Pyongyang

capital city of North Korea

11 dated entries naming Pyongyang, drawn from 11 separate years between 1122 BCE and 2014 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as P'yongyang in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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12th century BC

1122 BCE1122 BC—Legendary founding of Pyongyangsource

2nd century BC

109 BCEAutumn – Emperor Wu orders the invasion. The Han general Yang Pu crosses the Yellow Sea and marches on the capital Wangxian (Pyongyang) but is defeated outside its gates. Another general, Xun Zhi, invades overland but fails to make headway.source
108 BCEThe Han generals Yang Pu and Xun Zhi besiege Wangxian (Pyongyang), the capital of Gojoseon. Infighting between the generals leads Xun Zhi to arrest Yang Pu.source

4th century

371Baekje forces sack the city of P'yongyang in Goguryeo.source

5th century

427King Jangsu transfers the Goguryeo capital from Gungnae City (modern Ji'an, Jilin) on the banks of the Yalu River to Pyongyang (modern Korea).source

20th century

1931June 5 – Anti-Chinese rioting occurs in Pyongyang. Approximately 127 Chinese people are killed, 393 wounded, and a considerable number of properties are destroyed by Korean residents.source
1978March 10 - The leadership of "Angkar," had fostered a cult of personality centered on the "Supreme authority", which continues omnipresent and demanded complete loyalty to the "Communist Party of Kampuchea" (CPK), the People's Republic of China was the primary benefactor of the military provided by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) with the vast majority of its external support from China, while North Korea (DPRK) also served as a significant and loyal ally to the Khmer Rouge, though its material contributions were secondary to those from Beijing, with Pyongyang became generally the second-largest trading partner after China, which both maintained strong, unique ties of the geopolitical alliances between the two nations.source
19891–8 July 1989: 13th World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyangsource
2000June 13 to June 15: 2000 inter-Korean summit in Pyongyangsource

21st century

2012April 12 - Despite warnings by U.S. President Barack Obama that Jong-Un has nothing to gain from provocations, Pyongyang proceeds to launch a satellite launching rocket, which disintegrates in mid-air.source
2014May 14 – According to a South Korea Unification Ministry report, a twenty-three story apartment building collapsed in Pyongchon-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea (DPR of Korea), with more than 490 fatalities estimated.source