Chronological Table

Year Event Related material
1600 "De Liefde" arrives at Usuki, Bungo (Oita Prefecture) Nihon Huzoku Biko
1602 Establishment of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)  
1609 Tokugawa shogunate permits Dutch trade, Establishment of the Dutch Factory on Hirado  
1613 Nationwide ban on Christianity in Japan  
1616 Foreign ships (except Chinese ships) are only allowed to visit the harbors of Nagasaki and Hirado  
1617 Dutch Factory is allowed to trade only at Hirado  
1619 Francois Caron arrives in Japan (-1641) Caron, F.: Beschrijvinge van machtigh Koninckrijcke Japan.
1622 The Netherlands builds a factory and fortress in Formosa.  
1624 English Factory on Hirado closed.  
1628 Nuyts Affair (-1632). Dutch Factory on Hirado closed. Bankoku shinwa
1633 Dutch Factory on Hirado reopened. The court journey becomes an annual custom.  
1635 Japanese citizens are forbidden to travel abroad, Japanese citizens living abroad are forbidden to return to Japan.  
1636 Construction of Deshima finished  
1637 Shimabara revolt Tenba ibun
1639 Sakoku completed. The Portuguese are deported from Deshima.  
1641 Dutch Factory moves to Deshima. Nagasaki sho oyakuba ezu
1659 opperhoofd Wagener presents the Shogun with R. Dodoens' "Cruydt-Boeck" Oranda honzo wage
Dodoniusu Oranda honzo wage.
1663 opperhoofd Indijck presents the Shogun with Jonston's "Naeukeurige beschryving" Jonston, J.: Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren, vissen en bloedloze water-dieren, vogelen, kronkel-dieren, slangen en draken.
1690 Engelbert Kaempfer arrives in Japan. Kaempfer, E.: Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum.
1698 Establishment of the Nagasaki kaisho  
1716 Kyoho Reform  
1725 The Dutch present Persian horses to Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune. [Ikokusanba zukan.]
1727 Kaempfer's History of Japan is published. Kaempfer, E.: The history of Japan.
1763 Hiraga Gennai's Butsurui Hinshitsu is published. Butsurui hinshitsu.
1771 Maeno Ryotaku, Sugita Genpaku, Nakagawa Jun'an observe their first dissecion. Start to translate Anatomische Tabellen  
1774 kaitai shisho published. Kaitai shinsho
1775 Carl Thunberg arrives in Japan.(-1776) Thunberg, C. P.: Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, forrattad aren 1770-1779.
1776 Hiraga Gennai makes 'Erekiteru' machine.  
1779 Isaac Titsingh arrives in Japan as an opperhoofd. Titsingh, I.: Bijzonderheden over Japan.
1786 Otsuki Gentaku founds the Shirando Academy.  
1787 Matsudaira Sadanobu becomes senior councillor. Komo zatsuwa is published. Komo zatsuwa
1788 Rangaku kaitei by Otsuki Gentaku is published. Rangaku kaitei
1789 French Revolution  
1795 The Netherlands occupied by France.  
1796 Dutch-Japanese dictionary, Haruma wage (the translated Halma) is published. Yakken
[Haruma jisho]
1797 Russians arrive at Etorofu.  
1799 VOC dissolved.  
1803 Hendrick Doeff becomes opperhoofd.  
1807 Tokugawa shogunate ordered Takahashi Kageyasuu to make the map Bankokuzu. Shitei bankoku zenzu
1808 Phaeton incident Bashin hiko
1811 Establishment of the Bansho wage goyo (Office for the Translation of Western Documents). Kosei shinpen
1814 The Netherlands regains its independence.  
1815 Sugita Genpaku finishes Rangaku Kotohajime. Rangaku kotohajim
1820 Van Overmeer Fisscher arrives in Japan. (-1829) Overmeer Fisscher, J. F. van. : Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Japansche rijk.
1821 Dainihon Enkai Yochi Zenzu by Tadataka Ino finished  
1823 Von Siebold arrives in Japan. Siebold, P. F. von: Nippon.
1825 Decree expelling foreign ships  
1828 Von Siebold incident Nihonzu
[Ezo zu]
1833 Doef Haruma (Nagasaki Haruma) finished. Oranda jii
1839 Bansha no Goku Affair Bansha soyaku shoki
1840 Outbreak of the Opium War in China  
1842 Decree expelling foreign ships is relaxed.  
1844 The Dutch ambassador landed in Nagasaki, bearing a message and gifts from the King. Koshin Oranda shisetsusen ikken
1852 Donker Curtius becomes opperhoofd.  
1854 Japanese-American treaty. Naval Training School in Nagasaki established. Nagasaki Kaigun Denshujo denshunin so namae sekijun.
1856.1 Japanese-Dutch treaty Oranda joyaku. Nagasaki chindai ni tatematsuru sho.
1856 Establishment of Bansho Shirabesho (The Bureau for the Inspection of Barbarian Books) Bansho shirabesho shokuin meisaicho.
1858 Japanese-American treaty of amity and commerce, Japanese-Dutch treaty of amity and commerce. Fukuzawa Yukichi establishes Rangaku-juku in Edo. Gokakoku joyakusho narabini zeisoku
1859 Naval Training School in Nagasaki is closed. Dutch Trade Factory on Deshima is closed and becomes Consulate. Abolition of Dutch Report.  
1860 De Wit becomes the first Dutch consul.  
1862 "The Bureau for the Inspection of Barbarian Books" is renamed "The Bureau for the Inspection of Western Books". The shogunate sends students to the Netherlands. Bunkyu nenkan Oranda ryugakusei ikko no shashin.
1863 "The Bureau for the Inspection of Western Books" is renamed "Kaiseijo". The Dutch Consulate General moves from Nagasaki to Edo.  
1865 Nishi Amane, Tsuda Mamichi return to Japan from the Netherlands. Oranda kiro kiko.
1867 Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu steps down from office, end of shogunate.  

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