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Yi Yong-ik
Yi Yong-ik (6 January 1854 - 1907 Hangul: 이용익 Hanja: 李容翊) was an official, and politician of the Korean Empire. As an official, Yi was very interested in education. He established Bosung College, which later becomes Korea University. As an officer he was also a lieutenant general of the Imperial Korean Army. Life On 6 January 1854, Yi was born in Hamgyong Province, which is nowadays part of North Korea. His father, Yi Hak-shin was an official too. However, his family was a poor peasant family. Almost nothing is acknowledged about his family. He was not able to get a good education but he learned Chinese Characters from school. Yi became friends with Min Young-ik. In 1882, during Imo Incident he used his fast walk to contact with Empress Myeongseong. Gojong appointed him as Busa of Tanchon. Yi had an ability to find where the golds are located. These golds found from Tanchon helped developing the country a lot. For these accomplishments, Yi became a high ranked finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yun Ung-nyeol
General Yun Ung-nyeol or Yun Woong Niel, also known as Yun Ung-ryeol (윤웅렬, 1840-1911), was a Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire soldier and Gaehwa Party politician. Yun Ung-nyeol was a pro-Japanese scholar-bureaucrat of the Joseon Dynasty and Korean Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A penname of his was Bangye (반계/磻溪). Biography Yun Ung-nyeol was a member of one of the prominent yangban families of Korea. His family was considered wealthy, "100 Koreans Freed; But Baron Yun Chi-ho and Other Prominent Men Are Found Guilty," ''New York Times.'' March 21, 1913. but he was illegitimate child of his father. In 1857, Yun passed the |
Empress Myeongseong
Empress Myeongseong or Empress Myungsung (명성황후 민씨; 17 November 1851 – 8 October 1895In lunar calendar, the Empress was born on 25 September 1851 and died on 20 August 1895), informally known as Empress Min, was the official wife of Gojong, the 26th king of Joseon and the first emperor of the Korean Empire. She was posthumously called Myeongseong, the Great Empress (). Empress Myeongseong was considered an obstacle by the government of Meiji Japan (明治政府) to its overseas expansion. However, she took a harsher stand against Japanese influence after the Heungseon Daewongun's failed rebellions that were intended to remove her from the political arena. After Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War, Joseon Korea came under the Japanese sphere of influence. The empress advocated stronger ties between Korea and Russia in an attempt to block Japanese influence in Korea. Miura Gorō, the Japanese Minister to Korea at that time and a retired army lieutenant-g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1907 Deaths
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1854 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the ''Samarang''. * January 6 – The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is perhaps born. * January 9 – The Teutonia Männerchor in Pittsburgh, U.S.A. is founded to promote German culture. * January 20 – The North Carolina General Assembly in the United States charters the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, to run from Goldsboro through New Bern, to the newly created seaport of Morehead City, near Beaufort. * January 21 – The iron clipper runs aground off the east coast of Ireland, on her maiden voyage out of Liverpool, bound for Australia, with the loss of at least 300 out of 650 on board. * February 11 – Major streets are lit by coal gas for the first time by the San Francisco Gas Company; 86 such lamps are turned on this evening in San Francisco, California. * February 13 – Mexican troops force William Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Kyu-seol
Han Kyu-seol (Hangul:한규설, Hanja:韓圭卨 29 February 1848 – 22 September 1930) was a prime minister of Korean Empire when Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed. Han opposed the treaty, but he failed to prevent it from being signed. Life Han was born on 29 February 1848 in Seoul. In his young age, Han passed the Gwageo's military examination. In 1884, Han became the commander of army of the in Gyeongsang-right province. During the Gapsin Coup, his younger brother, Han Kyu-jin was killed. Gojong of Korea was pathetic about him so that Gojong appointed Han one of the Commissioner Generals of the police. With Yu Kil-chun, Han traveled United States. After the proclaim of Korean Empire, Han was appointed in many important jobs. On 15 February 1902, Han was appointed as Minister of Law. On 27 August 1905, Han was appointed as the prime minister, then Lieutenant General of the army on 8 November 1905. As a prime minister, Han opposed the Eulsa Treaty. However, Han failed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan–Korea Treaty Of 1905
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905, also known as the Eulsa Treaty, Eulsa Unwilling Treaty or Japan–Korea Protectorate Treaty, was made between the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire in 1905. Negotiations were concluded on November 17, 1905. The treaty deprived Korea of its diplomatic sovereignty and made Korea a protectorate of Imperial Japan. It resulted from Imperial Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Names In the metonymy Eulsa Treaty, the word ''Eulsa'' or ''Ulsa'' derives the Sexagenary Cycle's 42nd year of the Korean calendar, in which the treaty was signed. The treaty is identified by several names including ''Second Japan–Korea Convention'' (Japanese: 第二次日韓協約, Korean: 제2차 한일협약, 第二次韓日協約), ''Eulsa Restriction Treaty'' (Korean: 을사늑약, 乙巳勒約), ''Eulsa Protection Treaty'' (Japanese: 乙巳保護条約, Korean: 을사보호조약), and ''Korea Protection Treaty'' (Japanese: 韓国保護条約). Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Taegeuk
