Ako Incident (1701–1703)
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The Ako Incident (1701–1703) was a famous samurai vendetta in early Edo-period Japan in which the masterless retainers of Lord Asano Naganori avenged his forced seppuku by killing the court official Kira Yoshinaka, later celebrated in legend as the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ako Incident (1701–1703) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22651898 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Ako Incident (1701–1703) Context triple: [Ako Castle, significantEvent, Ako Incident (1701–1703)]
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Siege of 1702
The Siege of 1702 was an early British colonial attack on Spanish-held St. Augustine, Florida, during Queen Anne’s War, in which the town’s defenders successfully withstood a prolonged bombardment.
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War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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C.
Cochecho Massacre of 1689
The Cochecho Massacre of 1689 was a violent attack by Abenaki and other Native American warriors on the English settlement at Dover, New Hampshire, during King William’s War, resulting in numerous deaths and captives.
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D.
Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
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E.
Siege of 1718
The Siege of 1718 was a major military operation during the Great Northern War in which Swedish forces under King Charles XII unsuccessfully attacked the Norwegian fortress of Fredriksten, culminating in the king’s death and effectively ending Sweden’s hopes of regional dominance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ako Incident (1701–1703) Target entity description: The Ako Incident (1701–1703) was a famous samurai vendetta in early Edo-period Japan in which the masterless retainers of Lord Asano Naganori avenged his forced seppuku by killing the court official Kira Yoshinaka, later celebrated in legend as the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.
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A.
Siege of 1702
The Siege of 1702 was an early British colonial attack on Spanish-held St. Augustine, Florida, during Queen Anne’s War, in which the town’s defenders successfully withstood a prolonged bombardment.
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B.
War of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear was an 18th-century conflict between Britain and Spain, largely fought in the Caribbean and North America, that became an early theater of the wider War of the Austrian Succession.
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C.
Cochecho Massacre of 1689
The Cochecho Massacre of 1689 was a violent attack by Abenaki and other Native American warriors on the English settlement at Dover, New Hampshire, during King William’s War, resulting in numerous deaths and captives.
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D.
Siege of 1716
The Siege of 1716 was a failed Norwegian campaign by King Charles XII of Sweden against the Fredriksten fortress during the Great Northern War, marking a key setback in his attempts to conquer Norway.
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E.
Siege of 1718
The Siege of 1718 was a major military operation during the Great Northern War in which Swedish forces under King Charles XII unsuccessfully attacked the Norwegian fortress of Fredriksten, culminating in the king’s death and effectively ending Sweden’s hopes of regional dominance.
- F. None of above. chosen
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