Grave of Toyotomi Clan at Mount Koya

Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣 秀頼 Toyotomi Hideyori), 1593-1615, was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Lady Yodo, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1017, 472 KB) Grave of Toyotomi clan at Mt. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1500x1017, 472 KB) Grave of Toyotomi clan at Mt. ... Konpon Daito, the central point of Mt. ... Events May 18 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. ... Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... Hideyoshi in old age. ... Yodo-Gimi (Lady Yodo) sometimes known as Yodo Dono, was the principal wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the niece of notorious Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga. ... Oda Nobunaga Oda Nobunaga (織田 ä¿¡é•·   Oda Nobunaga?, June 23, 1534 - June 21, 1582) was a major daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japanese history. ...

When Hideyoshi died in 1598, the regents he had appointed to rule in Hideyori's place began jockeying amongst each other for power. In 1600, after his victory over the others at the Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu seized control. Hideyori married the seven year old granddaughter of Ieyasu, Senhime, to ensure his loyalty towards the Tokugawa clan. However Ieyasu continued to view the young Hideyori as a potential threat, and attacked Hideyori in the Siege of Osaka in winter 1614. The attack failed, but Hideyori was induced to sign a truce and dismantle the defenses of his stronghold Osaka Castle. Events January 7 - Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I April 13 - Edict of Nantes - Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ... The council of five regents, also known as the five Tairō (五大老 go-tairō), was formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan in the place of his son, Hideyori, until such time as he came of age. ... // Events January January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Years Day February February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned in a stake for heresy July July 2 - Battle of Nieuwpoort: Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau defeat Spanish forces under Archduke Albert in a battle on the coastal dunes. ... The Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い Sekigahara-no-tatakai) was a decisive battle on September 15, 1600 (on the ancient Chinese calendar, October 21 on the modern calendar) that cleared the path to the Shogunate for Tokugawa Ieyasu. ... Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu Tokugawa Ieyasu (previously spelled Iyeyasu); 徳川 家康 (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder of the Tokugawa bakufu of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the restoration of the monarchy in 1868. ... Senhime or Princess Sen (千姫) was the eldest daughter of the shogun Tokugawa Hidetada and his wife Oeyo. ... The siege of Osaka lasted from 1614 to 1615. ... Events April 5 - In Virginia, Native American Pocahontas marries English colonist John Rolfe. ... Osaka Castle Osaka Castle (大阪城; ÅŒsaka-jō) is a castle in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. ...

In 1615, Ieyasu betrayed the truce and attacked again. Hideyori was forced to flee to the mountains, where he committed suicide at the age of 22, putting an end to the Toyotomi clan and paving the way for the 250-year Tokugawa Shogunate. Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... The Tokugawa shogunate or Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) (also known as the Edo bakufu) was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family until 1868. ...