Timeline of Seoul

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seoul, South Korea.

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Prior to 14th century[]

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History of Korea
Bulguksa temple, Gyeongju
Prehistoric period
Ancient period
Gojoseon 2333 BCE (?)–108 BCE
Jin
Proto–Three Kingdoms period
Three Kingdoms period
Goguryeo 37 BCE–668 CE
Baekje 18 BCE–660 CE
Silla 57 BCE–935 CE
Gaya confederacy 42–562
Northern and Southern States period
United Silla (Unified Silla) 668–935
Balhae 698–926
Later Three Kingdoms period
Later Baekje 892–936
Taebong (Later Goguryeo) 901–918
Unified Silla (Later Silla) 668–935
Dynastic period
Goryeo 918–1392
Joseon 1392–1897
Korean Empire 1897–1910
Colonial period
Japanese rule 1910–1945
Provisional Government 1919–1948
Modern period
Military governments 1945–1948
North-South division 1945-present
* North 1948–present
* South 1948–present
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  • 18 BCE - Baekje, Wirye-seong, settled. Seoul started functioning as the royal capital of Baekje until 475.
  • 475 - Seoul changed hands from Baekje to Goguryeo.
  • 551 - Seoul changed hands from Goguryeo to Baekje.
  • 553 - Seoul changed hands from Baekje to Silla.
  • 901 - Seoul under control of Taebong as Silla became divided into three kingdoms.
  • 918 - Seoul became a part of newly founded Goryeo as the prior regime Taebong was overthrown.
  • 1104 - Sukjong of Goryeo builds a palace in Seoul and declared it the second capital 'Namgyeong' meaning 'Southern Capital'.

14th-18th century[]

  • 1394
    • Capital of the Joseon Dynasty relocates to Seoul from Kaesong.[1]
    • Jongmyo (shrine) built.
  • 1395
    • Gyeongbokgung Palace built.
    • Jogyesa temple established.
  • 1396 - Fortress Wall construction begins.
  • 1398
  • 1412 - Changdeokgung Palace built.
  • 1414 - Namdaemun Market active.[citation needed]
  • 1447 - Namdaemun rebuilt.
  • 1467 - Wongaksa Pagoda constructed.
  • 1592 - April: City taken by Japanese forces.[1]

18th-19th century[]

  • 1711 - Donuimun and Gwanghuimun (gates) rebuilt.
  • 1741 - Changuimun (gate) rebuilt.
  • 1796 - Hwaseong Fortress built.
  • 1867 - Gwanghwamun (gate) reconstructed.
  • 1897
  • 1898 - Myeongdong Cathedral consecrated.
  • 1899 - Gwallim Middle School established.
  • 1900
    • Gyeongseong Station opens.
    • Incheon-Seoul and Chemulpo-Seoul railways begin operating.[1][3]

20th century[]

1900s-1950s[]

  • 1901 – Busan-Seoul railway begins operating.[3]
  • 1905
  • 1906 – newspaper established.[4]
  • 1907 – Seoul Sanitation Association founded.[4]
  • 1908 – Gyeongseong Gamok (prison) in operation.
  • 1910
    • Japanese in power; city renamed "Keijō"
    • Population: 200,000 (approximate).[5]
  • 1914 – Outer parts of Gyeongseongbu were ceded to Goyang County.
  • 1915 – Joseon Industrial Exhibition held in Gyeongbokgung
  • 1920 – Chosun Ilbo and Dong-a Ilbo newspapers begin publication.
  • 1922 – Namsan Public Library established.
  • 1924 – Keijō Imperial University founded.
  • 1925 – Seoul Station opens.
  • 1926 – Japanese General Government Building constructed.
  • 1927 – Noryangjin Fish Market in business.[citation needed]
  • 1936 – The expansion of Gyeongseongbu was implemented absorbing Cheongnyangni, Anam, Sincheon, etc.
  • 1940 – Joseon Grand Exposition held in Seoul
  • 1945 – National Library of Korea and National Museum of Korea established.
  • 1946
    • City renamed "Seoul" (approximate date).[citation needed]
    • Kim Hyongmin becomes mayor.
    • Seoul National University established.
  • 1947 – Samsung Sanghoe in business.
  • 1948
    • City becomes capital of Republic of Korea.
    • Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra founded.
  • 1949
    • Seoul designated a special city (administrative division).
    • Expended to today's Gangbuk-gu to the north and Guro-dong, Sindorim-dong(including today's Daerim dong) to the south.
    • Population: 1,446,019.[6]
  • 1950
  • 1951
    • January: Third Battle of Seoul.
    • 14 March: City taken by United Nations forces.
  • 1953 – Korean Republic newspaper begins publication.
  • 1954 – Hankook Ilbo newspaper begins publication.
  • 1958 – Gimpo International Airport in operation.

