Timeline July 1336

Events in July 1336 3

• 1294 – 1336 Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336) Died 4 July 1336, aged 42 Kusunoki Masashige was a samurai general who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo's restoration against the Kamakura shogunate and then against Ashikaga Takauji. He was defeated at the Battle of Minatogawa and took his own life rather than be captured. He became a lasting symbol of loyalty and self-sacrifice in Japanese culture.
• 1336 Edward III's summer campaign in Scotland English forces relieve Lochindorb and burn Aberdeen Edward III led an army into Scotland to relieve the besieged garrison at Lochindorb Castle and to punish supporters of the Bruce cause. His forces burned Aberdeen and other towns in the north-east, continuing the Second War of Scottish Independence.
• 1336 Battle of Minatogawa Ashikaga Takauji crushes the loyalist army of Kusunoki Masashige near Kobe Ashikaga Takauji's forces defeated the imperial loyalist army of Kusunoki Masashige and Nitta Yoshisada at the Minato River near present-day Kobe. Kusunoki Masashige was killed, and Emperor Go-Daigo's position in Kyoto collapsed. The victory let Takauji enter Kyoto and set up a rival emperor, opening the Nanboku-cho era of divided imperial courts.