What the records say
- When
- 5 Sep 1866
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 40.31° N, 126.97° E
- Description
- battle
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
General Sherman incident
1866 destruction of a US ship in Korea
The General Sherman incident was the destruction in 1866 of the American merchant ship SS General Sherman in the Taedong River during an unsuccessful and illegal attempt by the ship's crew to open up trade with the isolationist Joseon dynasty of Korea. With the rapid increase in Western imperialism in Asia during the 19th century, Asian nations came under increasing pressure to end their isolationist policies.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “incident du Général Sherman”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “舍門將軍號從中國芝罘（煙臺）出發，向朝鮮半島海域航行。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page