Oda Nobunaga, a major daimyo during the Sengoku period and a key figure in unifying Japan, is born.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who would succeed Nobunaga and unify Japan, is born.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, is born.
Oda Nobunaga dies during the Incident at Honnō-ji when betrayed by Akechi Mitsuhide.
Tokugawa Ieyasu officially becomes shogun, starting the Edo period which lasts over 250 years.