Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · BATTLE SITE ·
Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Kagoshima bombarded”
15–17 Aug 1863 — A British squadron shells Satsuma’s capital to punish the killing of the merchant Charles Richardson at Namamugi the year before. Satsuma’s batteries fight back, but much of the town burns. Satsuma pays, makes peace and starts buying British ships and rifles.
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- Meiji Restoration and Boshin War (chapter 3 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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