The Battle of the Sea of Japan
On May 27th, 1905, after the longest war-voyage ever made by a modern fleet, twenty-nine Russian ships were attacked by Admiral Togo in the Straits of Tsushima. The "Battle of the Sea of Japan" was a turning point in modern history. Not only did it end the expansion of Russia into Chinese territory; it also ended the rule of Europe in the East, and began the resurrection of Asia; China plotted her revolution, and India began to dream of freedom.
Source: Durant, Will, The Story of Civilization, Vol. 1: Our Oriental Heritage. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1954.
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Full disclosure, I may occasionally borrow a sentence from Will Durant's Story of Civilization. I absolutely love that collection!