Tokugawa Ieyasu Named Shogun
March 24, 1603
The emperor in Kyoto formally conferred the title of sei-i taishogun on the victor of Sekigahara. Ieyasu moved his administrative capital to a swampy fishing village on the eastern plains called Edo and began laying out the castle-town that would one day be Tokyo. The dynasty he founded would govern Japan in near-total peace for over two and a half centuries.
In context
Also in 1603 (5 other events on record)
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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