Japan I guess By . I am an idiot 710 The capital is made 794 Heian Period 1185 Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the first shogun of Japan. 1467 The warring period starts. 1543 First contact with europe 1573 the Azuchi-Momoyama starts 1603 The beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate 1635 The sakoku closes borders 1853 the arrival of the United States navy fleet commanded by Matthew Perry 1867 The meiji is restored