{"slug": "joseon", "label": "Joseon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28179", "qid": "Q28179", "description": "Korean dynasty / kingdom (1392–1897)", "entries": 23, "years": 21, "span": [1392, 1897], "span_label": ["1392 CE", "1897 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "korea", "label": "Korea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manchu-people", "label": "Manchu people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "goryeo", "label": "Goryeo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "korean-peninsula", "label": "Korean peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "south-korea", "label": "South Korea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "conglomerate-company", "label": "Conglomerate (company)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seoul", "label": "Seoul", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jurchen-people", "label": "Jurchen people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "toyotomi-hideyoshi", "label": "Toyotomi Hideyoshi", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – At Gaegyeong, General Yi Sŏng-gye crowns himself King Taejo of Korea, ending the Goryeo dynasty in the Korean Peninsula, and establishing the Joseon dynasty, which will last for more than 500 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#July–September", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1394, "year_label": "1394 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Grand Prince Chinan of the Joseon kingdom in Korea, eldest son of King Taejo and heir to the throne, dies at the age of 39 from complications of alcoholism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593498#January–March", "title": "1394", "revid": 1371593498, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1404, "year_label": "1404 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Date unknown – Eom Heung-do, local official of Joseon (d. 1474)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361962096#Births", "title": "1404", "revid": 1361962096, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1417, "year_label": "1417 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – In Korea, Grand Prince Yangnyeong of the Joseon Kingdom and heir to the throne, causes a scandal that ends any possibility of becoming the next King. Yangnyeong courts the wife of another official and attempts to bring here into the royal palace in Seoul, ending in his banishment from the royal household and being replaced on June 3, 1418.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829183#January–March", "title": "1417", "revid": 1368829183, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1418, "year_label": "1418 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – King Taejong, ruler of the kingdom of Joseon that encompasses most of Korea, agrees to abdicate his throne in order for his son Prince Yi Do to become the new monarch. Taejong then becomes the King Emeritus (Sangwang).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357024356#July–September", "title": "1418", "revid": 1357024356, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1457)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#Births", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1443, "year_label": "1443 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – King Sejong the Great of Korea announces the creation of the Hunminjeongeum (literally \"The Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People\") a manual for Hangul, a standardized writing system for the Korean language.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349474708#October–December", "title": "1443", "revid": 1349474708, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1455, "year_label": "1455 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – King Danjong of Korea, ruler since the death in 1452 of his father, King Munjong, is forced to abdicate. He is promoted to the figurehead post of King Emeritus (Sangyang).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371446040#July–September", "title": "1455", "revid": 1371446040, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1457, "year_label": "1457 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 – Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1441)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359845780#Deaths", "title": "1457", "revid": 1359845780, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1467, "year_label": "1467 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Sejo, Emperor of Korea (in the Joseon dynasty) receives the imperial edict from China's Xianzong of Ming, directing the Koreans to join Chinese forces in subjugating the Jurchen state in Manchuria. Sejo orders the mobilization of 10,000 Korean troops but instructs the Joseon commander to keep the Korean troops independent from the Chinese force, to wait until the Chinese attack before assisting with Korean troops, and to avoid confrontation with the Jurchen cavalry unless it appears that the Chinese army is winning.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890331#July–September", "title": "1467", "revid": 1352890331, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1474, "year_label": "1474 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – Eom Heung-do, local official of Joseon (b. 1404)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364765261#Deaths", "title": "1474", "revid": 1364765261, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – King Injong of Joseon, ruler of the Korean Empire, dies at the age of 30, after only eight months as monarch. His allies suspect that he had slowly been poisoned by his stepmother, Queen Janggyeong, who had been Queen consort as the wife of King Jungjong. Queen Janggyeong's 12-year-old son Myeongjong is enthroned as the new King, with Janggyeong as the regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366653612#July–September", "title": "1545", "revid": 1366653612, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – Battle of Sangju: The Japanese are victorious over the Koreans fighting for the Kingdom of Joseon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477183#April–June", "title": "1592", "revid": 1362477183, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1593, "year_label": "1593 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Spanish Jesuit priest Gregorio Céspedes becomes the first Christian missionary to Korea, arriving at Busan to begin his ministry in the Buddhist kingdom of Joseon. Céspedes is able to enter Korea by coming with the Japanese invasion force of General Toyotomi Hideyoshi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972668#October–December", "title": "1593", "revid": 1351972668, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1593, "year_label": "1593 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – Battle of Haengju: Korea defeats Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972668#January–March", "title": "1593", "revid": 1351972668, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – In what is now South Korea, a force of 50,000 troops of the Korean kingdom of Joseon and Chinese Ming dynasty troops begins the siege of Ulsan, a Japanese-controlled castle located in the southwest port of Ulsan on the Sea of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#January–March", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – After the First Manchu invasion of Korea, the Joseon dynasty of Korea becomes a tributary state of the Manchus, but still pays respects to the Ming dynasty of China. After rejecting a Manchu alteration to the original diplomatic terms in 1636, the Manchus invade again in 1637.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#January–March", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1637, "year_label": "1637 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Qing invasion of Joseon: The Manchu armies of China complete their invasion of northern Korea with the surrender of King Injo of the Joseon Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339166592#January–March", "title": "1637", "revid": 1339166592, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1894, "year_label": "1894 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – War is declared between the Qing Empire of China and the Empire of Japan over their rival claims of influence on their common ally, the Joseon dynasty of Korea. The event marks the start of the First Sino-Japanese War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369810485#August", "title": "1894", "revid": 1369810485, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1894, "year_label": "1894 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – In Korea, peasant unrest erupts in the Donghak Peasant Revolution, a massive revolt by followers of the Donghak movement. Both China and Japan send military forces, claiming to come to the ruling Joseon dynasty government's aid.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369810485#February", "title": "1894", "revid": 1369810485, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1895, "year_label": "1895 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – Queen Min, queen consort of Joseon (Korea), is assassinated at her private residence within Gyeongbokgung Palace by Japanese agents.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364324653#October", "title": "1895", "revid": 1364324653, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1896, "year_label": "1896 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – The Park Seung-jik shop, predecessor of South Korean conglomerate Doosan Group, is founded in Joseon (the kingdom of Korea).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364785538#August", "title": "1896", "revid": 1364785538, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1897, "year_label": "1897 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The Korean Empire is proclaimed, marking the end of the Joseon dynasty after just over 500 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362850810#October", "title": "1897", "revid": 1362850810, "section": "Events › October"}}]}