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Conflict East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE · 148 years

Nearly 150 years of civil war as feudal warlords fought for supremacy across Japan. Three great unifiers — Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu — progressively reunified the country, culminating in the Tokugawa Shogunate that would rule for 250 years.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Rival daimyō clans (Oda, Toyotomi, Tokugawa, Takeda, Uesugi, etc.)
  • Various feudal lords & Ashikaga Shogunate

Key moments

Defining events in the Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States).

  1. 1467–1477 Ōnin War / Fall of Kyoto
  2. 1560 Battle of Okehazama
  3. 1575 Battle of Nagashino
  4. 1600 Battle of Sekigahara
  5. 1614–1615 Siege of Osaka

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Ming Chinese Empire

Attested 1500 CE – 1600 CE

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Pha That Luang

1566 CE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Maritime Silk Road

200 BCE – 1500 CE

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Champa–Đại Việt Wars

982 CE – 1471 CE

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Philippines

Founded 1492 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Manila

1571 CE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Manila Galleon Trade

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Ōnin War

1467 CE – 1477 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1467 CE and 1615 CE.

1467 CE Ōnin War 1510 CE Toungoo Dynasty Wars 1510 CE Toungoo Empire Wars 1547 CE Burmese–Siamese Wars 1566 CE Pha That Luang

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Hampi Landmark · South Asia 1336 CE – 1565 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries Conflict · Americas 1200 CE – 1600 CE Pachacuti Figure · Cusco, Tawantinsuyu (Inca Empire) 1418 CE – 1471 CE Royal Hill of Ambohimanga Landmark · Africa 1500 CE – still standing
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