jan 1, 1542 - Firearms & Christianity are introduced
Description:
The first Portuguese trades and Jesuit missionaries arrived in Kyushu and introduced firearms and Christianity to Japan. Most of the Western warlords welcomed Christianity.The Japanese immedietly became interested in European guns and in less than 25 years were manufacturing enough guns that in one battle between rival families, the winning side had several thousand riflemen.
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Date:
jan 1, 1542
Now
~ 484 years ago