The Life of Oda Nobunaga
A Timeline DSL timeline covering the life of Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582), the dominant warlord of Japan's Sengoku era. Three lanes — Life, Battles, and Unification — provide a 48-year overview.
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timeline "The Life of Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582)" {
title "The Life of Oda Nobunaga";
unit year;
range 1534..1583;
calendar proleptic_gregorian;
}
lane "Life" as life { kind custom; order 10; }
lane "Battles" as battle { kind custom; order 20; }
lane "Unification" as politics { kind custom; order 30; }
span life 1534..1582 "Nobunaga's Life" {};
event life 1534 "Born (Nagoya Castle, Owari Province)" {};
event life 1551 "Inherited the clan" {};
event life 1582 "Honnō-ji Incident (age 48)" {};
event battle 1560 "Battle of Okehazama (defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto)" {};
event battle 1570 "Battle of Anegawa" {};
event battle 1573 "Battle of Makishima (exiled Ashikaga Yoshiaki)" {};
event battle 1575 "Battle of Nagashino (volley fire tactics)" {};
event battle 1580 "End of the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War" {};
event politics 1559 "Unified Owari Province" {};
event politics 1568 "Marched on Kyoto, installed Ashikaga Yoshiaki" {};
event politics 1573 "Fall of the Muromachi Shogunate" {};
event politics 1576 "Began construction of Azuchi Castle" {};
event politics 1580 "Sōbuji Edict" {};
Timeline DSL in action
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spancovers Nobunaga's entire lifetime, whileeventrecords individual milestones — both coexist in the same timeline. -
Three
lanedeclarations let you read parallel threads of the same era side by side: personal life, military campaigns, and political moves. -
unit year+calendar proleptic_gregoriangives a clean Western calendar display ideal for historical timelines.
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