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Jan 31, 1543
His Birth
Ieyasu was born. -
1547
Ieyasu was sent away as hostage to the Imagawa family
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1549
Ieyasu's father was slain
Ieyasu had learnt that his father was slain by a close aquaintance and watched helplessly as his family's wealth and fortunes slowly diminished as their power decreased. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu#ref7324 - Early Life -
1557
Ieyasu weds Lady Tsukiyama
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu#ref7324 - Early life. Ieyasu took on a wife and started fathering his children whilst taking on military experience as he began leading forces of the Imagawa Yoshimoto. -
1560
Young Ieyasu developed an alliance with Nobunaga and started reviving his family's fortunes and gaining power
During this time, Ieyasu was attempting to establish an alliance with Nobunaga in order to revive his family and their fortunes including his own. This gave him power and influence over quite a lot of people. - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu#ref7324 -
1570
Ieyasu expanded his power to the East
During this period, Ieyasu was gaining power and moved his headquarters eastward to Hamamatsu. This was all made possible by his now powerful ally Nobunaga. -
1580
Ieyasu got promoted to an important daimyo
Ieyasu kept on taking advantage of his ally Nobunaga and kept expanding his power and influence until 1580 where he became an important daimyo in charge of the fertile and populous land from Okazaki and Hakone. - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu#ref7324 -
1582
Nubunaga commits suicide
When Ieyasu's powerful and crucial ally Nobunaga unfortunately passes away, Toyotomi Hideyoshi became Ieyasu's biggest rival. However, they made amends and Hideyoshi left Ieyasu's territory alone. Ieyasu strengthened himself and continued expanding his vassal force. -
Ieyasu created a large army that blocked Hojo forces to isolate in their castle
Ieyasu and Hideyoshi both determined to make vows with the daimyo from Hojo mobilized armies to be put in solitude in their own castle which then drove them to starvation and eventually, Ieyasu moved his army further away from Hideyoshi towards Edo. -
Ieyasu develops more power
Ieyasu, unlike other great daimyos, didn't involve in Hideyoshis expeditions involving Korea and instead secured his territory by placing powerful vassals along the perimeter of his land. He also took surveys on his people to improve taxation and also confiscated all of the peasants weapons, decreasing the chances of peasant rebellion. -
Hideyoshi dies and Ieyasu is the most powerful
when Hideyoshi died, Ieyasu had the most powerful vassals and army and also the most organized and productive domain in all of Japan. - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu#ref7324 -
Ieyasu triumphs in war
the daimyo and Ieyasu gathered their armies and fought against each other to become the master of Japan. Ieyasu's army won and this led to him becoming the master of Japan. He was undeniably the most powerful and greatest daimyo in all of Japan. -
Ieyasu becomes shogun
the imperial court promotes Ieyasu to shogun therefore, aknowledging him as the greatest and most powerful daimyo in all of Japan. -
Ieyasu retires and his son inherits shogun
Ieyasu retired and left Edo for Sumpu as he liked the surroundings better. In order to keep his dynasty running, Ieyasu granted his son the role of shogun. -
Christianity
old soldier missionaries arrived in Japan and tried convincing the Japanese to convert to Christianity. Ieyasu discouraged these practises and helped to almost eradiacte Christianity in Japan. -
Ieyasu dies peacefully
By the time Ieyasu died, he had managed to build the largest castle in the world which was kept alive by fruitful artisans, traders and merchants. - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tokugawa-Ieyasu#ref7324