Ashikaga Yoshiteru
1536 – 1565 · 29 years · Kyoto · Asia
Reign: 1546 – 1565 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)
Shogun from 1546 and a pupil of the swordmaster Tsukahara Bokuden. He tried to restore the shogunate's prestige, mediating among daimyo and receiving the Portuguese, but in 1565 he was killed in his residence by the Miyoshi trio and Matsunaga Hisahide.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 16th century
Portrait: Attributed to Tosa Mitsuyoshi (Inscription by Sakugen Shūryō ) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Africa
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Asia
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The world in their lifetime
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- 1547 Ivan IV crowned Tsar — aged 11, Eastern Europe & Russia
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