Oda Nobunaga
Used firearms to conquer central Japan, ended the Ashikaga shogunate in 1573 and died in 1582 when his vassal Akechi Mitsuhide attacked him at Honnō-ji in Kyoto.
| Lived | 1534 – 1582 |
| Known as | Warlord |
| Birthplace or main place | Owari (Nagoya) |
| Places on the map | Kyoto |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
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Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1527 – 1598 | Philip II | King of Spain |
| 1533 – 1603 | Elizabeth I | Queen of England |
| 1537 – 1598 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Unifier of Japan |
| 1542 – 1605 | Akbar | Mughal emperor |
| 1543 – 1616 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | First Tokugawa shogun |
| 1545 – 1598 | Yi Sun-sin | Korean admiral |
| 1547 – 1616 | Miguel de Cervantes | Writer |
| 1494 – 1566 | Suleiman the Magnificent | Ottoman sultan |
| 1475 – 1564 | Michelangelo | Sculptor, painter and architect |
| 1509 – 1564 | John Calvin | Reformer |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.