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- October 22, 2012
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1197-Emperor Juntoku of Japan.
Famous Birthdays Today: 1197-Emperor Juntoku of Japan.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- October 22, 2012
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Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo!
Historical Events Today: 794 - Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- October 21, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1675-Emperor Higashiyama of Japan.
Emperor Higashiyama (October 21, 1675 – January 16, 1710) was the 113th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Higashiyama's reign spanned the years from 1687 through 1709.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- October 03, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1804 - Townsend Harris, 1st Western Consul to Reside in Japan.
Townsend Harris (October 3, 1804 – February 25, 1878) was a successful New York City merchant and minor politician, and the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the "Harris Treaty" between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened the Empire of Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- September 14, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
The Battle of Ishibashiyama was the first in which Minamoto Yoritomo, who was to become shogun less than a decade later, was commander of the Minamoto forces.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- September 07, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 786 - Emperor Saga, 52nd Emperor of Japan.
Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇, (February 8, 785 – August 24, 842) was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Saga's reign spanned the years from 809 through 823.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- September 01, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1313-Emperor Kogon of Japan.
Emperor Kōgon (光厳天皇) (August 1, 1313 – August 5, 1364) was the 1st of Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1332 through 1334.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 28, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1025 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan.
Emperor Go-Reizei (後冷泉天皇, August 28, 1023 – May 22, 1068) was the 70th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Reizei's reign spanned the years 1045–1068.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 22, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified!
The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (樺太・千島交換条約) was signed on 7 May 1875 between the Empire of Japan and Empire of Russia. Its terms stipulated that Japan give up all claims to Sakhalin island in exchange for undisputed sovereignty over all the Kuril islands up to the Kamchatka peninsula.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 21, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1192-Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan.
Minamoto no Yoritomo (源 頼朝, May 9, 1147 – February 9, 1199) was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan. He ruled from 1192 until 1199.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 15, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1863 - The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War (薩英戦争), took place on 15–17 August 1863 during the Late Tokugawa shogunate. The British Royal Navy was fired on from coastal batteries near the town of Kagoshima and in retaliation bombarded the town. The British were trying to exact a payment from the daimyo of Satsuma following the Namamugi Incident of 1862....
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 14, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1183-Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.
Historical Events Today: 1183-Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 13, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1536-Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance.
The warrior monks living high in the mountains intended to protect Kyoto, from evil. However the government in Kyoto found it almost impossible to control this band of brothers, and turned against them.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 08, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan.
Emperor Horikawa (堀河天皇, August 8, 1078 – August 9, 1107) was the 73rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Horikawa's reign spanned the years from 1087 through 1107.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 06, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan.
Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽天皇) (August 6, 1180 – March 28, 1239) was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 01, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1377-Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan.
Emperor Go-Komatsu (後小松天皇 Go-Komatsu-tennō) (August 1, 1377 – December 1, 1433) was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He is officially considered a pretender from May 24, 1382 to October 21, 1392, when Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicated. He is understood to have been a legitimate emperor (the 100th sovereign) from that date until October 5, 1412. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1392 through 1412.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- August 01, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1313-Emperor Kogon of Japan.
Emperor Kōgon (光厳天皇 Kōgon-tennō) (August 1, 1313 – August 5, 1364) was the 1st of Ashikaga Pretenders during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1332 through 1334.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- July 24, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1886 - Junichiro Tanizaki, Japan, writer (Snow Dusting).
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki (谷崎 潤一郎 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō, 24 July 1886 – 30 July 1965) was a Japanese author, one of the major writers of modern Japanese literature, and perhaps the most popular Japanese novelist after Natsume Sōseki.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- July 08, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1853 - Commodore Matthew Perry reaches Japan!
In 1852, Perry embarked from Norfolk, Virginia for Japan, in command of the East India Squadron in search of a Japanese trade treaty.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- July 03, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1442 -Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan.
Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (July 3, 1442 – October 21, 1500) was the 103rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1464 through 1500.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- June 21, 2012
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Historical Events Today: 1582 - The Incident at Honnō-ji takes place in Kyoto, Japan.
The Incident at Honnō-ji refers to the forced suicide on June 21, 1582 of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at the hands of his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide. This occurred in Honnō-ji, a temple in Kyoto, ending Nobunaga's quest to consolidate centralized power in Japan under his authority.
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Hugo Kempeneer(English)
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- June 19, 2012
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Famous Birthdays Today: 1909 - Osamu Dazai, Japan, novelist!
Osamu Dazai (June 19, 1909 – June 13, 1948) was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th-century Japan.
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