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Alessandro Valignano (1579, Italy) was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan. He first visited Japan in 1579. William Adams (1600, England) – The first Englishman to reach Japan. Among the first Westerners to become a samurai, under Shōgun ...
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Leif Erikson (c.970–c.1020) was a famous Norse explorer who is credited for being the first European to set foot on American soil. Explorers are listed below with their common names, countries of origin (modern and former), centuries of activity and main areas of exploration. Marco ...
There are listings in each of Ohio's 88 counties. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". [a] This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 17 ...
An 1861 image expressing the Joi (攘夷, "Expel the Barbarians") sentiment. Choshu cannons firing on Western shipping in Shimonoseki.Japanese painting. The order to expel barbarians (攘夷勅命 or 攘夷実行の勅命, jōi chokumei or jōi jikkō no chokumei) was an edict issued by the Japanese Emperor Kōmei in 1863 against the Westernization of Japan following the opening of the country ...
Saris departed Bantam for Japan on 15 January 1613. [4] The Clove arrived in Hirado on 12 June 1613 and was the first English ship to reach Japan. [5] One of the two Japanese suits of armour offered by Tokugawa Hidetada to John Saris for King James I in 1613, now in the Tower of London.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the first reshuffled his second cabinet at the first time. [28] 17 to 20 September: Typhoon Nanmadol, a heavy massive precipitation and landslide hit in southern Kyushu Island and other western parts of Japan. At least four people were killed and 147 people were wounded, according to Japan Fire ...
The Perry Expedition (Japanese: 黒船来航, kurofune raikō, "Arrival of the Black Ships") was a diplomatic and military expedition in two separate voyages (1852–1853 and 1854–1855) to the Tokugawa shogunate (徳川幕府) by warships of the United States Naval corps.