1517
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Timeline of 1517
- 1517/10 Battle of Arita-Nakaide: Môri Motonari is victorious over Takeda Motoshige, who is killed.
Other Events of 1517
- Asakura Norikage commands an expedition into Tango province.
- Ashina Morikiyo becomes head of the Ashina clan.
- Batu Mengke leads 50,000 mounted Mongol warriors against China; the Ming emperor Zhengde travels to the front to lead the Chinese forces himself for a brief time.
- Imagawa Ujichika withdraws troops from Kai province.
- Portuguese arrive in China for the first time, and are denied permission to trade.
Births and Deaths
- Ashina Moritaka (b. 1448), head of the Ashina clan, dies.
- Naata Ufushu (b. 1456), chieftain of Ishigaki-jima, dies.
- Natsume Yoshinobu (d. 1573), retainer to the Matsudaira/Tokugawa clan, is born.
- Takeda Motoshige, head of the Takeda clan (Aki) is killed.
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