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*Oda Nobunaga defeats the [[Mori clan|Môri]] and [[Murakami clan (Chugoku)|Murakami clans]] in the [[second battle of Kizugawaguchi]].

*Oda Nobunaga defeats the [[Mori clan|Môri]] and [[Murakami clan (Chugoku)|Murakami clans]] in the [[second battle of Kizugawaguchi]].

*The first [[Raku ware]]s are produced.

*The first [[Raku ware]]s are produced.

*A plaque reading ''Shurei no kuni'' ("Land of Propriety") is hung at the gate to [[Shuri Castle]]; the gate subsequently comes to be known as the [[Shureimon]].

*A plaque reading ''Shurei no kuni'' ("Land of Propriety") is hung at the gate to [[Shuri Castle]]; the gate subsequently comes to be known as the Shureimon.

*[[Alessandro Valignano]], [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] "visitor" (supervisor), arrives in Japan.

*[[Alessandro Valignano]], [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] "visitor" (supervisor), arrives in Japan.

*The Protestant northern provinces of the [[Netherlands]] unite to form the United Provinces, declaring their independence from Spain in the Union of Utrecht.

*The Protestant northern provinces of the [[Netherlands]] unite to form the United Provinces, declaring their independence from Spain in the Union of Utrecht.