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Matsunaga Hisahide
1565Jun, 17

Matsunaga Hisahide assassinates the 13th Ashikaga shogun, Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Matsunaga Danjo Hisahide (松永 弾正 久秀 1508 – November 19, 1577) was a daimyō and head of the Yamato Matsunaga clan in Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century.

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