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Oct 27, 794
Kammu makes Heian (Kyoto) his capital and Heian period begins
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Oct 26, 1000
first Japanese novels appear
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Oct 26, 1160
The start of Japan's Medieval Period
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Oct 26, 1185
Zen Buddhism introduced to Japan
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Oct 26, 1281
Japan drives back Mongol invasion
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Oct 26, 1336
Japan has its first contact with Europe
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Oct 27, 1549
Christian missionaries arrived in Japan
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Japan bans foreigners and access to foreign goods and literature
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Anti-Christian decrees were proclaimed
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Missionaries expelled from Japan
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Commodore Matthew Perry (US) arrives in Japan, beginning the end of Japan's isolation from the rest of the world
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Prince Mutsuhito becomes emperor (the first to have real authority since the start of the Medieval period)
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Period: to
Meiji Restoration
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The Meiji Constitution is established as the law of Government in Japan