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Events on Sunday 12 June 1560 2
1519 – 1560Imagawa Yoshimoto (1519-1560)Died 12 June 1560, aged 41Daimyo of the Imagawa clan and one of the most powerful warlords in Sengoku-period Japan. He was killed when his much larger army was ambushed and routed by Oda Nobunaga at the Battle of Okehazama.
1560Battle of OkehazamaOda Nobunaga destroys a much larger invading armyOda Nobunaga ambushed and routed the far larger army of Imagawa Yoshimoto near Okehazama, killing Yoshimoto and ending Imagawa power in the region. The upset victory is traditionally seen as the start of Nobunaga's rise toward unifying Japan.