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commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Kuroda Kiyotaka

Battles of Kuroda Kiyotaka

Japanese general (1840-1900)

Kuroda Kiyotaka is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1868 and 1877: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Japan. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,912 km apart end to end, 637 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Boshin War (3).

Battle of HokuetsuBattle of AizuBattle of HakodateSiege of Kumamoto CastleBattle of HokuetsuBattle of AizuBattle of HakodateSiege of Kumamoto CastleŌsakaSeoulPyongyangHiroshimaNagasakiBusanNagoyaFukuokaIncheonSendai500 km37.298N, 135.728E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1868: 3 engagements3 in 18681877: 1 engagements18681877
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Hokuetsu, 1868Battle of Aizu, 1868Battle of Hakodate, 1868Siege of Kumamoto Castle, 187718681877
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1868Battle of HokuetsuNagaoka, JapanImperial victory
6 November 1868Battle of AizuAizu, Japan65 km EImperial victory
4 December 1868Battle of HakodateHokkaidō, Japan510 km NImperial victory; Fall of the Ezo Republic; End of the...
19 February 1877Siege of Kumamoto CastleKumamoto Castle, Japan1,337 km SWImperial victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.