Yi Sun-sin Killed at Noryang
December 16, 1598
In a final naval battle in the Noryang Strait, Admiral Yi Sun-sin drove the departing Japanese fleet into defeat and was struck by a stray musket ball on the command deck of his flagship. He ordered his officers to conceal his death and keep beating the war drum. Korea's savior died victorious and silent.
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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