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1543Three Portuguese mariners accidentally land in Japan, the first Europeans to do so.
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1571 - 1639The Portuguese control the port of Nagasaki in Japan.
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c. 1571The Japanese daimyo Omura Sumitada grants the Portuguese control of Nagasaki.
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Dec 1637 - Apr 1638The Shimabara Uprising in Japan which the shogunate blames on Christians, leading to an expulsion of all Europeans.
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1640A Portuguese embassy to negotiate a reopening of trade with Japan is unsuccessful and its members are executed.