Event
Bombardment of Shimonoseki: An American, British
5 Sep 1864 – 6 Sep 1864 · 33.96° N, 130.94° E
What the records say
- When
- 5 Sep 1864 – 6 Sep 1864
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 33.96° N, 130.94° E
Placed at the town its text puts it in, Shimonoseki.
Summary
Bombardment of Shimonoseki: An American, British, Dutch and French alliance engages the powerful feudal Japanese warlord or daimyō Lord Mōri Takachika, of the Chōshū clan, based in Shimonoseki, Japan.
3 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Japon : bombardement de Shimonoseki par des navires de guerre occidentaux”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “四国艦隊下関砲撃事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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