1581
1581 — Korea: 안동부사 안용(安容) 부임 / Japan: Himeji Castle, the largest in Japan, was built
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| KoreaJoseon 1392–1897 | ChinaMing dynasty 1368–1636 | JapanAzuchi–Momoyama period 1573–1600 | United States |
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- 1579봉화향교(奉化鄕敎) 중수
- 1579오우당 김근(五友堂 金近) 출생
- 1580이우당 권환(二愚堂 權寏) 출생
- 1580매원 김광계(梅園 金光繼) 출생
- 1580안동현감 김여물(金汝岉) 부임
- 1580철원부(鐵原府)의 죽은 교생(校生) 이팽수(李彭壽)의 노(奴) 만송(萬松)이 상전인 이팽수의 처 경씨(庚氏)와 간통하고 우봉현(牛峰縣)으로 도망가 살다가 붙잡힘
- 1582수암 유진(修巖 柳袗) 출생
- 1583빈연정사(賓淵精舍) 건립
- 1583야인 니탕개(尼蕩介)가 율포리 등을 침입함.
- 1583야인 니탕개(尼蕩介)가 경원부(慶源府)의 안원보(安原堡)를 점령함
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- 1579Donglin movement
- 1580Single whip law: Tax laws are simplified
- 1580Officials criticize the Wanli Emperor for negligence and the questionable propriety of his personal life
- 1580The grand secretary Zhang Juzheng instituted the single whip law, under which all monetary and labor obligations to the central government were consolidated into a single silver payment.
- 1582A Gregorian calendar more accurate than the Chinese calendar is produced in Europe
- 1582Ming forces defeat Atai of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and accidentally kill Giocangga and Taksi, grandfather and father of Nurhaci
- 1582Jesuit China missions: The Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci arrived in Macau.
- 1582Private newspapers were first published in Beijing.
- 1582The Taicang Treasury accumulates over 6 million taels of silver
- 1583Matteo Ricci sets up a church in Zhaoqing
- 1583Nurhaci becomes leader of the Jianzhou Left Branch
- 1583申时行任首辅。
| - Himeji Castle, the largest in Japan, was built.
- Siege of Tottori
- Siege of Hijiyama
- Oda Nobunaga forces win the Tenshō Iga War, destroying the Iga ikki.
- Siege of Minamata Castle
- 1579Tenshō Iga War
- 1579Battle of Mimaomote
- 1579Azuchi religious debate results in enforced religious tolerance.
- 1580Siege of Takatenjin
- 1580Battle of Omosu
- 1582Battle of Yamazaki
- 1582Battle of Tenmokuzan
- 1582Siege of Takamatsu
- 1582Siege of Takatō
- 1582Battle of Kanagawa
- 1582Siege of Uozu
- 1582Tenshō-Jingo war
- 1582Battle of Nakatomigawa
- 1582甲州征伐
- 1582Honnō-ji incident: Akechi Mitsuhide betrays Oda Nobunaga who commits suicide
- 1583Battle of Shizugatake
- 1583大坂城の築城開始。
- 1583北条氏政が古河公方を滅ぼす。
- 1583Siege of Hiketa
| covered from 1607 |