war, 8 engagements

Battles of First Sino-Japanese War

The atlas places 8 engagements of First Sino-Japanese War (1894 to 1895): 7 battles and 1 naval action across 3 present-day countries, most in People's Republic of China (5), South Korea (2), North Korea (1). The most widely documented: Battle of the Yalu River, Battle of Pyongyang.

See them on the globe

8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

The war in time order

One tick per dated engagement; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Commanders 4 with pages

Ōyama Iwao 3 engagements
Yamagata Aritomo 2 engagements
Nozu Michitsura 2 engagements
Nogi Maresuke 1 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	Result
25 July 1894	Battle of Pungdo	Asan, South Korea	Japanese victory
28 July 1894	Battle of Seonghwan	South Korea	Japanese victory
15 September 1894	Battle of Pyongyang	Pyongyang, North Korea	Japanese victory
17 September 1894	Battle of the Yalu River	Korea Bay, China	Japanese victory
24 October 1894	Battle of Jiuliancheng	Yalu River, China	Japanese victory
21 November 1894	Battle of Lushunkou	Lüshunkou District, China	Japanese victory
20 January 1895	Battle of Weihaiwei	Weihai, People's Republic of China	Japanese victory
4 March 1895	Battle of Yingkou	Yingkou, People's Republic of China	Japanese victory

Engagements are the Wikidata records placed within First Sino-Japanese War (or a campaign of it) that carry coordinates; actions without coordinates are not shown.