15 events with tag "tobacco"
1492
ID: 5691
Columbus observes natives smoking tobacco in Cuba - first European encounter with tobacco
ID: 5691
1543
ID: 5710
Portuguese bring tobacco to Japan along with firearms - arrives at Nagasaki, spreads rapidly despite later restrictions
ID: 5710
1560
ID: 5692
Jean Nicot introduces tobacco to French court as medicine - nicotine later named after him
ID: 5692
1575
ID: 5713
Spanish establish tobacco cultivation in Philippines - becomes key crop for Manila galleon trade to Mexico and Asia
ID: 5713
1575
ID: 5714
Tobacco reaches China via Fujian merchants trading with Philippines - spreads inland along trade routes
ID: 5714
1600
ID: 5723
Tobacco mixed with betel nut chewing in Southeast Asia - creates new intoxicant combination, becomes cultural tradition
ID: 5723
1600
ID: 5727
Hookah (water pipe) tobacco smoking reaches Mughal India from Persia - becomes elite social ritual in courts
ID: 5727
1609
ID: 5717
Tokugawa shogunate restricts tobacco cultivation - attempts to control spread fail, becomes widely cultivated crop
ID: 5717
1612
ID: 5694
John Rolfe successfully cultivates tobacco in Virginia - becomes colony's economic salvation, drives slave trade expansion
ID: 5694
1633
ID: 5716
Ottoman Sultan Murad IV bans tobacco - death penalty for smoking, but ban fails as soldiers and citizens resist
ID: 5716
1644
ID: 5720
Snuff tobacco becomes elite fashion in Qing court - ornate snuff bottles become art form, smoking considered vulgar
ID: 5720
1650
ID: 5725
Tobacco pipe smoking becomes Korean social custom - long pipes (jangdae) for elderly become status symbol
ID: 5725
1650
ID: 5729
Kiseru (Japanese tobacco pipes) become samurai fashion - elaborate metal pipes show status, smoking becomes ritual
ID: 5729
1700
ID: 5721
Chinese begin mixing tobacco with opium for smoking - creates more addictive combination, accelerates opium crisis
ID: 5721
1700
ID: 5731
Most Asian societies prohibit women from smoking tobacco - creates gendered smoking culture that persists centuries
ID: 5731