Year in Japan

1569 in Japanese History

4 recorded entries for this year. It falls in the Muromachi period (室町時代, 1336 – 1573).

Era name: Eiroku 永禄 (year 12 of the era)

What happened 出来事

Nov 16 Battle of Mimasetōge 三増峠の戦い · Battle — 1569 battle in Japan
Tachibana Ginchiyo 立花誾千代 · Samurai — Japanese samurai (1569-1602)
Yodo-dono 淀殿 · Samurai — prominently-placed figure in late-Sengoku period
Ōno Harunaga 大野治長 · Samurai — samurai of the early Edo period. general under Toyotomi Hideyori, and fought in the Siege of Osaka

Reading the year 1569 in Japanese

Japanese sources from this period date events by era name, not by the Western calendar. 1569 corresponds to Eiroku 永禄 (year 12 of the era). Years are written with 年 (ねん, nen) — so 1600 appears as 慶長5年, "the fifth year of Keichō".

The year itself is read 1569年 (1569ねん) in modern Japanese. Browse the full timeline to see where this year sits in the wider arc, or the 16th century for its neighbours.