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14 hours ago · Tokugawa Ieyasu [a] [b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; [c] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fellow Oda subordinate Toyotomi ...
- Tokugawa Hidetada
Early life (1579–1593) Tokugawa Hidetada was born to...
- Battle of Komaki and Nagakute
The Battle of Komaki and Nagakute (小牧・長久手の戦い,...
- Lady Tsukiyama
Lady Tsukiyama or Tsukiyama-dono (築山殿, d. 19 September 1579)...
- Hattori Hanzō
Hattori Hanzō (服部 半蔵, c. 1542 – January 2, 1597) or Second...
- Battle of Nagashino
The Battle of Nagashino (長篠の戦い, Nagashino no Tatakai) was a...
- Battle of Tenmokuzan
The 1582 Battle of Tenmokuzan (天目山の戦い, Tenmokuzan no...
- Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Ashikaga Yoshiaki (足利 義昭, 5 December 1537 – 19 October 1597)...
- Tokugawa Hidetada
14 hours ago · Oda Nobunaga used European technology and firearms to conquer many other daimyōs; his consolidation of power began what was known as the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1603). After Nobunaga was assassinated in 1582 by Akechi Mitsuhide , his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the nation in 1590 and launched two unsuccessful invasions of ...
14 hours ago · History of Europe. The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the ...
14 hours ago · Belize founded. The Anglo-Saxon, English, or Baymen 's settlement of Belize is traditionally thought to have been effected upon Peter Wallace's 1638 landing at the mouth of Haulover Creek. As this account lacks clear primary sources, however, scholarly discourse has tended to qualify, amend, or completely eschew said theory, giving rise to a ...
14 hours ago · 1 February 1699 [1] An Act to prohibit the Exportation of any Corn Malt Meale Flour Bread Biscuit or Starch for One Yeare from the Tenth Day of February One thousand six hundred ninety eight. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1867) Distillation Act 1698 (repealed) 10 Will. 3.
14 hours ago · Introduction. Botany ( Greek Βοτάνη - grass, fodder; Medieval Latin botanicus – herb, plant) [2] and zoology are, historically, the core disciplines of biology whose history is closely associated with the natural sciences chemistry, physics and geology. A distinction can be made between botanical science in a pure sense, as the study of ...
14 hours ago · Elizabeth (given name) Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva ( אֱלִישֶׁבַע ), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", [citation needed] as rendered in the Septuagint. [citation needed]