsion of all missionaries from Japan.
Voyage of the Clove
- Jan 14 - The English ship the Clove departs Java for Japan.
- Mar 11 - The Clove arrives at Tidore (in modern-day Indonesia).
- Apr 14 - The Clove departs the Moluccas for Japan.
- Jun 10 - The Clove passes by Nagasaki.
- Jun 11 - The Clove arrives at Hirado.
- July 7 - John Saris and William Adams depart Hirado for Sunpu and Edo, traveling via Shimonoseki and Sakai.
- July 27 - arrival at Osaka.
- July 29 - arrival at Kyoto.
- Sept 6 - arrival at Sunpu.
- Sept 12 - Saris and Adams carve their names inside the Kamakura Daibutsu.
- Sept 14 - arrival at Edo.
- 1613/8/4 (Sept 18) Capt. John Saris meets with Tokugawa Ieyasu. He presents the former shogun with gifts, including the first telescope to be taken out of Europe.
- Sept 21 - departure from Edo for Hirado.
- Sept 29 - arrival at Sunpu.
- Oct 9 - departure from Sunpu.
- Oct 16 - arrival at Kyoto.
- Oct 20 - departure from Kyoto for Hirado.
- Nov 6 - arrival at Hirado.
- Nov - British East India Company factory is established at Hirado.
- Dec 5 - Saris departs Japan aboard the Clove.
Other Events of 1613
- The second volume of the Omoro Sôshi is compiled.
Births and Deaths
- Kanô Yasunobu is born (d. 1685).
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