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He sends a diplomatic mission that formally introduces Buddhism to the Japanese imperial court (see also 552).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351200776#Asia", "title": "538", "revid": 1351200776, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 603, "year_label": "603 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Muyeol, king of Silla (Korea) (d. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752956#Births", "title": "603", "revid": 1364752956, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 632, "year_label": "632 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Seondeok is crowned queen of Silla (Korea).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370178497#Asia", "title": "632", "revid": 1370178497, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 637, "year_label": "637 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Queen Seondeok of Silla (Korea) builds an astronomical observatory near Gyeongju (Cheomseongdae), one of the oldest in East Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315736944#Asia", "title": "637", "revid": 1315736944, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 639, "year_label": "639 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Xueyantuo assaults the Chinese-conquered vassal of Eastern Tujue. 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The Japanese envoys detained in Chang'an are paroled.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359584981#Korea", "title": "660", "revid": 1359584981, "section": "Events › By place › Korea"}}, {"year": 663, "year_label": "663 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gwisil Boksin, Korean general of Baekje (Korea)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635360#Deaths", "title": "663", "revid": 1367635360, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 670, "year_label": "670 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "A Goguryeo restoration movement, led by Geom Mojam in northern Korea, places Anseung on the throne. Geom is later murdered, and Anseung flees to neighboring Silla.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634463#Asia", "title": "670", "revid": 1367634463, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 674, "year_label": "674 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "In Korea, Anapji is constructed by order of King Munmu of Silla.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352002710#Asia", "title": "674", "revid": 1352002710, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 676, "year_label": "676 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The broad-based peninsular effort under Silla's leadership, to prevent Chinese domination of Korea, succeeds in forcing Chinese troops to withdraw into Manchuria, in northeast China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938815#Asia", "title": "676", "revid": 1365938815, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 677, "year_label": "677 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Tang China declares the deposed Bojang of Goguryeo \"King of Joseon\", placing him in charge of the Liaodong area under the Protectorate General to Pacify the East.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805601#Asia", "title": "677", "revid": 1340805601, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 712, "year_label": "712 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Dae Jo-yeong of Balhae (Korea) resumes tributary payments to the Tang dynasty. 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1340848803, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 812, "year_label": "812 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jeong, king of Balhae (Korea) (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345909676#Deaths", "title": "812", "revid": 1345909676, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 826, "year_label": "826 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Heondeok, king of Silla (Korea)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941323#Deaths", "title": "826", "revid": 1340941323, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 846, "year_label": "846 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Gyeongmun, king of Silla (Korea) (d. 875)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1308185700#Births", "title": "846", "revid": 1308185700, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 857, "year_label": "857 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dae Ijin, king of Balhae (Korea)", "cite": {"url": 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"Hyejong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 945)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468136#Births", "title": "912", "revid": 1364468136, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 917, "year_label": "917 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sindeok, king of Silla (Korea)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468140#Deaths", "title": "917", "revid": 1364468140, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 918, "year_label": "918 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gung Ye, king of Hu Goguryeo (Korea)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509557#Deaths", "title": "918", "revid": 1341509557, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 918, "year_label": "918 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Wang Kon, a Korean general, overthrows the government of the short-lived state Ho Goguryeo and ascends the throne at Cheorwon. 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"Births", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – Mokjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1009)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364109392#Births", "title": "980", "revid": 1364109392, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 981, "year_label": "981 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Seongjong ascends the throne of Goryeo (Korea) after the death of his brother-in-law (and cousin), king Gyeongjong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366191661#Asia", "title": "981", "revid": 1366191661, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 981, "year_label": "981 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 955)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366191661#Deaths", "title": "981", "revid": 1366191661, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 992, "year_label": "992 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – Hyeonjong, king of 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1367470608, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1019, "year_label": "1019 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – Munjong, ruler of Goryeo (Korea) (d. 1083)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212971#Births", "title": "1019", "revid": 1342212971, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1024, "year_label": "1024 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Choe Hang, civil minister of Goryeo (Korea)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213215#Deaths", "title": "1024", "revid": 1342213215, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1031, "year_label": "1031 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Hyeonjong, king of Goryeo (Korea) (b. 992)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371210564#Deaths", "title": "1031", "revid": 1371210564, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1034, "year_label": "1034 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Deokjong, 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A Mongol army crosses the Yalu River and quickly secures the surrender of the border town of Uiju. The Mongols are joined by Hong Pok-wŏn, a Goryeo general, who takes their side with his subordinates numbering some 1500 families.