January 30 (December 14 of previous year in the Chinese calendar)

When

1703

Kind

Event

Coordinates

35.64° N, 139.74° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Forty-seven rōnin.

January 30 (December 14 of previous year in the Chinese calendar) – Akō incident: In Japan, forty-seven rōnin (independent samurai) assassinate daimyō Kira Yoshinaka, the enemy of their former lord Asano Naganori, at his own mansion as a vengeance; for which they are compelled to commit suicide on March 20.

• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die nach der Rache für den Tod ihres Fürsten in Edo zum Tode verurteilten 46 Rōnin, denen vom Shogun gestattet worden ist, Seppuku zu begehen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Suicide collectif des 47 rōnin japonais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Японии происходят события, вошедшие в историю как «Месть Ако» («Сорок семь ронинов»)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “浅野長矩の遺臣である赤穂藩元藩士47名が本所の吉良屋敷に夜討をかける（赤穂事件）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page