1598

Keichô 3 (慶長三年)

Timeline of 1598

At the beginning of the year, Japanese armies are in Korea.

• 1598/4/20 Toyotomi Hideyori is elevated in court rank.
• 1598/7/15 Toyotomi Hideyoshi gathers his council of regents (Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Môri Terumoto, Ukita Hideie, and Uesugi Kagekatsu) for the first time; they take the first series of oaths, promising to ensure that Hideyori rules once he comes of age.
• 1598/8/18 Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies.
• 1598/8/25 Ieyasu and Toshiie orders the withdrawal of troops from Korea.
• 1598/11/10 Ming-Chôson Navy blocks Japanese troops.
• 1598/11/18 Yi Sun Shin killed in battle with Shimazu Yoshihiro in the war at Noryang.
• 1598/12 Withdrawal from Korea completed.

Other Events of 1598

• Main hall and lecture hall of Tô-ji in Kyoto are rebuilt.

Births and Deaths of 1598

• 1598/7/17 Akamatsu Norifusa dies.
• 1598/8/18 Toyotomi Hideyoshi dies.
• Rôjû Abe Shigetsugu is born (d. 1651).
• Painter Kaihô Yûsetsu is born (d. 1677).
• Philip II of Spain dies (b. 1527).
• Yi Sun-shin dies (b. 1545).

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