San Felipe incident (1596)

Spanish ship San Felipe was shipwrecked in Urado on the Japanese island of Shikoku on October 19, 1596. The local daimyō Chōsokabe Motochika seized the cargo of the richly laden Manila galleon. Pilot of the ship incautiously suggested to Japanese authorities that it was Spanish modus operandi to have missionaries infiltrate a country before an eventual military conquest. This led...