Yi Seonggye founds the Joseon dynasty
July 1392
The Korean general, having refused to attack Ming China and instead turning his army on the Goryeo court, deposed the last king and was acclaimed monarch. He took the dynastic name Joseon, moved the capital to Hanseong, adopted Neo-Confucianism as state ideology, and inaugurated five centuries of Confucian rule that would last until 1910.
In context
Also in 1392 (3 other events on record)
- Charles VI of France goes mad in the forest of Le Mans · Europe · Politics
- Northern and Southern Courts reunited in Japan · East Asia · Politics
- Yi Seonggye orders burning of Goryeo royal records · East Asia · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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