On this day
October 20 in Japanese History
7 recorded events on this date, across every century.
- 1600 Battle of Kuisegawa 杭瀬川の戦い · Battle
- 1652 Jōō 承応 · Japanese era name — Japanese era from October 1652 to May 1655
- 1681 Hayashi Ryūkō 林榴岡 · Philosopher — Japanese philosopher (1681-1758)
- 1733 Sugita Genpaku 杉田玄白 · Writer — Japanese scholar
- 1793 Watanabe Kazan 渡辺崋山 · Writer — samurai of the late Edo period, painter, scholar and statesman (1793-1841)
- 1823 Reizei Tamechika 冷泉為恭 · Painter — Japanese painter (1823-1864)
- 1879 Hajime Kawakami 河上肇 · Journalist — Japanese economist, activist and writer (1879–1946)