Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, an admirer of Tōgō, helped to finance the restoration of the Mikasa, Admiral Tōgō's flagship during the Russo-Japanese war
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Tōgō Heihachirō
Tōgō Heihachirō was a Japanese naval officer who served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. As Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he successfully confined the Russian Pacific naval forces to Port Arthur before winning a decisive victory over a relieving fleet at Tsushim…
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politics · Japanese Marshal Admiral · military officer · politician · samurai · admiral · also Tōgō Heihachirō, Heihachirō Tōgō, Togo Heihachiro, Heihachiro Togo, Tougou Heihachirou, The Nelson of the East
Born 27 January 1848 · Died 30 May 1934 · Q296785
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1943· 1 entry
As commander of the naval district in Fukuoka
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1940· 1 entry
Tōgō Jinja was built in Harajuku, Tokyo, as the naval rival to the Nogi Shrine erected in the honour of Imperial Japanese Army General Nogi Maresuke
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1934· 2 entries
Died 1934-05-30.
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And held the title until the kazoku was abolished in 1947
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1926· 1 entry
An honour that was held only by Emperor Hirohito and Prince Kan'in Kotohito at the time; the award made him Japan's most decorated naval officer ever
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1925· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1925).
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Won: Spain (1925).
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Awarded Grand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge (1925).
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1918· 1 entry
Won: Senior second rank (November 1918).
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1913· 1 entry
Admiral Tōgō received the honorific title of Marshal-Admiral, which is roughly equivalent to the rank of Grand Admiral or Admiral of the Fleet in other navies
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1911· 2 entries
Won: Second rank (October 1911).
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Tōgō returned to England for the first time in over 30 years to attend the coronation of King George V, the Coronation Fleet Review at Portsmouth, and naval alumni dinners and to visit dockyards on the Clyde and in Newca
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1907· 1 entry
Won: Belgium (1907).
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1906· 4 entries
Won: Empire of Korea (1906).
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Won: United Kingdom (February 1906).
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Won: Senior third rank (1906).
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Was made a Member of the British Order of Merit by King Edward VII
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1905· 1 entry
“Remarks by Admiral Togo at dispersal ceremony for the combined fleet”
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1904· 1 entry
And to widespread international acclaim commanded the Japanese naval forces at the destruction of the Imperial Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905
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1903· 2 entries
Won: Third rank (September 1903).
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The Navy Minister Yamamoto Gonnohyōe appointed Tōgō Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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1902· 1 entry
Tōgō was relieved of his command, and was decorated for his service to the Emperor
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1899· 2 entries
Was appointed commander of the Sasebo Naval College, and he also served as Commander of the Standing Fleet
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Tōgō was appointed Admiral of the Fleet and recalled to active sea duty on 20 May 1900
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1898· 1 entry
Won: Fourth rank (June 1898).
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1895· 1 entry
Won: Senior fifth rank (March 1895).
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1894· 1 entry
At the beginning of the First Sino-Japanese War, Tōgō, as a captain of Naniwa, sank the transport ship, Kowshing, which was chartered by the Chinese Beiyang Fleet to convey troops, during the Battle of Pungdo
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1891· 1 entry
Tōgō's health had sufficiently recovered that he was appointed to the command of the cruiser Naniwa
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1890· 1 entry
Won: Fifth rank (November 1890).
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1886· 1 entry
Tōgō suffered from a bout of acute rheumatism during the late 1880s that confined him to bed rest for nearly three years
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1885· 1 entry
Won: Senior sixth rank (September 1885).
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1883· 1 entry
Tōgō was given command of his first ship, and interacted with the British, American, and German fleets during this time
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1882· 1 entry
Tōgō led his ship's company in landing troops at Seoul in the wake of the Imo Incident
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1875· 1 entry
Tōgō suffered a bout of illness which severely threatened his eyesight: "the patient asked his medical advisers to 'try everything', and some of their experiments were extremely painful
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1872· 1 entry
That no places were to be made available at Dartmouth for the Japanese cadets, Tōgō was able to gain admission as a cadet on HMS Worcester, the training ship of the Thames Nautical Training College, moored at Greenhithe
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1870· 1 entry
Secured a place at the newly established Imperial Japanese Navy Training School at Tsukiji, Tokyo
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1848· 1 entry
Born 1848-01-27.
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