1598

Timeline of 1598

(Keichô 3; 慶長三年)

1598/8/5 Hideyoshi establishes a council of regents (Tokugawa Ieyasu, Maeda Toshiie, Môri Terumoto, Ukita Hideie, and Uesugi Kagekatsu) to rule while Hideyori 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-Choson 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.