Timeline Thursday 4 June 1615

Events on Thursday 4 June 1615 3

• 1569 – 1615 Yodo-dono (1569-1615) Died 4 June 1615, aged 46 Born Chacha, a niece of Oda Nobunaga, Yodo-dono became Toyotomi Hideyoshi's concubine and the mother of his heir Hideyori. She died alongside her son when Osaka Castle fell to the Tokugawa army.
• 1593 – 1615 Toyotomi Hideyori (1593-1615) Died 4 June 1615, aged 21 Hideyori was the son and heir of the unifier Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his claim to power made him the last obstacle to Tokugawa control of Japan. He died by suicide as Osaka Castle fell to Tokugawa forces, ending the Toyotomi clan's bid to rule.
• 1615 Fall of Osaka Castle Tokugawa forces destroy the Toyotomi clan Tokugawa Ieyasu's armies breached Osaka Castle after a prolonged siege, and Toyotomi Hideyori and his mother Yodo-dono died in the fires that consumed the fortress. The fall ended the Toyotomi line and secured Tokugawa dominance over Japan for the next two and a half centuries.