East Asia & Culture Chronology

1392-1910

Joseon dynasty

1398

Opening of seonggyungwan (now Sungkyunkwan University)

1592-1598

Imjin war

1627

First Manchu invasion

1636

Second Manchu invasion

1876

Treaty of Ganghwa

1882

Imo military insurrection

1884

Gapsin coup

1894

Donghak-peasant uprising

1894-1895

First Sino-Japanese war

1895

Treaty of Shimonoseki

1895 2nd

Assassination of queen Min

1904-1905

Russo-Japanese war

1905

Taft-Katsura memorandum

1905 2nd

Treaty of Portsmouth

1905 3rd

Japan-Korea protectorate treaty

1910

Treaty of annexation

1910-1918

First land reform

1910-1945

Japanese colonialization

1919

March first independence movement

1931

Mukden incident

1937-1945

Second Sino-Japanese war

1943

Cairo conference

1943 2nd

Tehran conference

1945

Yalta conference

1945 2nd

Potsdam conference

1945 3rd

Proposal in Washington to split the Korean peninsula

1945

Moscow conference of foreign ministers

1945-1948

Foreign occupation of Korea

1945-1950

Second land reform

1947

UN resolution to hold free elections in Korea

1948

Foundation of DPRK and ROK

1950-1953

Korean war

1953

Treaty of Panmunjeom

1954

Geneva conference

1960

April revolution

1962

Establishment of monthly export promotion conferences

1962-1966

First five-year plan

1964-1972

Labor-intensive export-expansion phase

1965

Normalization treaty with Japan

1967-1971

Second five-year plan

1970

Initiation of the Saemaeul movement

1972-1976

Third five-year plan

1973-1983

Heavy- and chemical-industrialization phase

1977-1981

Fourth five-year plan

1980

Gwangju uprising

1984-

Economic-liberalization phase

1982-1986

Fifth five-year plan

1987

June democracy uprising

1987-1991

Sixth five-year plan

1988

Hosting of summer olympics

1992-1996

Seventh five-year plan

1993

Hosting of World Expo in Daejeon

2002

Hosting of FIFA world cup (with Japan)

2012

Hosting of World Expo in Yeosu