Sejong founds the Hall of Worthies
1420 · Event
Sejong gathers Joseon's ablest young scholars into the Jiphyeonjeon, the royal research institute behind his histories, agricultural manuals and the Korean alphabet.
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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 1420
- Peasants' Revolt in England (1381)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Mehmed II (1432)
- Reign of Mehmed II (1451)
- Gutenberg prints the 42-line Bible (1455)