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Topic: Hakodate, Naval Battle of
Location: Sendai Miyagi Japan

Hakodate, Naval Battle of

Years: 1869 - 1869

The Naval Battle of Hakodate is fought from 4–10 May 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy.

It is one of the last stages of Battle of Hakodate during the Boshin War, and occurs near Hakodate in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaidō.

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)