Christian missions, conversions, and persecution in Japan (1549–1639)

1. Francis Xavier lands in Kagoshima

   Aug 15, 1549Labels: Francis Xavier, Kagoshima, Jesuit Order

   • CBCJ
   • CHI Today

2. Ōmura Sumitada becomes a Christian daimyō

   May 20, 1563Labels: mura Sumitada, Christian daimy

   • CBCJ
   • mura

3. Nagasaki port established for Portuguese trade

   Jan 1, 1571Labels: Nagasaki Port, Portuguese Trade

   • Nagasaki
   • JTA Nagasaki

4. Ōmura Sumitada cedes Nagasaki to the Jesuits

   Jun 9, 1580Labels: mura Sumitada, Jesuit Administration

   • Donation
   • Nagasaki Peace

5. Japanese Christian youths depart in the Tenshō embassy

   Feb 20, 1582Labels: Tensh Embassy, Japanese Christians

   • It Mancio
   • CBCJ

6. Hideyoshi issues the Bateren Expulsion Edict

   Jul 24, 1587Labels: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Bateren Edict

   • Bateren
   • JTA Nagasaki

7. Hideyoshi confiscates Nagasaki from Jesuit control

   Jan 1, 1588Labels: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Nagasaki

   • Nagasaki Peace
   • JTA Nagasaki

8. Twenty-Six Martyrs executed at Nagasaki

   Feb 5, 1597Labels: Twenty-Six Martyrs, Nagasaki

   • 26 Martyrs
   • Nagasaki Peace

9. De Liefde arrives, expanding non-Catholic trade ties

   Apr 19, 1600Labels: De Liefde, William Adams

   • Adams
   • NDL Chron

10. Tokugawa Ieyasu bans Christianity nationwide

    Jan 27, 1614Labels: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Christian Ban

    • EBSCO
    • Wikisource 1911

11. Great Genna Martyrdom executed in Nagasaki

    Sep 10, 1622Labels: Great Genna, Nagasaki

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    • EVE

12. Fumi-e testing begins in Nagasaki

    Jan 1, 1629Labels: Fumi-e, Nagasaki

    • Fumi e
    • Britannica Sakoku

13. Tokugawa issues the Sakoku Edict of 1635

    Jan 1, 1635Labels: Sakoku Edict, Tokugawa Iemitsu

    • Britannica Sakoku
    • Sakoku 1635

14. Shimabara Rebellion begins in Kyushu

    Dec 17, 1637Labels: Shimabara Rebellion, Amakusa

    • Britannica Shimabara
    • WHE Shimabara

15. Hara Castle falls, ending the Shimabara Rebellion

    Apr 15, 1638Labels: Hara Castle, Tokugawa Forces

    • WHE Shimabara
    • Siege Hara

16. Portuguese expelled, sealing the anti-Christian settlement

    Jan 1, 1639Labels: Portuguese Expulsion, Sakoku

    • Britannica Sakoku
    • Britannica Shimabara