Honnō-ji Incident
PoliticsDeathOda Nobunaga, who was unifying Japan, is betrayed by his general Akechi Mitsuhide and dies at Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto.
- Date
- 1582 · View on map
- Countries
- Japan
- Regions
- East Asia
- Location
- Kyoto
- Importance
- ★★★★★
- Sources
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