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Honnō-ji Incident

1582 assassination of Oda Nobunaga in Kyoto, Japan

The Honnō-ji Incident was the assassination of Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga at Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto on 21 June 1582. Nobunaga was on the verge of unifying the country, but died in the unexpected rebellion of his vassal Akechi Mitsuhide.

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