Hasekura Tsunenaga

Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga was a kirishitan Japanese samurai and retainer of Date Masamune, the daimyō of Sendai. He was of Japanese imperial descent with ancestral ties to Emperor Kanmu.

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Who was born first?

• Hasekura Tsunenaga was born 1 year after Willem Janszoon
• Hasekura Tsunenaga was born 4 years after Jacob van Heemskerck
• Hasekura Tsunenaga was born 6 years after Henry Hudson
• Hasekura Tsunenaga was born 6 years after Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
• Hasekura Tsunenaga was born 6 years after Cornelis de Houtman

Timeline

1. Cornelis de HoutmanApril 2, 1565 – September 1, 1599
2. Henry Hudsoncirca 1565 – June 1611
3. Pedro Fernandes de Queirós1565–1614
4. Jacob van HeemskerckMarch 13, 1567 – April 25, 1607
5. Willem Janszooncirca 1570 – circa 1630
6. Hasekura Tsunenaga (this page)1571 – August 7, 1622

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