Durham Stevens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Durham Stevens

Assassinated American diplomat.

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1851

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 25-Mar-1908

Profession: diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Durham White Stevens (February 1, 1851, Washington, D.C.
– March 25, 1908, San Francisco, California) was an American diplomat and later an employee of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working for the Japanese colonial office in Korea, the Resident-General.
He was fatally shot by Korean American activists, Jang In-hwan and Jeon Myeong-un, one of the first acts of nationalist rebellion by pro-Korean activists in the United States.
The territory under Stevens' jurisdiction, within the Japanese government, would later be liberated only at the cost of 12,000 Soviet lives and 21,000 Japanese lives, in the Battle of Manchuria during World War 2. Stevens' assassination took place at the same time as numerous other pro-Korean demonstrations, largely as a reaction to the 1905 treaty that established Korea as a colony of Japan.
Ito Hirobumi (the Japanese Resident-General) was also assassinated, crowds in Korea attacked and burned down a pro-Japanese newspaper office, and crowds also clashed with Japanese guards at the Gyeongbokgung Palace.