Joseon | 5th year of King Taejo, Kim Sahyeong conquered Yikishia (Ilgido) and Tsushima (Daemado)
AD 1419
Joseon | 1st year of King Sejong, a military plan, Gihaedongjeong was implementede (Yi Jongmu conquered Tsushima (Daemado))
AD 1426
Joseon | 8th year of King Sejong, opened three ports (Busanpo in Dongnae, Naeyipo in Jinhye, Yeompo in Ulsan) to trade with Japan
AD 1443
Joseon | 25th year of King Sejong, signed the Treaty of Gyehae regarding trade including the ways to dispatch merchant ships with the governor of Tsushima
AD 1555
Joseon | 10th year of King Myeongjong, a war with Japan (Ulmyowaebyeon ) broke out After the war, Joseon built major warships called Panokseon
AD 1592
Joseon | 25th year of King Seonjo, Japanese Invaded Korea (Imjinwaeran) Yi Sun-Shin led the victory of Joseon naval forces and seized power over the southwest seashore. (The naval battle of Okpo,
AD 1597
Joseon | 30th year of King Seonjo, a war with Japan (Jeongyujaeran) outbroke, and Joseon won the Battle of Myeongnyang
AD 1598
Joseon | 31st year of King Seonjo, Yi Sun-Shin died at the naval battle of Noryang, the last battle during Imjinwaeran
AD 1607
Joseon | 40th year of King Seonjo, restored diplomatic relations with Japan, and resumed dispatching Korean delegation to Japan
AD 1627
Joseon | 5th year of King Injo, Weltevree (Korean name: Bak Yeon) from the Netherlands shipwrecked on Jeju Island.
AD 1653
Joseon | 4th year of King Hyojong, Dutch people including Hamel drifted to the shore of Jeju Island
AD 1693
Joseon | 19th year of King Sukjong, An Yong-bok got confirmation from Japan that Ulleungdo belongs to Joseon
AD 1811
Joseon | 11th year of King Sunjo, the last Korean delegate, Kim Igyo, was dispatched to Japan
AD 1866
Joseon | 3rd year of King Gojong, French waged war against Joseon (Byunginyangyo). In retaliation of Catholic persecution (Joseon executed 9 French catholic priest), French fleet invaded Ganghwado.
AD 1871
Joseon | 8th year of King Gojong, the US invasion of Joseon (Sinmiyangyo).
AD 1875
Joseon | 12th year of King Gojong, Wunyo Incident, Japanese warship Wunyo attacked Ganghwado to make Joseon sign an unfair treaty with Japan (Joilsuhojogyu)
AD 1876
Joseon | 13th year of King Gojong, signed Joilsuhojogyu with Japan This is an unequal treaty, also called the Treaty of Ganghwa Island
AD 1884
Joseon | 21st year of King Gojong, a submarine cable between Busan and Nagasaki was opened
AD 1885
Joseon | 22nd year of King Gojong, England warships occupied Geomundo
AD 1893
Joseon | Koreean Imperial Naval Academy (Tongjeyong Academy) was established and new warships were introduced
AD 1895
Joseon | 32nd year of King Gojong, as a way of implementing Eulmyo reform, abolished navy headquarters of three provinces and the naval bases in each province, and dismissed naval forces
AD 1897
Proclamation of the Korean Empire (~AD 1910)
AD 1903
Korean Empire | 7th year of Kwangmu,, imported Yangmuho, a cargo-renovated battleship, from Japan
AD 1904
Korean Empire | 8th year of Kwangmu, introduced the first modernized battleship, Kwangjeho
AD 1910년~1945
the fall of the Korean Empire, Japanese annexation of Korea
World History
AD 1405
China | Cheng Ho Grand Voyage began (~AD 1433)
AD 1453
Rome | Fall of East Roman Empire
AD 1492
Spain | Italian explorer Columbus crossed the Atlantic ocean and discovered the American continent
AD 1494
Spain, Portugal | Conclusion of the Treaty of Tordesillas. It confirmed that the western part of the Meridian 370 league belongs to Spain and the eastern part belongs to Portugal
AD 1498
Portugal | Vasco da Gama discovered an ocean route linking the Atlantic and the Indian oceans.
AD 1519
Spain | Portuguese explorer Magellan started his expedition around the world by boat. Magellan died in the Philippines in 1521 and his team returned to Espana in 1522.
AD 1571
Spain | Invaded and colonized the Philippines (~AD 1898), The Battle of Lepanto, The Fleet of the Holy League including the Republic of Venice, the Spanish Empire and the Republic of Genoa, defeated the fleet of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), containing the Ottoman Empire and seizing control over the Mediterranean
AD 1578
China | Ming Dynasty allowed Portuguese to trade in Guangdong
AD 1588
England | The Battle of Calais A fleet led by Admiral Drake of England defeated the Spanish Armada, and England took control over the sea
AD 1590
Japan | Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan
AD 1600
England | The East India Company was established
AD 1602
The Netherlands | The Dutch East India Company was established
AD 1603
Japan | Establishment of Tokugawa shogunate by Tokugawa Ieyasu
AD 1607
The Netherlands | Won at the Battle of Gibraltar, achieving independence from Spain
AD 1616
China | Founding of the Later Jin Dynasty (Changed its name to Qing in AD 1636)
AD 1642
The Netherlands | Tasman discovered New Zealand
AD 1644
China | Qing Dynasty unified China
AD 1651
England | Cromwell Navigation Act was passed
AD 1715
England | Established British East India Company office in Guangdong of China
AD 1772
England | James Cook became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle by boat
AD 1805
England | The Battle of Trafalgar Nelson’s British fleet defeated the French fleet, consolidating British naval supremacy
AD 1807
the US | Clermont, the first steamboat built by Fulton, successfully sailed the Hudson river in New York
AD 1838
England | Great Western, the first steamship built to provide regular service across the Atlantic, was launched
AD 1851
England | A submarine cable between England and French was opened at Dover strait
AD 1866
the US | A transatlantic submarine cable was opened in 1858
AD 1868
Japan | The Meiji Restoration
AD 1869
Egypt | Opening of the Suez Canal
AD 1879
Japan | The Ryukyu kingdom was officially integrated into Japan as Okinawa prefecture
AD 1894
Japan | the Sino-Japanese War
AD 1905
Japan | The Battle of Tsushima was waged during the Russo-Japanese War
AD 1914
the US | The Panama Canal was opened
AD 1914년~1918
The First World War
AD 1939년~1945
The Second World War
AD 1941
The Pacific War Japan launched a surprise attack on the US at the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii to achieve supremacy over the Pacific only to be defeated
AD 1942
the US | The victory at the Battle of Midway allowed the United States to move into an offensive position.
