Battle of Fukuda Bay

When

28 Oct 1565

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

32.74° N, 129.82° E

Description

1565 naval battle between the Portuguese and Japanese

Naval

yes

1565 Portuguese naval victory over Japan

The Battle of Fukuda Bay in 1565 was the first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese. A flotilla of samurai under the daimyo Matsura Takanobu attacked two Portuguese trade vessels that had shunned Matsura's port in Hirado and had gone instead to trade at Fukuda, a port belonging to the rival Ōmura Sumitada.

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