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Honno-ji Incident

Name: Honno-ji Incident – Japan factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Japan · Warfare / Sengoku Period. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records

1582Date range

3Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1582

Akechi Mitsuhide21 June 1582

Kyoto · Warfare / Sengoku Period

Betrays Oda Nobunaga and attacks Honno-ji

Oda Nobunaga21 June 1582

Kyoto · Warfare / Sengoku Period

Dies by suicide after Akechi Mitsuhide attacks Honno-ji

Mori Ranmaru21 June 1582

Kyoto · Warfare / Sengoku Period

Dies defending Oda Nobunaga at Honno-ji

Names involved

Akechi MitsuhideMori RanmaruOda Nobunaga

Provenance

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