1960s-1990s[]

  • 1960 – Gyeongdong Market in business.[citation needed]
  • 1963 – The great expansion was implemented, incorporating parts of counties of Gimpo, Gwangju, Siheung, Yangju, and Bucheon.
  • 1965 – Population: 3,793,280.[7]
  • 1969 – N Seoul Tower built.
  • 1970
    • Gyeongbu Expressway constructed.
    • Population: 5,433,198.[8]
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975 – Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.[9]
  • 1977 – Jeongdok Public Library opens.
  • 1978 – Sejong Center built.
  • 1980 - Population: 8,364,379.[10]
  • 1982 – Banpo Bridge constructed.
  • 1983
  • 1985
  • 1986 – Asian Games held.
  • 1988
    • Goh Kun becomes mayor.
    • Summer Olympics held.
    • Seoul Museum of Art and Calligraphy Museum open.
    • Trade Tower built.
  • 1989 – Lotte World recreation complex opens.
  • 1990 – Population: 10,612,577.[7]
  • 1991
  • 1993
    • Korea National University of Arts established.
    • Opera House opens.
    • War Memorial of Korea constructed.
  • 1994 – Hi! Seoul Festival begins.
  • 1995
    • The city boundary between Seoul and Gwangmyeong was rearranged, absorbing a very tiny part of Cheolsan-dong.
    • The city boundary between Seoul and Goyang was rearranged, absorbing a very tiny part of Jichuk-dong.
    • 29 June: Sampoong Department Store collapse.[11]
    • Population: 10,776,201 (approximate estimate).[12]
  • 1999 – Jongno Tower built.
  • 2000

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Korea", The Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopædia Britannica, 1910, OCLC 14782424
  2. ^ "WorldCat". USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Hunter 1977.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Henry 2005.
  5. ^ Britannica 1910.
  6. ^ "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Yeong-Hyun Kim 2004.
  8. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
  9. ^ "San Francisco Sister Cities". USA: City & County of San Francisco. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
  11. ^ "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
  12. ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
  13. ^ Hong 2013.
  14. ^ Jesook Song 2006.
  15. ^ "Get to Know Us". Seoul Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  16. ^ Seoul Population. (2018-12-01). Retrieved 2019-04-01, from http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/seoul/

Bibliography[]

  • "Seoul (Han-yang)", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • T. Philip Terry (1928). "Seoul (Keijo)". Terry's guide to the Japanese empire: including Korea and Formosa. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. hdl:2027/mdp.39015062262517 – via HathiTrust.
  • Janet Hunter (1977). "Japanese Government Policy, Business Opinion and the Seoul—Pusan Railway, 1894—1906". Modern Asian Studies. 11 (4): 573–599. doi:10.1017/s0026749x00000573.
  • Yeong-Hyun Kim (2004), "Seoul", in Josef Gugler (ed.), World Cities Beyond the West, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521830034
  • Todd A. Henry (2005). "Sanitizing Empire: Japanese Articulations of Korean Otherness and the Construction of Early Colonial Seoul, 1905-1919". Journal of Asian Studies. 64.
  • Jesook Song (2006). "Historicization of Homeless Spaces: The Seoul Train Station Square and the House of Freedom". Anthropological Quarterly. George Washington University Institute for Ethnographic Research. 79.
  • Sharon Hong (2013), "Seoul", Transforming Asian Cities, UK: Routledge

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