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The four-day Naval Battle of Hakodate begins. The newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy defeats the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate navy in the Sea of Japan off the city of Hakodate, leading to the surrender of the Ezo Republic on May 17.
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Naval Battle of Hakodate
Part of the Boshin War in 1869
The Naval Battle of Hakodate was fought from 4 to 10 May 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy. It was one of the last stages of Battle of Hakodate…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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1603–1868 Japanese military government
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Hakodate
Core city in Hokkaido, Japan
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Republic of Ezo
1869 short-lived state on Hokkaido
The Republic of Ezo was a short-lived separatist state established in 1869 on the island of Ezo, now Hokkaido, by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate at the end of the Bakumatsu period in Japan. It was the first government to attempt to institute democracy in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 4
Day of the year
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