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.

Period
1534 – 1582 (49 years)
Lanes
Life / Battles / Unification
Events
13
Timeline of Oda Nobunaga's life. Click to open in the Playground and edit or customize the DSL.
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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

  • span covers Nobunaga's entire lifetime, while event records individual milestones — both coexist in the same timeline.
  • Three lane declarations let you read parallel threads of the same era side by side: personal life, military campaigns, and political moves.
  • unit year + calendar proleptic_gregorian gives a clean Western calendar display ideal for historical timelines.

See the syntax reference to build your own timeline in minutes.