Tokugawa Ieyasu Timeline of Events

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

 was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan , which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara  in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Ieyasu seized power in 1600, received appointment as shogun in 1603, abdicated from office in 1605, but remained in power until his death in 1616...

Timeline of Events

1573

1.25.1573

Battle of Mikatagahara, in Japan; Takeda Shingen defeats Tokugawa Ieyasu.

1590

8.30.1590

Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

1600

10.21.1600

Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate that in effect rules Japan until the mid-nineteenth century.

1615

6.4.1615

Siege of Osaka: Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.