Gojoseon | Seobok from Qin Dynasty came to Gojoseun in search of an elixir of life
BC 109
Gojoseon | Gojoseun military defeated 7,000 strong naval force of Han Dynasty
BC 57
Founding of Silla (~ AD 935)
BC 37
Founding of Goguryeo (~ AD 668)
BC 18
Founding of Baekje (~ AD 660)
AD 48
Gaya | Princess Heo Hwang-ok of Ayodhya arrived in Garakguk by boat
AD 374
Baekje | 27th year of King Geunchogo, the king sent envoys to East Jin by boat
AD 512
Silla | 13th year of King Jijeung, Isabu subjugated the island nation of Usanguk
AD 583
Silla | 5th year of Jinpyeong, established Seonbuseo, a department for the management of the country’s ships, under the military.
AD 676
Silla | 16th year of King Munmu, the military defeated the Tang army at Gibeolpo (present-day Keum river estuary), unifying the three kingdoms.
World History
BC 3000
Egyptian civilization and Mesopotamian civilization began
BC 2500
Indus civilization and Hwang-Ho civilization began
BC 1483
Egypt | Queen Hatshepshit dispatched an expedition fleet to Punt (present-day Somalia)
BC 1400
Greece | The heyday of Aegean civilization
BC 480
Greece | The Battle of Salamis,
Greek fleets defeated much larger Persian naval forces. Greece established
dominance in the Mediterranean and grew into a huge empire that
encompasses Europe, Egypt, and Asia, spreading Hellenistic civilization
BC 221
China | Unification under Qin dynasty
BC 202
China | Unification under Qin dynasty
BC 31
Rome | The Battle of Actium Octavian defeated the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, consolidating his power over the Mediterranean, laying fertile ground for the development of the Roman Empire.
AD 23
China | Founding of the Later Han
AD 230
China | Sun Quan from Eastern Wu conquered the Yi district (present-day Taiwan).
AD 395
Rome | The Roman Empire divided into east and west
AD 439
China | The period of Northern and Southern Dynasties began (~ AD 589)