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| == Timeline of 1603 == | | == Timeline of 1603 == |
− | | + | * 1603/2/12 [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] is formally named [[Shogun|Shôgun]] by [[Emperor Go-Yozei|Emperor Go-Yôzei]], marking the beginning of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]](''Edo bakufu''). |
− | * 1603/2/12 [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] becomes [[Shogun|Shôgun]] of Japan, establishes [[Tokugawa Shogunate]](''Edo bakufu''). | + | * 1603/2 Ieyasu begins assigning residential land in [[Edo]] to [[daimyo]]. |
| + | * 1603/3/3 The shogunate authorizes construction of [[Nihonbashi]]. |
| * 1603/3/21 Construction of [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] completed, Ieyasu moves in. | | * 1603/3/21 Construction of [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]] completed, Ieyasu moves in. |
| * 1603/4 [[Izumo no Okuni]] starts [[Kabuki]] in Kyoto. | | * 1603/4 [[Izumo no Okuni]] starts [[Kabuki]] in Kyoto. |
| * 1603/7/28 [[Princess Sen]] marries [[Toyotomi Hideyori]]. | | * 1603/7/28 [[Princess Sen]] marries [[Toyotomi Hideyori]]. |
| * 1603/12 A [[Red seal ships|Red seal ship]] sails to Vietnam from [[Nagasaki]]. | | * 1603/12 A [[Red seal ships|Red seal ship]] sails to Vietnam from [[Nagasaki]]. |
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| + | == Other Events of 1603 == |
| + | *Members of the Dominican Order arrive in Japan for the first time. |
| + | *Formal relations are established between the shogunate and Cambodia. |
| + | *[[Suminokura Ryoi|Suminokura Ryôi]] and his son [[Suminokura Soan|Soan]] make their first annual trip to Tonkin. |
| + | *[[Taichu|Taichû shônin]]<!--袋中--> comes to [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Ryûkyû]] (returns to Japan in [[1605]]). |
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| + | ===Births and Deaths=== |
| + | *Queen [[Elizabeth I]] of England dies (b. 1533) and is succeeded by [[James I]]. |
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