Shimonoseki
City
Japanese port city at the western tip of Honshu where the treaty ending the First Sino-Japanese War was signed in 1895.
Held by
- since 1789 Japan
Events here 3
- July 16, 1863 Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
- July 20, 1863 – September 6, 1864 Shimonoseki campaign
- April 17, 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki