King Sejong invents Hangul
1443 · Event
Sejong the Great creates the Korean alphabet (promulgated 1446) — designed for mass literacy.
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More from Korea
- Korean War (1950)
- Division of Korea at the 38th parallel (1945)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- Founding of North and South Korea (1948)
- North Korea invades South (1950)
- Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57 BCE)
Around 1443
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- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Martin Luther (1483)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Mehmed II (1432)
- Gutenberg prints the 42-line Bible (1455)