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July 2, 1582
Akechi Mitsuhide, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1528)
Akechi Mitsuhide
Akechi Mitsuhide , first called Jūbei from his clan and later Koretō Hyūga no Kami (惟任日向守) from his title, was a Japanese samurai general of the Sengoku period. Mitsuhide was originally a bodyguard of the last Ashikaga shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later, one of the trusted generals under daimyō Oda Nobunaga during his war of political unification in Japan.
July 2
July 2 is the 183rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 182 days remain until the end of the year.