| 1184 | Fortress of Ichinotani is captured |
| Last recorded use of crossbows in a siege in Japan | |
| Kusunoki Masashige defends yamashiro of Akasaka | |
| 1333 | Siege of yamashiro of Chihaya |
| 1467 | Onin War begins |
| 1477 | Onin War officially ends |
| 1494 | Hojo capture Odawara |
| 1542 | Siege of Toda |
| 1543 | Arrival of Europeans in Japan |
| 1545 | Night battle of Kawagoe |
| 1549 | Arquebuses used at Kajiki siege |
| 1553 | First battle of Kawanakajima |
| 1554 | Siege of Muraki - volleys of arquebuses used |
| 1557 | First siege of Moji |
| Capture of Inabayama (Gifu) | |
| First tower keep at Tamon | |
| 1571 | Destruction of Mount Hiei by Nobunaga |
| 1573 | Death of Takeda Shingen |
| 1574 | Siege of Nagashima |
| 1575 | Siege and battle of Nagashino |
| 1576 | Building of Azuchi castle |
| Siege of river complex of Ishiyama Honganji | |
| Building of Maruoka castle | |
| 1578 | Death of Uesugi Kenshin |
| 1579 | Siege of Miki |
| 1580 | Surrender of Ishiyama Honganji |
| 1581 | Siege of Tottori by starvation |
| 1582 | Murder of Oda Nobunaga |
| 1584 | Battles of Komaki and Nagakute - earthworks used |
| 1586 | Building of Osaka castle |
| 1587 | Invasion of Kyushu; Sword Hunt |
| 1590 | Final siege of Odawara |
| 1591 | Siege of Kunoe - unification of Japan completed |
| 1592 | First invasion of Korea |
| 1593 | Japanese withdraw from Korea |
| 1597 | Second invasion of Korea |
| 1598 | Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| Korean War ends | |
| 1600 | Battle of Sekigahara |
| 1603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes shogun |
| 1614 | Winter Campaign of Osaka |
| 1615 | Summer Campaign of Osaka |
| 1616 | Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu |