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Battle of Penghu
1683
8 July 1683
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type of battle

war or event

Chinese Conquest of Taiwan

at a glance

coordinates unknown

location

modern country

When Ming General Zheng Chenggong (known as Koxinga) seized Taiwan at Fort Zeelandia (1662), his son and grandson held the island against repeated Manchu attack until Emperor Kangxi sent Admiral Shilong (Shih Lang) with 300 warships and 20,000 men. The Ming were decisively defeated on nearby Penghu and the Manchu secured Taiwan until it was ceded to Japan in 1895.


   
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