Historical figures in Shimonoseki
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1612 to 1922. The most recorded lives are Miyamoto Musashi, Albert Einstein and Jack London. Among them Educators, Engineers and Inventors and Writers, across the Interwar Period and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
in 1922
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Jack London
in 1904
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
Miyamoto Musashi
from 1612 to 1634
2 moments here
Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer. His early biography and several event dates are disputed or preserved in later accounts; this…
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
in 1921
1 moment here
Japanese short-story writer of the Taishō period, born Ryūnosuke Niihara in Tokyo and adopted into the Akutagawa family.…
Moments
- 1612 Duel with Sasaki Kojirō Miyamoto Musashi
- 1634 Short residence in Kokura Miyamoto Musashi
- 1904 Arrest at Shimonoseki Jack London
- 1921 Reached Moji before embarkation Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
- 1922 Departs Japan from Moji Albert Einstein