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Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun, establishes alternate attendance (sankin kotai) where feudal daimyōs spend

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun, establishes alternate attendance (sankin kotai) where feudal daimyōs spend 1 year at Edo Castle (Tokyo) and 1 year at their feudal manor, while their families remain in Tokyo as hostages (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21)

Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Tokugawa shogun, establishes alternate attendance (sankin kotai) where feudal daimyōs spend 1 year at Edo Castle (Tokyo) and 1 year at their feudal manor, while their families remain in Tokyo as hostages (Traditional Japanese Date: June 21)

Events Before

  1. Burchardi flood, known as the second "Grote Mandrenke," kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark, and Germany

    Burchardi flood, known as the second "Grote Mandrenke," kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark, and Germany

  2. Puritan author William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti", criticising the theatre

    Puritan author William Prynne tried in Star Chamber for publishing "Histrio-masti", criticising the theatre

  3. Battle of Smolensk: King Wladyslaw IV of Poland beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]

    Battle of Smolensk: King Wladyslaw IV of Poland beats Russians [NS=Mar 1]

  4. Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills Duke Wallenstein

    Irish captain Walter Devereaux kills Duke Wallenstein

  5. Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians

    Battle at Smolensk: Polish King Wladyslaw IV beats Russians

Events After

  1. The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. Recogniz

    The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. Recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.

  2. University of Utrecht opening ceremony

    University of Utrecht opening ceremony

  3. City of Providence, Rhode Island form

    Providence ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.

  4. Johan Maurits is appointed governor of Dutch Brazil

    Johan Maurits is appointed governor of Dutch Brazil

  5. Spanish troops occupy Corbie near Amiens

    Spanish troops occupy Corbie near Amiens

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