Honnō-ji Incident

Summary

Honnō-ji Incident is a coup d'état^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of coup_d_tat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,689 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Honnō-ji Incident is located in Kyoto^[3].
• Honnō-ji Incident is in the country of Japan^[4].
• Honnō-ji Incident's instance of is recorded as coup d'état^[5].
• Honnō-ji Incident's instance of is recorded as betrayal^[6].
• Honnō-ji Incident took place at former site of Honnō-ji^[7].
• Honnō-ji Incident's Commons category is recorded as Honnō-ji incident^[8].
• Honnō-ji Incident's target is recorded as Oda Nobunaga^[9].
• Honnō-ji Incident occurred on June 21, 1582^[10].
• Honnō-ji Incident's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.00583333, 'lon': 135.75388889}^[11].
• A participant in Honnō-ji Incident was Oda clan^[12].
• Honnō-ji Incident's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '本能寺の変'}^[13].
• Honnō-ji Incident dates from the Sengoku period^[14].
• Honnō-ji Incident's perpetrator is recorded as Akechi Mitsuhide^[15].

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When and Where

Honnō-ji Incident took place on June 21, 1582^[10]. It took place at former site of Honnō-ji^[7]. It is in the country of Japan^[4].

Context

Recorded instance of include coup d'état^[5] and betrayal^[6].

Participants

A participant in Honnō-ji Incident was Oda clan^[12].

Why It Matters

Honnō-ji Incident ranks in the top 5% of coup_d_tat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,689 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]