Peasant and religious uprisings in late-16th to mid-17th century Japan (1590–1650)

1. Toyotomi forces end Kaga Ikkō-ikki

   Jan 1, 1580Labels: Kaga Ikk, Toyotomi Hideyoshi

   • Britannica
   • Wiki Kaga

2. Okamoto Daihachi incident heightens anti-Christian suspicion

   Jan 1, 1612Labels: Okamoto Daihachi, Arima Harunobu

   • Okamoto incident

3. Tokugawa shogunate bans Christianity nationwide

   Feb 1, 1614Labels: Tokugawa Ieyasu, Christianity ban

   • Britannica Sakoku
   • Wiki 1614

4. Rebels besiege Shimabara Castle and withdraw

   Dec 12, 1637Labels: Shimabara Castle, rebel siege

   • Shimabara Castle
   • Shimabara

5. Shimabara-Amakusa uprising begins with magistrate assassination

   Dec 17, 1637Labels: Shimabara Rebellion, Amakusa

   • Shimabara
   • WHE
   • Hidden Christian

6. Rebels defeat Terazawa forces at Hondo Castle

   Dec 29, 1637Labels: Hondo Castle, Amakusa rebels

   • Hondo
   • Shimabara

7. Rebels fail to seize Tomioka Castle

   Jan 2, 1638Labels: Tomioka Castle, Amakusa

   • Tomioka

8. Shogunate army begins siege of Hara Castle

   Jan 22, 1638Labels: Hara Castle, Tokugawa army

   • Hara Castle
   • WHE

9. Amakusa Shirō executed after Hara Castle’s fall

   Apr 12, 1638Labels: Amakusa Shir, Hara Castle

   • Amakusa Shir
   • Hara Castle

10. Shimabara Rebellion formally ends

    Apr 15, 1638Labels: Shimabara Rebellion, Tokugawa victory

    • Shimabara
    • WHE

11. Portuguese barred from Japan under final sakoku order

    Jan 1, 1639Labels: Sakoku order, Portuguese

    • Britannica Sakoku

12. Shimabara-Amakusa remembered as last major early Edo armed uprising

    Jan 1, 1640Labels: Shimabara-Amakusa, Edo period

    • Britannica Ikki
    • Britannica Sakoku