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Battle of Weihaiwei

Battle of Weihaiwei was a battle fought on 20 January 1895 at Weihai, in what is now People's Republic of China; it lasted 23 days. It was part of First Sino-Japanese War, which ran from 1894 to 1895. The recorded result: Japanese victory.

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Battle of Weihaiwei
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Fought20 January 1895lasted 23 days
WhereWeihai, People's Republic of China37.497N, 122.171E
OutcomeJapanese victory
BelligerentsEmpire of JapanagainstQing dynasty
Part ofFirst Sino-Japanese War1894 to 1895

Where it sits in First Sino-Japanese War

Battle of Pungdo, 1894Battle of Seonghwan, 1894Battle of Pyongyang, 1894Battle of the Yalu River, 1894Battle of Jiuliancheng, 1894Battle of Lushunkou, 1894Battle of Weihaiwei, 1895Battle of Yingkou, 1895Pescadores Campaign, 189518941895Battle of Weihaiwei, 1895
9 placed engagements of First Sino-Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date20 January 1895
to 12 February 1895
PlaceWeihai, People's Republic of China
37.497N, 122.171E
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength~25,000 men; 13 cruisers; 5 gunboats; 15 torpedo boats~10,000 men; 2 battleships; 1 coastal battleship; 7 cruiser; 6 gunboat; 13 torpedo boats; 7 other
Casualties and lossesUnknown4,000 killed; 1 battleship captured; 1 battleship scuttled; 1 coastal battleship captured; 3 protected cruiser scuttled; 1 protected cruiser captured; 6 gunboat captured; 6 torpedo boats destroyed; 7 torpedo boats captured
Commanders
  • Li Hongzhang
  • Ding Ruchang
  • Liu Buchan
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Battle of Weihaiwei is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 448 in present-day China.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1185335, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Weihaiwei, revision 1373563917, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.