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Event war East Asia

Battle of Tsushima

1905 CE

The Japanese navy annihilated the Russian Baltic Fleet in the strait between Korea and Japan, shocking the Western world.

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Standing in 1905 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Yakushima Landmark · East Asia 3000 BCE – still standing Great Wall of China Landmark · East Asia 700 BCE – still standing Plitvice Lakes Landmark · Europe 3000 BCE – still standing

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1903 CE Ilinden Uprising (Macedonia) 1903 CE British Expedition to Tibet 1904 CE Russo-Japanese War 1904 CE Herero and Nama War 1905 CE Maji Maji Rebellion 1906 CE Bambatha Rebellion