jun 19, 1716 - The new Tokugawa Shogun of Japan, Tokugawa Yoshimune, assumes control of the monarchy's military after the illness and death of the six-year-old Ietsugu, last of the male descendants of Tokugawa Ieyasu.[14] Yoshimune's ascendancy begins Year 1 of the Kyōhō Era, which continues until Year 21 in 1736