1574

Tenshô 2 (天正二年)

Timeline of 1574

• 1574/1/19 Ikkô-ikki sieze power in Echizen.
• 1574/3 Battle of Akechi Castle.
• 1574/5 Takeda Katsuyori captures Takatenjin Castle in Tôtômi province from Tokugawa Ieyasu.
• 1574/7 Oda Nobunaga besieges Nagashima.
• 1574/9/29 Nobunaga blockades and sets fire to the main Nagashima fortress, killing around 20,000.

Other Events of 1574

• Lim Ah Hong contributes to an uprising of the Chinese community in Manila against the Spanish.
• Oda forces take Itami Castle from the Ikeda clan in Settsu province.
• Satomi Yoshitaka of Awa province dies.
• Nobunaga gifts a rakuchû-rakugai-zu screen by Kanô Eitoku to Uesugi Kenshin.

Births and Deaths

• Asakura Kageakira dies.
• Hatakeyama Yoshitaka is poisoned and killed in a conspiracy against him.
• Kanze Motoyori dies.

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