1611

Timeline of 1611

(Keichô 16; 慶長十六年)

• 1611/3/28 Tokugawa Ieyasu meets with Toyotomi Hideyori at Nijô castle in Kyoto.
• 1611/4/29 Sebastián Vizcaíno arrives at Uraga.
• 1611/7/25 Bakufu gives Red Seal to Jacques Specx.
• 1611/7 Bakufu allows trading with Portugal.
• 1611/8/9 Satsuma han completes land survey in Ryûkyû.
• 1611/8/13 A big earthquake in Aizu; Wakamatsu castle collapses.
• 1611/10/28 A big tsunami in Mutsu. The death toll is 1783.
• 1611/11/28 Ieyasu allows trading with Ming.

Other Events of 1611

• King Shô Nei of Ryûkyû signs formal surrender documents, affirming his vassal status under the Shimazu clan lords of Satsuma han.
• King Shô Nei of Ryûkyû is returned to Shuri after an absence of roughly two years and resumes his rule.