What the records say
- When
- 20 Sep 1875
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.73° N, 126.50° E
- Description
- 1875 battle between Japan and Korea due to the Japanese illicit entry to the Ganghwa Island of Korea to stipulate a commercial treaty under the pretext of land surveying
- Naval
- yes
Ganghwa Island incident
1875 battle between Japan and Korea
The Ganghwa Island incident or the Japanese Battle of Ganghwa was an armed clash between the Joseon dynasty of Korea and Japan which occurred in the vicinity of Ganghwa Island on September 20, 1875.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “incident de Kanghwa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “инцидент у острова Канхвадо”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “江華島事件”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page