Order of the Taegeuk was an order of chivalry of the Korean Empire that was given to military or civil officials. It was divided into eight classes. It was part of the establishments of orders on 17 April 1900. From 22 April 1900, order of the taegeuk started to be awarded. Classes Following were the classes and who were the recipients of it: * 1st Class: Ministers who already got 2nd Class and worked well for 5 or more years after getting 2nd Class. After getting 1st class, officials are able to receive Order of the Plum Blossom. * 2nd Class: Officials who already got 3rd Class and worked well for 4 or more years after getting 3rd Class. * 3rd Class: Officials who already got 4th Class and worked well for 4 or more years after getting 4th Class. * 4th Class: Officials who already got 5th Class and worked well for 4 or more years after getting 5th Class. * 5th Class: Officials who already got 6th Class and worked well for 4 or more years after getting 6th Class. * 6th Class: Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan–Korea Treaty Of 1904
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1904 was made between representatives of the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire in 1904. Negotiations were concluded on February 23, 1904.Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921–1922. (1922). ; excerpt, "Treaty of Alliance between Japan and Korea, dated February 23, 1904." Though Korea declared neutral to Russo-Japanese War, Japanese troops entered Seoul on 9th February 1904, declared war to Russia and kidnapped some pro-Russia in Korea including Lee Yong-ik (이용익). The treaty was confirmed invalid in 1965 by Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea Treaty provisions The treaty preamble asserted that the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs ''ad interim'' of His Majesty the Emperor of Korea were "respectively duly empowered" to negotiate and to agree upon the specific language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yi Hak-gyun
Yi Hak-gyun (Korean: 이학균, Chinese: 李學均) was a general and an official of Korean Empire. He was one of the Pro-Russian and American politicians of the Korean Empire like Yi Yong-ik. Bibliography In 1888, Yi was appointed as Aide-de-camp to William McEntyre Dye, the headmaster of the Yunmu Military Academy. In May 1895, Yi was appointed as the commander of the 1st battalion, and in July of the same year Yi became Jong 2 Poom. The night that Empress Myeongseong was assassinated by the Japanese ronins and soldiers, Yi reported the conspicuous circumstance of Gyeongbokgung to William McEntyre Dye, and Afanasy Seredin-Sabatin. By 4 A.M., Yi knew something abnormal was going on the palace; therefore, he woke General Dye and an English Diplomat. Then, he took of his military uniform and escaped the palace. With Yi Bum-jin, he refuged to Russian Legation in Korea. In 1896, Minister of Gungnaebu Yi Jae-soon appointed him as a translator of Gungnaebu. In July 1897, Yi was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major theatres of military operations were located in Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden in Southern Manchuria, and the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan. Russia sought a warm-water port on the Pacific Ocean both for its navy and for maritime trade. Vladivostok remained ice-free and operational only during the summer; Port Arthur, a naval base in Liaodong Province leased to Russia by the Qing dynasty of China from 1897, was operational year round. Russia had pursued an expansionist policy east of the Urals, in Siberia and the Far East, since the reign of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century. Since the end of the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895, Japan had feared Russian en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwangmu Reform
The Gwangmu Reform (Korean" 광무개혁, Hanja: 光武改革, ''Gwangmu Gaehyeok'') was a collection of reforms that were aimed at modernizing and westernizing the Korean Empire as it felt held back from what other countries had achieved in their own process of industrial revolutions. The reforms that took place during the Gwangmu Era from 1897 to 1907 showed, in the long term, Korean potential for starting and achieving modernisation. This sort of development was unseen until the Chang Myon-era of the 1960s and 1970s. The Gwangmu reform of Emperor Gojong later staged the fundamental background for future Korean development in infrastructure, reforming the economy and creating the nucleus of the modern bureaucracy and military. Reforms Abolition of the status system Following the collapse of the Gabo government proclaiming the abolition of the status system, the loyalists’ cabinet was formed in 1896. The new cabinet, which became the Gwangmu government after the establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independence Club
The Independence Association (독립협회, 獨立協會) was founded through the initiative of Philip Jaisohn (Seo Jae-pil) on July 2, 1896. At its founding it was recognized by the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Despite some remarkable achievements, by the late nineteenth century Korea found itself wholly unable to resist, or even properly comprehend the encroachments of foreign powers. Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War had both removed the Chinese from the peninsula and exacted an acknowledgment of Korean independence, but the country's independence was fragile, with Japan, Russia, and other powers vying for influence. The group was founded by reform-minded citizens, and worked to strengthen Korean independence, promote national self-strengthening, create a public sphere, and advocate democratic participation in government decisions. The club published a newspaper, Tongnip Sinmun (The Independent), and worked to create symbols of Korean independence. It support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
