1556
1556 — Korea: 금역당 배용길(琴易堂 裵龍吉) 출생 / China: 1556 Shaanxi earthquake / Japan: Battle of Inō
7 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.
| KoreaJoseon 1392–1897 | ChinaMing dynasty 1368–1636 | JapanMuromachi period 1336–1573 | United States |
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- 금역당 배용길(琴易堂 裵龍吉) 출생KO
- 매당 권욱(梅堂 權旭) 출생KO
- 1554고성(固城)사량진(蛇梁鎭)에 왜구가 침입하여 성을 공격하였으나 실패하고 물러감. (사량진왜변)
- 1555자기 종들이 공을 세워 양인(良人)이 되는 것을 염려하여 상전을 배반한다고 지목하고서 종의 가산(家産)을 몰수하고 괴롭히는 자들이 있다고 헌부(憲府)에서 아룀
- 1555왜구 선단 60여 척이 달량성(達梁城)을 공격하여 함락함. 이후 영암(靈巖) 등을 공격함. (을묘왜변(乙卯倭變))
- 1555새로 만든 병선(兵船)을 시험함
- 1555을묘왜변이 일어남
- 1555이산서원(伊山書院) 건립
- 1557Crown Prince Sunhoe, accession
- 1557운천 김용(雲川 金涌) 출생
- 1557용담 임흘(龍潭 任屹) 출생
- 1557서흥, 우봉, 토산, 신계, 이천 등지를 오가며 활동하던 도적의 우두머리 오연석(吳連石)이 잡혀 죽음
- 1558흥해배씨 임연재종가 건립
| - 1556 Shaanxi earthquake
- The Jiajing Emperor asks the Ministry of Rites to find some magical plants to make him immortal
- Jiajing wokou raids: Pirates raid the entire coastline from Nanjing to Hangzhou
- 1554The Luso-Chinese agreement (1554) for Macau is made between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Ming dynasty.
- 1554spring — Serious epidemics break out in Beijing
- 1554March — Jiajing wokou raids: Pirates kill the magistrate of Songjiang and occupy Chongming Island
- 1554Luso-Chinese agreement (1554): Leonel de Sousa bribes the vice-commissioner of maritime defense into letting the Portuguese stay at Macau for an annual payment of 500 taels and 20 percent imperial duty on half their products
- 1555Jiajing wokou raids: Pirates attack Hangzhou
- 1555May — Jiajing wokou raids: Ming forces defeat a large raiding party north of Jiaxing
- 1555The Jiajing Emperor selects 180 girls under the age of 10 for palace service
- 1557葡萄牙获澳门居住权。
- 1557The Kingdom of Portugal established a permanent settlement in Macau.
- 1557winter — Sengge, son of Altan Khan, lays siege to a garrison near Datong
- 1557May — The three main audience halls in the Forbidden City are destroyed in a fire
- 1558The Ministry of Rites presents 1,860 magical plants to the Jiajing Emperor
- 1558April — Jiajing wokou raids: Pirates raid Zhejiang and northern Fujian
- 1558Imperial treasuries fall to less than 200,000 ounces of silver
- 1558Sengge retreats upon the arrival of reinforcements
- 1558Ming forces led by Qi Jiguang dealt the wokou a defeat at Cengang.
| - Battle of Inō
- Battle of Nagara-gawa
- 1554Battle of Oshikibata
- 1554Siege of Kiso Fukushima
- 1554Siege of Kannomine
- 1554Siege of Matsuo
- 1554Battle of Muraki Castle
- 1554Siege of Iwatsurugi Castle
- 1555Battle of Miyajima
- 1555南蛮貿易はじまる。
- 1557Emperor Ōgimachi, accession
- 1558Siege of Terabe
- 1558Battle of Ukino
| covered from 1607 |