Imabari Castle built

1602 CE.

Shown on the map at 34.063°, 133.007°.

Imabari Castle (今治城, Imabari-jō) is a Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Japan. It was the center of Imabari Domain during the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate and was ruled by a branch of the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan for most of its history. This castle is well known as one of the three Mizujiro, or "Castles on the sea", in Japan, along with Takamatsu Castle in Kagawa Prefecture and Nakatsu Castle in Ōita Prefecture.

Text from the Wikipedia article Imabari Castle, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Everything else in 1602 CE

HistoryLayer draws the world as it was in any year from 123,000 BCE to 2026. Move the slider and the borders redraw for that year; the map carries 23,890 events, 12,790 people, 837 wars and 13,183 cities, each one readable in place. Signing in is optional and lets you keep what you find.

HistoryLayer
1914CE
World Wars
123,000 BCE2026 CE
54 stops — one per surviving map on file, evenly spaced drag the pin · ←→ steps one stop the same 54 stops by true elapsed time ↑
Map & filters
Show on the map
Filter
Colour by
Polity Empire