Timeline of Seoul
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seoul, South Korea.
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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
- Eight Gates built.
- Sungkyunkwan founded.
- 1412 - Changdeokgung Palace built.
- 1414 - Namdaemun Market active.
- 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
- Kurisudo sinmun newspaper begins publication.[2]
- Independence Gate erected.
- 1898 - Myeongdong Cathedral consecrated.
- 1899 - Gwallim Middle School established.
- 1900
20th century
1900s-1950s
- 1901 – Busan-Seoul railway begins operating.[3]
- 1905
- Uiju-Seoul railway begins operating.[1]
- Dongdaemun Market in business.
- 1906 – Keijō Nippō newspaper established.[4]
- 1907 – Seoul Sanitation Association founded.[4]
- 1908 – Gyeongseong Gamok (prison) in operation.
- 1910
- 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.
- 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).
- 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
- 28 June: Hangang Bridge bombing; city taken by North Korean army.
- 16 July: Yongsan bombing.
- 22–25 September: Second Battle of Seoul.
- 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.
- 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
- Jingwan-dong (Gupabal) was incorporated to Seoul from Goyang County.
- World Taekwondo Headquarters established.
- 1974
- Seoul Metropolitan Subway begins operating.
- Korean Film Archive and Chugye University for the Arts established.
- 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
- Lucky-Goldstar Football Club formed.
- Bukhansan National Park established.
- 1985
- 63 Building constructed.
- Population: 9,639,110.[7]
- 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
- Blue House (government residence) built.
- KBS Hall opens.
- 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
- Bukchon Preservation and Regeneration Project established.[13]
- Kumho Art Hall opens.
21st century
- 2001
- Incheon International Airport begins operating.
- Seoul World Cup Stadium opens.
- ETP music festival begins.
- 2002
- FIFA World Cup held.
- Lee Myung-bak becomes mayor.
- Seoul Museum of History established.
- 2003 - Hyperion Tower built.
- 2004
- Samsung Tower Palace built.
- Seoul Station renovated.[14]
- Seoul Metropolitan Government Amazones football club formed.
- 2005 - Seoul Forest opens.
- 2006 - Oh Se-hoon becomes mayor.
- 2009
- Moonlight Rainbow Fountain installed.
- West Seoul Lake Park opens.
- 2010 - November: G-20 summit held.
- 2011
- June: Floods.
- October: Asian Network of Major Cities 21 meeting held.
- Park Won-soon becomes mayor.
- Population: 10,581,728.[15]
- Shinbundang Line opens
- 2012
- International Finance Center Seoul opens
- ABU Radio Song Festival held.
- Seoul City Hall rebuilt.
- 2014 - Dongdaemun Design Plaza opens
- 2015 - Gocheok Sky Dome opens
- 2016 - March: AI AlphaGo versus Lee Sedol match played.
- 2018 - Population: 9,962,393[16]
See also
References
- Bishop, Isabella Lucy Bird; Howarth, Osbert John Radcliffe (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 908–913. . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.).
- "WorldCat". USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- Hunter 1977.
- Henry 2005.
- Britannica 1910.
- "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1955. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations.
- Yeong-Hyun Kim 2004.
- "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. 1976. pp. 253–279.
- "San Francisco Sister Cities". USA: City & County of San Francisco. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office. 1987. pp. 247–289.
- "A history of cities in 50 buildings", The Guardian, UK, 2015
- "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
- Hong 2013.
- Jesook Song 2006.
- "Get to Know Us". Seoul Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- Seoul Population. (2018-12-01). Retrieved 2019-04-01, from http://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/seoul/
Bibliography
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1910). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 667–668. .
- 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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