Battle of Kwiju
March 10, 1019
Korean general Gang Gam-chan routed a massive Khitan army at Kwiju in a decisive victory that ended the Goryeo-Khitan wars. The Khitan Liao accepted a negotiated peace and withdrew from Korean territory permanently. Gang became a national hero whose memory Korean schoolchildren still learn today in their classrooms. He had dammed a river before the battle and released the floodwaters upon the advancing Khitan cavalry.
In context
Also in 1019 (3 other events on record)
- Rajendra Chola reaches the Ganges · South Asia · War
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.