Korea
Explore Korea on Ever-When, an interactive timeline of history from the Big Bang to the present day.
Key events on this timeline
- Korean War (1950)
- 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)
- Goryeo dynasty (918)
- June Democratic Struggle (1987)
- Park Chung-hee's coup (1961)
- Japanese invasions of Korea (Imjin War) (1592)
- Korean War armistice (1953)
- King Sejong the Great (1397)
- Liberation of Korea (1945)
- March 1st Movement (1919)
- Gwangju Uprising (1980)
- First Sino-Japanese War (1894)
- Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom (400 BCE)
- Yi Sun-sin (1545)
- Donghak Peasant Revolution (1894)
- Assassination of Park Chung-hee (1979)
- Buddhism introduced to Korea (372)
- Mongol invasions of Goryeo (1231)
- Assassination of Empress Myeongseong (1895)
- North Korea's first nuclear test (2006)
- South Korea's IMF crisis (1997)
- Chinese intervention in Korea (1950)
- First inter-Korean summit (2000)