Honnō-ji Incident

When

1 Jul 1582

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

35.01° N, 135.75° E

Description

forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the hands of traitor Akechi Mitsuhide

1582 attempted assassination of Oda Nobunaga

The Honnō-ji Incident was the attempted assassination of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at Honnō-ji in Kyoto in 1582. Nobunaga was on the verge of unifying the country, but died by seppuku in the unexpected rebellion of his vassal Akechi Mitsuhide.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “(2nd day of the sixth month, Tenshō 10) The Honnō-ji Incident occurs in Kyoto in Japan, as Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga, on the verge of unifying Japan under…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Honnō-ji Olayı”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “21 juin Japon : durant l'incident du Honnō-ji, Nobunaga Oda, victime de la révolte d’un de ses vassaux, se fait seppuku”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1 июня (по другим данным 21 июня) — инцидент в храме Хоннодзи”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “魚津城之戰，柴田勝家圍困上杉氏越中據點魚津城，直到本能寺之變翌日。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “織田信長が明智光秀に攻められ自害（本能寺の変）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page