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*1609/3/5 The fleet reaches [[Kuchinoerabujima]], one of the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]].
*1609/3/5 The fleet reaches [[Kuchinoerabujima]], one of the [[Osumi Islands|Ôsumi Islands]].
*1609/3/7 Shimazu forces land on [[Amami-Oshima|Amami-Ôshima]].
*1609/3/7 Shimazu forces land on [[Amami-Oshima|Amami-Ôshima]].
*1609/3/10 A Ryukyuan envoy is dispatched from Okinawa to Amami-Ôshima.
*1609/3/12 Skirting the coast, the Shimazu forces continue to fight for control of Amami-Ôshima.
*1609/3/12 Skirting the coast, the Shimazu forces continue to fight for control of Amami-Ôshima.
*1609/3/16 Fighting for Amami-Ôshima ends in Shimazu victory.
*1609/3/16 Fighting for Amami-Ôshima ends in Shimazu victory.
*1609/3/20 Shimazu forces land on [[Tokunoshima]].
*1609/3/20 Shimazu forces land on [[Tokunoshima]].
*1609/3/22 Fighting for Tokunoshima ends in Shimazu victory.
*1609/3/22 Fighting for Tokunoshima ends in Shimazu victory.
*1609/3/23 Shimazu forces fail to intercept a number of Ryukyuan boats heading in the direction of Amami-Ôshima from, or past, Tokunoshima.
*1609/3/23 Shimazu forces fail to intercept a number of Ryukyuan boats heading in the direction of Amami-Ôshima as the latter pass Tokunoshima.
*1609/3/25 Shimazu forces land on [[Kourijima]], just off the coast of [[Nakijin]], in preparation for their first assault upon [[Okinawa Island]].
*1609/3/25 Shimazu forces land on [[Kourijima]], just off the coast of [[Nakijin]], in preparation for their first assault upon [[Okinawa Island]].
*1609/3/26 Shimazu forces siege [[Nakijin gusuku]].
*1609/3/27 A Shimazu reconnaissance force led by [[Hirata Masamune]] and [[Ijuin Hisamoto]], operating off of Kourijima, find Nakijin abandoned; the Shimazu seize control of [[Unten Harbor]]. Ryukyuan officials, led by Kyan ''[[ueekata]]'', seek to negotiate a settlement but are refused.
*1609/3/29 The Shimazu fleet lands at [[Yomitan]] and splits, one half travelling overland and the other attacking by sea.
*1609/3/30 The Shimazu naval attack on the port of [[Naha]] is repulsed; the fleet withdraws to [[Makiminato]].
*1609/4/05 [[Shuri castle]] falls to the invaders; King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] surrenders.
*1609/4/05 [[Shuri castle]] falls to the invaders; King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]] surrenders.
*1609/4/25 The Shimazu fleet returns to Kagoshima, with King Shô Nei and other royals and officials as prisoners.
*1609/5/05 The last of the outlying Ryukyu Islands submits to Shimazu authority, the ''[[sanshikan]]'' having been dispatched to relay the news of Shuri's fall, thus sparing the Shimazu forces (and the Ryukyuans) any further fighting.
==Other Events of 1609==
==Other Events of 1609==
*[[Yamada Arinobu]], retainer of [[Shimazu clan]], dies (b. [[1544]]).
*[[Yamada Arinobu]], retainer of [[Shimazu clan]], dies (b. [[1544]]).
*1609/3/28 Shô Kokushi, Warden of the North (''Hokuzan Kanshi'') and son of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], is killed.
*1609/3/28 Shô Kokushi, Warden of the North (''Hokuzan Kanshi'') and son of King [[Sho Nei|Shô Nei]], is killed.
*1609/4/2 Satsuma samurai [[Umekita Shozonbo|Umekita Shôzonbô]] and [[Komatsu Hikokurô]] are killed in action.
*1609/5/3 [[Kyogoku Takatsugu|Kyôgoku Takatsugu]], ''daimyô'' of [[Obama han]], dies (b. [[1563]]).
*1609/5/3 [[Kyogoku Takatsugu|Kyôgoku Takatsugu]], ''daimyô'' of [[Obama han]], dies (b. [[1563]]).