The world: 1600s

1600–1609

Events in this period 3

1. 1600 · Japan · War

   Battle of Sekigahara

   The Battle of Sekigahara was an important battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.

2. 1603 · Japan · Politics

   Establishment of the Edo shogunate

   The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo shogunate, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

3. 1607 · North America · Politics

   Jamestown

   The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of present-day Williamsburg. It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 O.S. (May 14, 1607 N.S.). It followed earlier, failed English colonization attempts, including the 1585 Roanoke Colony. A river island was selected to evade Spanish naval patrols; however, it was infested with mosquitoes, lacked potable water, and was used by the Paspahegh people. Despite supply missions, only 60 of the original 214 settlers survived the 1609–1610 winter known as Starving Time. In 1612, West Indies tobacco was successfully cultivated, leading to an economic boom for the colony and England.

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Still under way

• Sengoku period1467 – 1615

Around the same time

• Imjin War1592 – 1598
• Livonian War1558 – 1583
• Honnō-ji Incident1582
• Battle of Myeongnyang1597
• Batavia, Dutch East Indies1619

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