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.

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.
1613/7/24 (Sept 8) - Saris presents his official credentials to Tokugawa Ieyasu, along with gifts.
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.

Authorities in Macao ban Japanese from the city.
The second volume of the Omoro Sôshi is compiled.
Satsuma han orders that the princes of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, and the younger members of the Sanshikan, be sent to Satsuma as hostages.
Satsuma bans Japanese merchants from traveling to the Sakishima Islands, or to other territories, without permission from Satsuma.

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