Yi Sun-sin
1545–1598 · Person
Korean admiral; turtle-ship fleet defeated Japanese navy in 23 engagements during the Imjin War; killed at Battle of Noryang Point.
On these timelines: Korea, People, Master
More from Korea
- Division of Korea at the 38th parallel (1945)
- Japanese annexation of Korea (1910)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)
- Joseon dynasty (1392)
- King Sejong invents Hangul (1443)
- Founding of North and South Korea (1948)
- North Korea invades South (1950)
- Three Kingdoms of Korea period (57 BCE)
Around 1545
- English Reformation (1533)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)