Battle of Yamen

When

19 Mar 1279

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

22.27° N, 113.08° E

Description

1279 battle

1279 naval battle between the Song and Yuan dynasties

The Battle of Yamen, also known as the Battle of Yashan, was a naval battle which took place in southern China on 19 March 1279. It is considered to be the last stand of the Song dynasty against the invading forces of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Yamen: Kublai Khan's Mongol Yuan fleet attacks the Chinese Song fleet (some 1,000 ships) under Admiral Zhang Shijie at Yamen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Yamen ist eine der größten Seeschlachten in der Weltgeschichte”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Ямынь”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla Naval de Yamen – Los mongoles conquistan el último remanente de la Dinastía Song, unificando a toda China bajo el Gran Yuan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “崖山海战，宋军在海战中被元军击败，陸秀夫和幼主趙昺跳海而死，南宋灭亡，元朝統一中國。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “崖山の戦い、宋滅亡。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page