THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 21
October 21 in history
What happened on October 21: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1600 and 1956, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Sekigahara
21 Oct 1600 — Near this mountain pass, Tokugawa Ieyasu’s eastern army defeated the western coalition in a single day. The lords who had opposed him became the “outer” (tozama) lords, kept at the edges of the political order for the next 268 years.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE REMAKING THE STATE MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
— Capture of Dedan Kimathi
21 Oct 1956 — Near Nyeri, a tribal policeman shoots and captures Dedan Kimathi, the forest leader. Kimathi is hanged in February 1957; the organised forest war is effectively over.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE TWO ROADS TO INDEPENDENCE MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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