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.