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64 Moments
1961
Park Chung-hee's Rise to Power Through Military Coup
1953
Armistice Agreement Ends Korean War
1950
Korean War Breaks Out: Brief Overview
1948
Republic of Korea Proclaimed
1945
Korea's Liberation from Japanese Rule
Korean Peninsula Division after World War II
1919
Establishment of Provisional Korean Government in Exile in Shanghai.
March 1st Movement: Korean fight against Japanese rule starts.
1910
Imperial Conference integrates Korea into Japanese Empire
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty: End of Korean Sovereignty
1894
Gabo Reform for Modernizing Korea.
1876
Port Opening in Busan and Incheon for Foreign Trade
1866
Tension After Korean Delegation Attack By French Sailors
1811
Rebellion of Hong Gyeong-rae against the Joseon Dynasty
1730
1627
Manchu Invasions and Korea
1596
Admiral Yi Sun-sin's Naval Victory at Battle of Myeongnyang
1592
16th-century Japanese invasions of Korea {Imjin War}
1443
Invention of Hangul by King Sejong
1392
Establishment of Joseon Dynasty by Yi Seong-gye
1270
End of Mongol invasion campaign in Korea
Establishing official ties with the Mongol Empire.
1259
Historic Treaty with Mongol Empire
1234
Invention of Metal Type Printing
Invention of First Metal Movable Type Printing Press
1231
Mongol Invasion of Korea: Beginning of Conflict
0918
Rise of the Goryeo Dynasty
0857
Celebrated Confucian Scholar Choi Chiwon's Birth
0751
Construction of Bulguksa Temple
0668
Unified Silla Kingdom: King Muyeol's Rule