Russo-Japanese War Timeline of Events

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Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...

Timeline of Events

1904

2.8.1904

Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

2.10.1904

The Russo-Japanese War over Korea and Manchuria begins after the Battle of Port Arthur.

3.4.1904

Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops.

8.10.1904

Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

10.15.1904

The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

1905

1.2.1905

Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China

5.27.1905

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins.

5.28.1905

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Togo Heihachiro and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

9.5.1905

Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.