WARS, CONFLICTS AND STRATEGY ON 7 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on May 7, 2019
1592: Battle of Okpo, the first battle won by Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin against the Japanese
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okpo
1875: Treaty of Saint Petersburg between the Empire of Japan and Empire of Russia. Its terms stipulated that Japan give claims to Sakhalin island in exchange for undisputed sovereignty of all the Kuril islands up to the Kamchatka peninsula, ratified on August 22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(1875)
1915: The Japanese government, following revision of the 21 demands to China on 26 April, sends a final demand requiring agreement of the demands; the following day the Chinese government, aware of its inability to wage war against Japan, will reluctantly agreed to Japan’s demands
http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/21demands.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-One_Demands#Japanese_ultimatum
1924: Alluri Sita Rama Raju, leader of Indian freedom fighters, sends a message to the British on his willingness to surrender. He is then captured and executed that evening on the command of General Rutherford
http://www.southreport.com/alluri-sita-rama-raju/
http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/history/alluri-seetarama-raju.html
1942: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, US Navy Lexington and Yorktown aircraft attack and sink the Japanese light aircraft carrier Shōhō, the first Japanese aicraft carrier to be sunk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_aircraft_carrier_Sh%C5%8Dh%C5%8D
http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=
1949: Roem-Royen Agreement: Dutch agree to restore the Republic of Indonesia government, to hold talks according to the UN Security Council resolution of January 28, and to work towards a settlement based on the Renville agreement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roem%E2%80%93van_Roijen_Agreement
1951: Soviet Union asks the United States that only the countries which was on war with Japan, could participate to the peace treaty. Request non accepted by the USA
1954: The last Chinese nationalist KMT remaining in Burma, leave the country
1954: In Vietnam, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends after a 57-day resistance of French forces which are defeated, marking the end of French war
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/01/dien-bien-phu-battle-france-vietnam-indochina-war
http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-dien-bien-phu.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-fall-to-viet-minh-at-dien-bien-phu
http://www.history.com/topics/battle-of-dien-bien-phu
1957: Washington and Taipei conclude an agreement for the setting of nuclear missiles able to reach Main China
1999: In Belgrade, during the Kosovo War, 3 Chinese citizens are killed and 20 wounded in the bombing of the Chinese embassy hit by three US missiles
http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9905/08/kosovo.01/
http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-air-strike-on-china-s-embassy-in-belgrade-in-1999-was-deliberate/1665
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48134881?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story
2002: Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines sign an agreement for fighting cross border terrorism
2002: Greeting Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, US president George Bush promises US aid to fight Maoist guerilla
2014: Vietnam says Chinese ships repeatedly rammed and used water cannons against Hanoi’s patrol vessels in the South China Sea, where Beijing has placed an oil rig in disputed waters near the Paracel islands
http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-ships-ram-vietnamese-vessels-in-south-china-sea/1909349.html
http://thanhniennews.com/politics/chinese-ships-ram-vietnamese-vessels-in-latest-oil-rig-row-officials-26069.html
2017 : 50 Afghan soldiers killed, over 100 injured in retaliatory fire: Pakistan
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/203046-50-Afghan-soldiers-killed-over-100-injured-in-retaliatory-fire-Pakistan
http://www.dw.com/en/worst-border-clashes-in-years-are-afghanistan-and-pakistan-at-war/a-38743051
Holidays and observances
Vietnam: Dien Bien Phu Victory Day