What the records say
- When
- 27 Aug 1597
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 34.82° N, 128.57° E
- Description
- sea battle (1597)
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Chilcheollyang
Naval battle in the Imjin War
The Battle of Chilcheollyang was a naval engagement fought during the night of 28 August 1597, as part of the Imjin War. In this battle, the Japanese fleet decisively defeated the Joseon navy, destroying nearly the entire Korean fleet.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Imjin War: Battle of Chilcheollyang – The Japanese fleet defeats the Koreans, in their only naval victory of the war”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine japanische Flotte unter Toyotomi Hideyoshi besiegt eine koreanische Flotte in der Seeschlacht von Chilcheonryang im Imjin-Krieg”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire navale japonaise à la bataille de Chilchonryang sur les Coréens”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морская битва в проливе Чхильчхоллян”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本與朝鮮王朝水軍於慶尚道巨濟島爆發漆川梁海戰，朝鮮王朝水軍全軍覆沒，日本獲得海上的控制權，席捲全羅道、忠清道等地。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page