Heinz-Murray 2E.book

CHRONOLOGY OF KOREAN HISTORY

6000
B.C.E.
1000
B.C.E.
?–108
B.C.E.
378 B.C.E.
–935 C.E.

668–935

896–918

918–1392

1392–

1897

1897–

1910

1910–

1948

1945–

present

Neolithic

Old Choson

Three Kingdoms

Koguryo 378 B.C.E.–

668 C.E.

Paekche 18 B.C.E.–660 C.E.

Silla 57 B.C.E.–935 C.E.

Gaya Confederacy

42–562 C.E.

North–South States

Later Silla 668–935

Baihae 698–926

Later Three Kingdoms

Later Paekche 896–936

Later Koguryo

(Taebong) 901–918

Later Silla 57 B.C.E.–

935 C.E.

Koryo

Choson

Korean Empire

Colonial period

Japanese rule 1910–1945

Provisional government

1919–1948

Division of Korea

Military governments

1945–1948

North Korea 1948–present

South Korea 1948–present

Pottery fragments

Han, a king of the Dongyi people, mentioned in Chinese texts;

borders negotiated between Zhou king and Dongyi people

Mythological foundation of kingdom by Dangun; war between

Kochoson and Han Chinese 108 B.C.E.

Numerous small states

Koguryo expansion to Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Siberia;

wars with Tang dynasty China

Paekche establishes centralized state, adopts Chinese culture and

technology; becomes maritime power

372 Buddhism introduced from Qin dynasty China

526 Buddhist monk Gyeomik travels to India to study Sanskrit

and Vinaya

577 Buddhist mission to Japan

667 Silla, with Tang dynasty military help, conquers Paekche and

spreads across Korean Peninsula

Extensive maritime trade between Korea, Japan, and China

Korean peninsula unified by King Taejo; laws codified, civil

administration introduced; “Golden Age” of Buddhism,

philosophy, science; Mongol invasions rebuffed, but became a

vassal state to Yuan dynasty

1145 Samguk Sagi

1285 Samguk Yusa

1287 Jewang Ungi

General Yi Seong-gye overthrows Koryo dynasty and establishes

capital in Seoul; dominance of Confucianism and conflict

between Buddhist and Confucian elites; a tributary state to China

1450 Sejong the Great introduces the Hangul alphabet

1592, 1597 Japanese invasions

“The Hermit Kingdom”—isolationist policies of 19th century

1895 Empress Myeongseong assassinated by Japanese agents

1897 Korean Empire declared by King Kojong; beginning of

modernization of military, economy, education

1910 Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty

1919 March 1st Movement—7,000 demonstrators killed;

400,000 forced labor; 200,000 women forced into sex slavery;

attempts to eradicate Korean language and culture

At end of WWII, Korea was divided into two separate governments

along 38th parallel, the North administered by the Soviet Union,

the South by the US

1950–1953 Korean War