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===Births and Deaths=== | ===Births and Deaths=== | ||
*[[Ingen]], founder of the [[Obaku sect|Ôbaku sect]] of [[Zen]], is born (d. [[1673]]). | *[[Ingen]], founder of the [[Obaku sect|Ôbaku sect]] of [[Zen]], is born (d. [[1673]]). | ||
| + | *[[Johann Adam Schall von Bell]], Jesuit missionary to China, is born (d. [[1666]]). | ||
*[[Kano Shoei|Kanô Shôei]] dies (b. [[1519]]). | *[[Kano Shoei|Kanô Shôei]] dies (b. [[1519]]). | ||
*[[Uemura Masakatsu (warrior)|Uemura Masakatsu]] dies. | *[[Uemura Masakatsu (warrior)|Uemura Masakatsu]] dies. | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 30 March 2013
Tenshô 20 (天正二十年)
Timeline of 1592
- Tenshô 19/12/28 (11 Feb 1592) Toyotomi Hideyoshi passes on his title of Kanpaku to his nephew Toyotomi Hidetsugu and assumes himself the title of Taikô
- 1592/3 Hideyoshi issues the Hitobarai-rei, revising the census process, and initiating a census to be taken that year.
Korean Invasions
- 1592/4/13 Japanese forces land on Korean soil and capture Pusan.
- 1592/4/15 Konishi Yukinaga captures Tongnae, a fortress north of Pusan.
- 1592/4/17 Katô Kiyomasa and Nabeshima Naoshige land on Pusan.
- 1592/4/27 Konishi Yukinaga captures Ch'ungju and marches on Seoul.
- 1592/5 Konishi Yukinaga and Katô Kiyomasa occupy Seoul.
- 1592/5/7 Korean 'turtle ships' under Admiral Yi Sun Shin sink 26 Japanese vessels near Okpo; by May 8 Yi sinks a further 18 ships.
- 1592/6/15 Konishi's division occupies P'yongyang.
- 1592/7/7 Yi Sun Shin routs a Japanese fleet near Hansando, sinking 47 ships and capturing 12.
- 1592/7/19 Katô Kiyomasa wins the Battle of Haejongch'ang in his north-eastern advance.
- 1592/8/30 50 days cease-fire agreement between Ming and Konishi Yukinaga.
- 1592/10 Japanese troops under Hosokawa Tadaoki fail to take Chinju, a fortress northwest of Pusan.
- China intervenes and attempts to recapture P'yongyang.
Other Events of 1592
- Kanô Mitsunobu and members of Hasegawa Tôhaku's studio produce works to decorate Hizen Nagoya castle, the base of operations for Hideyoshi's Korean Invasions.
- Maeda Toshinaga begins construction on Kanazawa castle.
- Toyotomi Hidetsugu makes the Jurakudai his official palace; he is officially visited there by Emperor Go-Yôzei.
Births and Deaths
- Ingen, founder of the Ôbaku sect of Zen, is born (d. 1673).
- Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Jesuit missionary to China, is born (d. 1666).
- Kanô Shôei dies (b. 1519).
- Uemura Masakatsu dies.
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