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968 CE - 1048 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yorinobu.
988 CE - 1075 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi.
1042 CE - 1103 CE: Life of the legendary Japanese warrior Minamoto no Yoshiie.
1046 CE: Yorinobu claims Hachiman patron god and founder of the Minamoto clan in Japan.
1096 CE - 1156 CE: Life of Minamoto no Tameyoshi.
1123 CE - 1160 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yoshitomo.
1147 CE - 1199 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yoritomo, clan leader of the Minamoto and first shogun of Japan.
1154 CE - 1184 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yoshinaka.
1156 CE: Hogen Disturbance in Japan.
1159 CE - 1189 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
1160 CE: Heiji Disturbance in Japan.
1180 CE: Taira forces defeat an army led by Minamoto no Yorimasa.
1180 CE - 1185 CE: The Genpei War in Japan between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
1181 CE: Taira forces defeat an army led by Minamoto no Yukie.
1182 CE - 1204 CE: Life of Minamoto no Yorie.
1183 CE: Japanese emperor Go-Shirakawa officially recognises the authority of Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Kanto region.
1183 CE: Kiso Yoshinaka defeats a large Taira army at Kurikara in Etchu and occupies the Japanese capital Heiankyo (Kyoto).
1185 CE: Battle of Dannoura where the Minamoto defeat the rival Taira. The young emperor Antoku drowns.
1191 CE: The Shinto Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is moved from Yuinogo to Kamakura, Japan by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
1192 CE - 1219 CE: Life of Minamoto no Sanetomo.
1195 CE: The Todaiji temple at Nara, Japan, is restored by the Minamoto clan.
1202 CE - 1203 CE: Minamoto no Yorie is shogun of Japan.
1203 CE - 1219 CE: Minamoto no Sanetomo is shogun of Japan.