Permanent historical factsheet

Execution of Christian Missionaries

Name: Execution of Christian Missionaries – Japan factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Japan · House / House of Tokugawa. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1617–1628Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1617

Hidetada1617

House / House of Tokugawa

Orders the 1st executions of Christian missionaries

1622

Hidetada1622

Nagasaki · House / House of Tokugawa

Orders the execution of 55 Christian missonaries

1628

Hidetada1628

Nagasaki · House / House of Tokugawa

Orders the execution of more Christian missionaries

Names involved

Hidetada

Provenance

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