On this day
January 15 in Japanese History
10 recorded events on this date, across every century.
- 1181 Siege of Nara 南都焼討 · Siege — 1181 siege
- 1481 Ashikaga Yoshizumi 足利義澄 · Samurai — 11th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1494–1508)
- 1538 Maeda Toshiie 前田利家 · Samurai — general of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period
- 1564 Battle of Azukizaka 小豆坂の戦い · Battle — battle that took place on January 15, 1564, when Matsudaira Motoyasu (later renamed Tokugawa Ieyasu)
- 1759 Matsudaira Sadanobu 松平定信 · Philosopher — Japanese daimyō of the mid-Edo period (1759-1829)
- 1782 Ōkubo Tadazane 大久保忠真 · Samurai — daimyo (1782-1837)
- 1844 Negishi Shingorō 根岸信五郎 · Samurai — Japanese swordsman (1844-1913)
- 1855 Ansei 安政 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from January 1855 to April 1860
- 1871 Toshihiko Sakai 堺利彦 · Historian — Communist leader (1871-1933)
- 1993 1993 Kushiro-Oki earthquake 釧路沖地震 · Earthquake — Large earthquake in eastern Hokkaidō in January 1993