| 1537 | Toshiie is born in Arako, Owari Province |
| 1547 | Matsu is born to the Shinohara family of Owari Oki-no-shima |
| 1550 | Toshiie's father Toshiharu becomes Matsu's guardian |
| 1551 | January: Toshiie goes
to serve Nobunaga. His income is 50 kan. August: he took the samurai's topknot hairstyle, and was named Magoshiro Toshiie. |
| 1558 | Toshiie (22) and Matsu (12) marry. Toshiie is now called Matazaemon. |
| 1559 | June: Eldest daughter Kou born. |
| 1560 | July: Toshiie's father Toshiharu dies. |
| 1562 | January: Eldest son Toshinaga born at Arako in Owari. |
| 1563 | Second daughter Sho born |
| 1569 | Toshiie is directed by Nobunaga to become head of the Maeda family. His income is now 2450 kan. |
| 1570 | Chiyo (Toshiie's concubine) born. |
| 1572 | Third daughter Ma'a born. |
| 1573 | [Muromachi Shogunate
collapses] November: Toshiie's mother Choreiin dies. |
| 1574 | Fourth daughter Go
born (adopted by Hideyoshi at a young age). Ei, fifth daughter of Nobunaga and later to be Toshinaga's wife, born. |
| 1577 | Fifth daughter Yome born. |
| 1578 | Second son Toshimasa
(later the Noto Chamberlain) born Sixth daughter Kiku born. |
| 1580 | May Seventh daughter Chiyo born. |
| 1581 | December: Toshinaga marries Ei. |
| 1582 | [June: the Honnoji
Incident; Nobunaga dies] Go engaged to Ukita Hideie. |
| 1583 | Ma'a goes to Shibata Katsuie's Kita-no-syo castle in Echizen as hostage. |
| 1584 | August: Kiku dies aged eight. |
| 1587 | Eighth daughter Fuku born. |
| 1588 | Go marries Ukita Hideie. |
| 1590 | Third son Tomoyoshi born in December. |
| 1593 | May: Yome dies aged
17. November: Fourth son Toshitsune (third Lord Maeda) born. |
| 1564 | Fifth son Toshitaka born. |
| 1595 | September: Ninth daughter Hochi born. |
| 1597 | February: Seventh daughter Chiyo marries Hosokawa Tadataka. |
| 1598 | [August: Hideyoshi
dies aged 62] Toshiie retires, Toshinaga succeeds him. Eighth daughter Fuku weds Cho Yoshitsura. Sixth son Toshitoyo born. |
| 1599 | March: Tama, Tokugawa
Hidetada's second daughter, later wife of Toshitsune,
born. April: Toshiie dies aged 63. Matsu shaves her head and becomes the nun Hoshun'in. |
| 1600 | [the Battle of
Sekigahara: Tokugawa Ieyasu wins and becomes Shogun. His
family rule Japan for the next two-and-a-half centuries] May: Hoshun'in (Matsu) goes to Edo as hostage. Chiyo is divorced from Hosokawa Tadataka and returns to Kanazawa. Ieyasu grants Toshinaga over 1.2 million koku [about 71 billion yen, or US$710,000,000, a year]. |
| 1601 | September: Toshitsune marries Lady Tama. |
| 1602 | October: Kanazawa Castle keep destroyed by lightning. Not rebuilt. |
| 1603 | [February: Tokugawa
Ieyasu forms the Edo Shogunate.] November: Sho dies aged 41. |
| 1605 | June: Toshinaga
retires, and Toshitsune become the third Lord Maeda. October: Ma's (Lady Kaga) dies, aged 34. Chiyo remarries, to Murai Nagatsugu. |
| 1606 | Ukita Hideie is exiled to Hachijo Island; Go returns to Kanazawa. |
| 1614 | May: Toshinaga dies
aged 53. Ei shaves her head and becomes the nun
Gyokusen'in, and returns to Kanazawa. June: Hoshun'in returns from Edo. Jufukin (Chiyo) takes her place. Hochi dies, aged 20. [Winter Siege of Osaka: Toshitsune's first military engagement.] |
| 1615 | Toshitsune's eldest son Mistutaka (the fourth Lord Maeda) born |
| 1616 | [April: Ieyasu dies
aged 75.] December: Maeda Toshitaka is given 10,014 koku at Kouzuke-Nanokaichi. |
| 1617 | Toshitsune's second
son Toshitsugu (the first lord of the Toyama domain)
born. Hoshun'in dies, aged 71. |
| 1622 | July: Tama dies aged 24. |
| 1623 | February: Gyokusen'in dies aged 50. |
| 1631 | March: Jufukuin dies aged 62. |
| 1634 | May: Go dies aged 61. |