🏯 Korean History Timeline

50 key events in Korean history with dates, from Gojoseon to modern times (English)

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When was Gojoseon founded (by Dangun, legendary)?2333 BC
When was Silla founded (Bak Hyeokgeose)?57 BC
When was Goguryeo founded (Jumong)?37 BC
When was Baekje founded (Onjo)?18 BC
When did Goguryeo's King Gwanggaeto take the throne?AD 391
When did Silla officially adopt Buddhism (martyrdom of Ichadon)?AD 527
When did Eulji Mundeok defeat the Sui at the Salsu River?AD 612
When did Silla unify the Three Kingdoms?AD 676
When did Dae Joyeong found Balhae?AD 698
When did Gyeon Hwon found Later Baekje?AD 900
When did Wang Geon found Goryeo?AD 918
When did Goryeo unify the Later Three Kingdoms?AD 936
When did Gang Gam-chan defeat the Khitan at Gwiju?1019
When was the Tripitaka Koreana (80,000 blocks) completed?1251
When was the Sambyeolcho rebellion?1270–1273
When did Yi Seong-gye found the Joseon dynasty?1392
When did King Sejong the Great take the throne?1418
When was Hangul (Hunminjeongeum) created?1443 (promulgated 1446)
When was the Imjin War (Japanese invasions)?1592–1598
When did Admiral Yi Sun-sin win the Battle of Hansan Island?1592
When was the second Manchu invasion (Byeongja War)?1636–1637
When did King Yeongjo take the throne (policy of impartiality)?1724
When did King Jeongjo take the throne?1776
When did Korea open its ports via the Treaty of Ganghwa?1876
When was the Imo military mutiny?1882
When was the Gapsin coup?1884
When was the Donghak Peasant Revolution?1894
When were the Gabo Reforms?1894
When was the Korean Empire proclaimed?1897
When did the Eulsa Treaty strip Korea of its diplomatic rights?1905
When did An Jung-geun assassinate Ito Hirobumi?1909
When did Korea lose its sovereignty (annexation by Japan)?1910
When was the March 1st Independence Movement?1919
When was the Provisional Government of Korea established?1919
When was Korea liberated (August 15)?1945
When was the Republic of Korea government established?1948
When was the Korean War?1950–1953
When was the April 19 Revolution?1960
When was the May 16 military coup?1961
When was diplomatic normalization with Japan (ROK–Japan treaty)?1965
When did the Saemaul (New Village) Movement begin?1970
When was the October Yushin declared?1972
When was the May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement?1980
When was the June Democratic Struggle?1987
When were the Seoul Olympics held?1988
When did North and South Korea join the UN together?1991
When did the IMF (Asian) financial crisis hit Korea?1997
When was the first inter-Korean summit?2000
When did Korea (with Japan) host the FIFA World Cup?2002
When was a Korean president impeached following candlelight protests?2017 (protests began 2016)

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