Founding of Joseon
A dynasty that would rule Korea for over 500 years
In 1392 General Yi Seong-gye overthrew the last ruler of Goryeo and founded a new dynasty, which soon named the country Joseon. Two years later the capital moved to Hanyang, today's Seoul. The state was built on Neo-Confucian lines with civil-service examinations, and lasted until 1897, with the Yi dynasty reigning until Japan's annexation in 1910.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1385 Union of Krewo — 7 years earlier
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1380 Battle of Kulikovo — 12 years earlier
- 1410 Battle of Grunwald — 18 years later
- c. 1411 Andrei Rublev's Trinity — 19 years later
Alive at the time
- Timur (aged 56)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 78)
- Ibn Khaldun (aged 60)
- Ashikaga Yoshimitsu (aged 34)
- Andrei Rublev (aged 32)
- Bayezid I the Thunderbolt (aged 32)
- Richard II (aged 25)
- Sigismund (aged 24)
- Zheng He (aged 21)
- Henry V (aged 6)