Japanese admiral (died 1934)

Tōgō Heihachirō

Tōgō Heihachirō , 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.

Born

1848

January 27

Died

1934

Era

1840s

Country

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About

Tōgō, in brief

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Key dates

1848 Born
1934 Died

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The world in 1934

When Tōgō departed

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Andrew Inglis Clark 1848–1907 Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (died 1907) Carl Wernicke 1848– German neuropathologist. (died 1905) Gottlob Frege 1848–1925 German mathematician and philosopher (born 1848) Johann Palisa 1848–1925 Austrian astronomer (died 1925) Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848–1933 American stained glass artist (died 1933) Vilfredo Pareto 1848–1923 Italian sociologist and economist (born 1845)

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