Dynastia Joseon 1393 - 1894 (jul 1, 1393 – oct 9, 1894)

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조선국
a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897.

Taejo of Joseon
4 November 1335 – 27 June 1408), personal name Yi Sŏng-gye (이성계; 李成桂), later Yi Tan (이단; 李旦), was the founder and first monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. After overthrowing the Goryeo dynasty, he ascended to the throne in 1392 and abdicated six years later during a strife between his sons. He was honored as Emperor Go (고황제; 高皇帝) following the establishment of the Korean Empire.

Main:
Hanseong (Seoul, South Korea)
(1394–1399/1405–1897)
Temporary:
Gaegyeong (Kaesong, North Korea)
(1392–1394/1399–1405)

History
• Coronation of Taejo
August 5 1392
• change the name of a country from Goryeo to Joseon
March 28, 1393
• Promulgation of the Korean alphabet
October 9, 1446
• Japanese invasions
1592–1598
• First and second Manchu invasions
1627, 1636–1637
• Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876
February 26, 1876
• Treaty of Shimonoseki
April 17, 1895
• Proclamation of the Korean Empire
October 13 1897

Population
• 1519 - 3,300,000
• 1648 - 2,576,000
• 1717 - 10,056,000
• 1777 - 9,074,000
• 1807 - 9,377,000

Currency
Mun (1423–1425, 1625–1892)
Yang (1892–1897)

Prehistoric period
Palaeolithic 700,000 BC-8000 BC
Neolithic 8000 BC–1500 BC
* Jeulmun
Bronze Age 1500 BC–300 BC
* Mumun
* Liaoning dagger

Ancient period
Gojoseon 2333 BC–108 BC
* Dangun
* Gija
* Wiman
Jin 4th–2nd century BC
Yemaek

Proto–Three Kingdoms period
Takri * Dongye * Buyeo (Eastern * Galsa) Okjeo * Samhan (Ma * Byeon * Jin) Goguryeo * Tamna * Nakrang
Four Commanderies of Han

Three Kingdoms period
Goguryeo 37 BC–668 AD
Baekje 18 BC–660 AD
Silla 57 BC–935 AD
Gaya confederacy 42–562
Tamna (Tributary of Baekje) 498–660
Usan 512–930

Northern and Southern period
United Silla (Unified Silla) 668–892
Balhae 698–926
Little Goguryeo 699–820
Tamna (Tributary of Silla) 662–925

Later Three Kingdoms period
Later Baekje 892–936
Taebong (Later Goguryeo) 901–918
Unified Silla (Later Silla) 892–935
Later Sabeol 919–927
Dongdan Kingdom 926–936
Later Balhae 927–935
Jeongan 938–986

Dynastic period
Goryeo 918–1392
Tamna (Vassal of Goryeo) 938–1105
Heungyo 1029–1030
Joseon 1392–1897
Korean Empire 1897–1910

Colonial period
Japanese occupation 1910–1945
Provisional Government 1919–1948

Modern period
Military governments 1945–1948
North-South division 1945–present
* North 1948–present
* South 1948–present


Joseon Timeline
1392: Yi Sŏng-gye is crowned King Taejo, officially beginning the Joseon dynasty.
1394: Capital moved to Hanyang (modern-day Seoul)
1402: Paper currency initiated
1408: High military service examination system created
1412–1414: Namdaemun Market, the oldest extant market in Korea, is established.
1420: Hall of Worthies established
1424: History of Goryeo compiled
1446: The Hangul alphabet, created 3 years earlier, is promulgated by King Sejong the Great.
1586: Local nobleman Lee Eung-tae dies, leaving a pregnant widow and a child named Won behind. His widow leaves a grief-stricken letter in his tomb that is later discovered in 1998 and becomes famous internationally.
1592: The Japanese invasion of Korea begins under the command of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Admiral Yi Sun-sin employs the Turtle ship to repel Japanese naval forces.
1597: António Corea, a Korean slave kidnapped and taken to Japan, is sold to an Italian master. He is then taken to Italy at latest by 1600, and becomes possibly the first Korean to set foot in Europe.
1627: The Later Jin invasion of Joseon
1636: The Qing invasion of Joseon ends in Joseon's defeat, and Korea is made a tributary of the Qing Dynasty.
1653: Dutch mariner Hendrick Hamel crashes on Jeju Island. The isolationist Joseon government prevents him from leaving, although he is given relative freedom to live normally on the peninsula.
1666: Hamel and some of his crew escape Korea to Japan, then back to the Netherlands. Hamel then publishes the first eyewitness description of Korea by a Westerner.
1762: Crown Prince Sado is ordered to commit suicide by his father Yeongjo of Joseon.
1791: Persecution of Catholicism begins.
1810: A Mw 7.3 earthquake strikes present-day North Hamgyong Province, damaging towns and killing residents.
1863: Koreans are photographed for the first time.
1864: Gojong ascends the throne with his father, Daewongun, as Regent.
1866: 11 October – 22 November. The French conduct a punitive campaign in Korea, but eventually retreat without concessions from the Korean government.
1871: United States expedition to Korea.
1876: Korean ports are formally opened under the Treaty of Ganghwa with Imperial Japan.
1881: 10 December. Japanese newspaper Chōsen shinpō becomes the first newspaper to be published in Korea.
1882: Imo Incident: Mutiny by Korean soldiers in Seoul against the modernization policies of emperor Gojong
1883:
July to October. The first Korean diplomatic mission to the United States also gives rise to the first Koreans to set foot in North America, the first Korean to study abroad in the United States (Yu Kil-chun), and the first Koreans to circumnavigate the globe (Min Yong Ik [ko], Pyŏn Su [ko], and Soh Kwang-pom).
31 October. The first native Korean newspaper, Hansŏng sunbo, is established by the Joseon monarchy. It is written in Classical Chinese.
1884: Kim Ok-gyun leads the Gapsin Coup. In 3 days, Chinese forces are able to overwhelm the Progressives and their Japanese supporters.
1885: 11 October. The first Methodist church in Korea, Chungdong First Methodist Church, is established. The church's main chapel, built in 1897, is now the oldest extant church in Korea, and the only extant one built in the 19th century.
1886: 25 January. The government newspaper Hansŏng jubo is established after its predecessor's facilities were burnt down in the Gapsin Coup. It is the first newspaper written primarily in the Korean language (mixed script) and the first weekly newspaper in Korea.
1888: The Baby Riot of 1888: Civil unrest due to rumors.
1892: January. The Korean Repository becomes the first English-language monthly magazine published in Korea.
1894: The beginning of the Donghak Peasant Rebellion prompts the Gabo Reforms in an attempt to prevent Korea's colonization, and China and Japan fight over sovereignty of Korea in the First Sino-Japanese War.
1895:
Ae Kwan Theater, the first movie theater in Korea, is established in Incheon.
April. After Japanese victory in the Sino–Japanese War, China recognizes Korean independence in the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
8 October. Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese agents.
1896:
7 April. Tongnip sinmun, the first private modern Korean newspaper, is founded.
11 February. Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Korean_history

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