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Tōgō Heihachirō
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Tōgō Heihachirō

1848 – 1934 · aged 86

Japanese admiral of the fleet (1848–1934)

Born
27 Jan 1848 · Kajiya-chō
Died
30 May 1934 · Banchō

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 99 years
  1. 27 Jan 1848BornBorn in Kajiya-chō
  2. 1863WarBombardment of Kagoshima
  3. 1868 – 1869WarBoshin War
  4. 1889AwardOrder of the Sacred Treasure, 6th class
  5. 1893AwardOrder of the Sacred Treasure, 5th Class
  6. 1894 – 1895WarFirst Sino-Japanese War
  7. 1895AwardOrder of the Golden Kite, 4th Class
  8. 1895AwardOrder of the Rising Sun, 4th class
  9. 1899AwardOrder of the Sacred Treasure, 3rd class
  10. 1901AwardOrder of the Rising Sun, 1st class
  11. 1902AwardGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour
  12. 1902AwardOrder of Saint Anna, 1st class
  13. 1903 – 1905RoleCommanders-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
  14. 1904 – 1905WarRusso-Japanese War
  15. 1905 – 1909RoleImperial Japanese Navy General Staff
  16. 1906AwardGrand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
  17. 1906AwardOrder of the Golden Kite, 1st Class
  18. 1912AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
  19. 1920AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
  20. 30 May 1934DiedDied in Banchō

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1848 – 1934).

  1. 1853 – 1856Crimean War
  2. 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
  3. 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
  4. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  5. 1898Spanish–American War
  6. 1914 – 1918World War I
  7. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  8. 1917Balfour Declaration
  9. 1917February Revolution
  10. 1917October Revolution
  11. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  12. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  13. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  14. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  15. 19341934 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Tōgō Heihachirō (東郷 平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934) was a Japanese naval officer who served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. As Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he successfully confined the Russian Pacific naval forces to Port Arthur before winning a decisive victory over a relieving fleet at Tsushima in May 1905. Western journalists called Tōgō "the Nelson of the East". He remains deeply revered as a national hero in Japan, with shrines and streets named in his honour.

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