Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Won Gyun

Battles of Won Gyun

Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (1540 -1597)

Won Gyun is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1592 and 1597: 6 naval actions, all in present-day South Korea. Taken in date order, the sites lie 161 km apart end to end, 32 km between engagements on average. Most belong to First Japanese Invasion of Korea (5), Japanese invasions of Korea (1).

Battle of DanghangpoBattle of OkpoBattle of SacheonBattle of DangpoBattle of Hansan IslandBattle of ChilcheollyangBattle of OkpoBattle of SacheonBattle of DangpoBattle of Hansan IslandBusanFukuokaDaejeonGwangjuDaeguUlsanPohangKitakyūshūJeonjuJeju200 km34.889N, 128.376E
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1592: 5 engagements5 in 15921597: 1 engagements15921597
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Okpo, 1592Battle of Sacheon, 1592Battle of Dangpo, 1592Battle of Danghangpo, 1592Battle of Hansan Island, 1592Battle of Chilcheollyang, 159715921597
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 May 1592Battle of OkpoOkpo-dong, South KoreaKorean victory
8 July 1592Battle of SacheonSacheon, South Korea58 km WKorean victory
9 July 1592Battle of DangpoTongyeong, South Korea37 km SEKorean victory
1592Battle of DanghangpoGoseong County, South Korea23 km NWKorean victory
15 August 1592Battle of Hansan IslandGyeonnaeryang strait, South Korea35 km SEJoseon victory
27 August 1597Battle of ChilcheollyangChilcheonnyang Strait, South Korea8 km NEJapanese 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, Template:홍창호 교수, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.