Oct 302008
- Blessed Thomas Tsuji joins the Jesuits
- death of Venerable Tommasina Vernazza
- martyrdom of Blessed George Douglas
- ordination of Blessed Robert Morton
- birth of Blessed Virginia Centurione Bracelli
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues an edict expelling Christian missionaries from Japan; it is not obeyed or enforced
| 1586 | 1588 |