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488978#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1231", "revid": 1367488978, "section": "Events › By place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1232, "year_label": "1232 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Mongol invasion of Korea: Choe Woo, Korean military dictator of Goryeo, orders against the pleas of King Gojong and his senior officials, the royal court, and most of Songdo's population to be moved to Ganghwa Island. Woo starts the construction of strong defenses on Ganghwa Island, which becomes a fortress. The government orders the common people to flee the countryside and take refuge in major cities, mountain citadels, or nearby islands. The Mongols occupy much of northern Korea, but fail to capture Ganghwa Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367489153#Mongol_Empire", "title": "1232", "revid": 1367489153, "section": "Events › By place › Mongol Empire"}}, {"year": 1236, "year_label": "1236 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Goryeo court in Korea orders the preparation of another set of woodblocks for printing the Buddhist Tripiṭaka (\"Triple Basket\") – which is intended both to gain protection against the Mongol invaders and to replace the earlier 11th century set that was destroyed by the Mongols in 1232.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428601#Literature", "title": "1236", "revid": 1361428601, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": 1241, "year_label": "1241 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Lizong of Song China accepts the Neo-Confucian teachings of the late Zhu Xi, including his commentary on the Four Books. This will have an impact upon the philosophical schools of surrounding countries as well, including Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362486166#Events", "title": "1241", "revid": 1362486166, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1273, "year_label": "1273 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In Korea, the Sambyeolcho Rebellion against the Goryeo dynasty (a vassal state of the Yuan dynasty) ends as rebel forces are defeated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364847849#Asia", "title": "1273", "revid": 1364847849, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"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": 1398, "year_label": "1398 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – King Taejo of Joseon abdicates the throne of the Joseon dynasty in modern-day Korea, following the murder of his heir Yi Bangsuk, during a coup by Yi's older half-brother, Yi Bang-won, in The First Strife Of Princes. Taejo's eldest son Jeongjong succeeds to the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372737#October–December", "title": "1398", "revid": 1370372737, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1400, "year_label": "1400 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "In modern-day Korea, King Jeongjong of Joseon abdicates in fear of an attack by his ambitious younger brother, Taejong. Taejong succeeds to the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369029011#Date_unknown", "title": "1400", "revid": 1369029011, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1401, "year_label": "1401 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Joseon dynasty in present-day Korea officially enters into a tributary relationship with Ming dynasty China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347806355#Date_unknown", "title": "1401", "revid": 1347806355, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1402, "year_label": "1402 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Gangnido map of the world is completed in Joseon dynasty Korea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371594109#Date_unknown", "title": "1402", "revid": 1371594109, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1406, "year_label": "1406 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Chen Yanxiang and his crew of 121 people, sailing to Korea for trading, come under attack by 15 ships of Japanese pirates (Wokou) off of the coast of Gunsan. After a two day battle, 80 of the crew are dead and the ship is looted, but remains with Chen. The 40 survivors are able to reach the Korean shore.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357536622#July–September", "title": "1406", "revid": 1357536622, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1406, "year_label": "1406 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – The Chinese merchant Chen Yanxiang and his crew of 121 people depart from Java to Korea on the pretext of being Java's ambassador to Korea. His djong ship carries with it with various Southeast Asian products, including parrots, peacocks, agarwood, camphor, and black pepper.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357536622#April–June", "title": "1406", "revid": 1357536622, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1408, "year_label": "1408 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Zheng He delivers 300 virgins from Korea to the Chinese Emperor Cheng Zu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360565942#Date_unknown", "title": "1408", "revid": 1360565942, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – The hangul alphabet is proclaimed in Korea, by King Sejong the Great. The Hunmin Jeongeum, published during the year, is considered the start of this brand new scientific writing system.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#October–December", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1455, "year_label": "1455 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – Prince Sejo, son of the late King Sejong, becomes the new monarch of Korea in Hanseong following the forced abdication of King Danjong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371446040#July–September", "title": "1455", "revid": 1371446040, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – The Great Comet of 1472 is first observed from Earth passing in front of the constellation of Virgo. The comet is recorded by astronomers in Korea and by the German astronomers Regiomontanus and Bernhard Walther, and will come within 6.5 million miles of Earth, the closest in recorded history that a great comet approaches. The comet is visible for 59 days, disappearing after March 1.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#October–December", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1476, "year_label": "1476 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Lady Suk-ui, daughter of Yun Gi-Gyeon of the Haman Yun clan is installed as the new Queen Consort of Korea's King Seongjong of Joseon, two years after the death of Queen consort Han Song-yi, who produced no heir to the throne. Suk-ui, also known as Queen Yun, gives birth to an heir, Yeonsangun of Joseon, three months later. Queen Yun is deposed three years later and executed by poisoning.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998162#July–September", "title": "1476", "revid": 1361998162, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – The Siege of Namwon begins in Korea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#July–September", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – Imjin War: Battle of Chilcheollyang – The Japanese fleet defeats the Koreans, in their only naval victory of the war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#July–September", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1608, "year_label": "1608 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "The Uniform Land-Tax Law is imposed in Korea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352783723#Date_unknown", "title": "1608", "revid": 1352783723, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"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. 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