| 1467 | Onin War begins |
| 1477 | Onin War officially ends |
| 1495 | Hojo capture Odawara |
| 1543 | Arrival of first Europeans in Japan |
| 1545 | Night battle of Kawagoe |
| 1549 | Arquebuses first used at Kajiki siege |
| 1553 | First battle of Kawanakajima |
| 1571 | Destruction of the monastery on Mount Hiei by Nobunaga |
| 1573 | Death of Takeda Shingen |
| 1574 | Siege of Nagashima |
| 1575 | Siege and battle of Nagashino |
| 1576 | Building of Azuchi Castle |
| 1578 | Death of Uesugi Kenshin |
| 1580 | Surrender of Ishiyama Honganji |
| 1581 | Siege of Tottori |
| 1582 | Murder of Oda Nobunaga; battle of Yamazaki |
| 1584 | Battles of Komaki and Nagakute |
| 1586 | Building of Osaka Castle |
| 1587 | Invasion of Kyushu |
| 1590 | Final siege of Odawara Castle |
| 1591 | Siege of Kunoe, leading to the unification of Japan |
| 1592 | First Japanese invasion of Korea |
| 1593 | Japanese withdraw from Korea |
| 1597 | Second invasion of Korea |
| 1598 | Death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| 1600 | Battle of Sekigahara |
| 1603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes Shogun |
| 1614 | Winter campaign of Osaka |