Yi Seong-gye returns his army to seize Goryeo
1388
Ordered to invade Ming China, the Korean general turned his troops around at the Yalu River and marched on the capital instead, deposing the king. Within four years he would found the Joseon dynasty that would govern Korea for five centuries. The about-face at the Yalu was Korea's most consequential military decision.
In context
Also in 1388 (4 other events on record)
- Ming forces decimate Northern Yuan at Buyur Lake · East Asia · War
- Ming census records sixty million subjects · East Asia · Politics
- Cairo Mamluk Sultan Barquq consolidates power · Middle East · Politics
- Battle of Otterburn: Hotspur captured by Scots · Europe · War
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in Politics
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.