1613

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

• Keichô 17/11/24 (Jan 14) - The English ship the Clove departs Java for Japan.
• 1613/1/20 (Mar 11) - The Clove arrives at Tidore (in modern-day Indonesia).
• 1613/2/24 (Apr 14) - The Clove departs the Moluccas for Japan.
• 1613/4/22 (Jun 10) - The Clove passes by Nagasaki.
• 1613/4/23 (Jun 11) - The Clove arrives at Hirado.
• 1613/5/20 (July 7) - John Saris and William Adams depart Hirado for Sunpu and Edo, traveling via Shimonoseki and Sakai.
• 1613/6/10 (July 27) - arrival at Osaka.
• 1613/6/12 (July 29) - arrival at Kyoto.
• 1613/7/22 (Sept 6) - arrival at Sunpu.
• 1613/7/28 (Sept 12) - Saris and Adams carve their names inside the Kamakura Daibutsu.
• 1613/7/30 (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.
• 1613/8/7 (Sept 21) - departure from Edo for Hirado.
• 1613/8/15 (Sept 29) - arrival at Sunpu.
• 1613/8/25 (Oct 9) - departure from Sunpu.
• 1613/9/3 (Oct 16) - arrival at Kyoto.
• 1613/9/7 (Oct 20) - departure from Kyoto for Hirado.
• 1613/9/24 (Nov 6) - arrival at Hirado.
• 1613/9-10 (Nov) - British East India Company factory is established at Hirado.
• 1613/10/24 (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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