Timeline of 1565
(Eiroku 8; 永禄八年)
- 1565/6 Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the 13th Ashikaga shogun, is forced to commit suicide when attacked in his palace by troops sent by Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and Matsunaga Hisahide.
- 1565/9 Môri Motonari besieges Gassan-Toda (Izumo province), the Amako headquarters.
Other events of 1565
- Takeda Yoshinobu conspires against his father Shingen in Kai province but is discovered and later made to commit suicide.
- Môri Takamoto, Môri Motonari's heir, dies.
- Satake Yoshiaki of Hitachi province dies of illness. His son Yoshishige succeded him three previously.