WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 26 OCTOBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on October 26, 2019
1184: In Japan, Battle of Kojima in which Minamoto no Noriyori, with his cavalry attacks a Taira force fleeing by boat towards Shikoku
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kojima
1597: Battle of Myong-yang, a naval Battle of the War Imjin opposing the Japanese and Korean navy, won by Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Myeongnyang
1850: Start of the Taiping insurgency in China led by Hong Xiuquan
http://taipingrebellion.com/
http://www.ibiblio.org/chinesehistory/contents/03pol/c03s02.html
1909: Assassination of Prince Hirobumi Ito by an Korean independence militant
http://www.historycentral.com/asia/PrinceItoAssassinated.html
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19091027.2.57
https://www.oldtokyo.com/prince-ito-state-funeral-1909/
1920: End of the Battle of Chingshanli between Japanese and Korean
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Chingshanli
1937: During the sino-japanese war, the strong Nianziguan pass (in the Great Wall) falls to the Japanese
1940: Japan and the Netherlands issue a joint declaration that the Indies will not be part of the “Co-Prosperity Sphere”
1942: The last U.S. carrier manufactured before America’s entry into World War II, the Hornet, is damaged so extensively by Japanese war planes in the Battle of Santa Cruz that it must be abandoned
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-states-loses-the-hornet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Santa_Cruz_Islands
1944: After four days of furious fighting, the World War II Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest air-naval battle in history, ends with a decisive American victory over the Japanese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9_fvCKFyQY
1947: Hari Singh, the Maharaja of Kashmir asks to his kingdom to join Indian
http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/documents/harisingh47.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/26th-october-1947-maharaja-hari-singh-agrees-to-the-accession-of-jammu-and-kashmir-to-india
1950: India strongly protests the invasion of Tibet by China
1962: After Chinese aggression, India government proclaims State of emergency
1968: Big battle begins in Tay Ninh Province (Vietnam)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/big-battle-begins-in-tay-ninh-province
1972: US National security adviser Henry Kissinger declared “peace is at hand” in Vietnam
2001: As a reward for their help in the fight against terrorism, Tokyo leaves all the applied sanctions on India and Pakistan after their nuclear 1998 tests
2014: British troops have ended combat operations in Afghanistan as they and US troops handed over two huge adjacent bases to the Afghan military, 13 years after a US-led invasion to topple the Taliban
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/10/uk-troops-leave-afghanistan-after-13-years-20141026145324123162.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29776544