1561
1561 — China: The Ming dynasty starts producing portable breech-loading firearms / Japan: Siege of Odawara
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| KoreaJoseon 1392–1897 | ChinaMing dynasty 1368–1636 | JapanMuromachi period 1336–1573 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
- 1559동암 이영도(東巖 李詠道) 출생
- 1559봉화현감 서호인(徐好仁) 부임
- 1560영사당 종택(永思堂宗宅) 건립
- 1560종친 조사(朝士)가 기생을 거느리는 것을 일체 엄금함.
- 1563풍악서당(豊岳書堂) 건립
- 1563우복 정경세(愚伏 鄭經世) 출생
| - The Ming dynasty starts producing portable breech-loading firearms.
- December — The Forbidden City 's residential palace is destroyed in a fire
- 1559summer — Qi Jiguang begins applying his tactical reforms on newly recruited soldiers
- 1559Jiajing wokou raids: Pirates take over Kinmen Island (Quemoy) and launch raids into Fujian and Guangdong
- 1559December — The Suzhou garrison mutinies
- 1559A drought causes starvation in the Changjiang River Delta
- 1560Qi Jiguang publishes his Jixiao Xinshu describing the musket volley fire technique and his experience training the Ming army in its use.
- 1560The Jiajing Emperor suffers from insomnia
- 1560March — The Nanjing garrison rebels in response to cuts in rations until they're given 40,000 ounces of silver
- 1562严嵩遭罢免。
- 1562June — The Forbidden City 's residential palace is rebuilt
- 1562December — Jiajing wokou raids: Pirates capture Xinghua
- 1563A walled town is built in Penghu on the orders of a Ming general
- 1563Pirate Lin Daoqian retreats to southwestern Taiwan after being chased by Ming naval forces
- 1563俞大猷、戚继光于福建破倭寇。
- 1563May — Jiajing wokou raids: Ming forces retake Xinghua and destroy pirate bases in Fujian
| - Siege of Odawara
- Siege of Moji
- Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima
- 1560Battle of Okehazama
- 1560Siege of Marune
- 1560Battle of Norada
- 1562Battle of Kyōkōji
- 1562Siege of Kaminogō Castle
- 1563Siege of Musashi-Matsuyama
| covered from 1607 |