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Jeongjo of Joseon

1752 - 1800

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Jeongjo (Korean: 정조; Hanja: 正祖; 28 October 1752 – 18 August 1800), personal name Yi San (이산; 李祘), sometimes called Jeongjo the Great (정조대왕; 正祖大王), was the 22nd monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He was the second son of Crown Prince Sado and Lady Hyegyeong, and succeeded his grandfather, King Yeongjo, in 1776. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeongjo of Joseon has received more than 1,824,203 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jeongjo of Joseon is the 420th most popular politician (up from 959th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from South Korea (up from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South Korean Politician.

Jeongjo of Joseon is most famous for his abolition of the death penalty and his various reforms.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeongjo of Joseon ranks 420 out of 15,577Before him are George II of Great Britain, Severus Alexander, Albert II of Belgium, Henry the Fowler, Charles I of England, and Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. After him are Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Rurik, Goliath, Eduard Shevardnadze, Shivaji, and Sigismund III Vasa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Jeongjo of Joseon ranks 1After him are Maria Carolina of Austria, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Muzio Clementi, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Thomas Chatterton, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, Jacques Roux, Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Nguyễn Huệ. Among people deceased in 1800, Jeongjo of Joseon ranks 1After him are Alexander Suvorov, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Louis Desaix, Niccolò Piccinni, Adélaïde of France, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Peter von Biron, Salawat Yulayev, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, Jean-Antoine Marbot, and George XII of Georgia.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jeongjo of Joseon ranks 3 out of 944Before him are Sejong the Great (1397) and Park Chung-hee (1917). After him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Ban Ki-moon (1944), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), and Park Geun-hye (1952).

Among POLITICIANS In South Korea

Among politicians born in South Korea, Jeongjo of Joseon ranks 3Before him are Sejong the Great (1397) and Park Chung-hee (1917). After him are Moon Jae-in (1953), Syngman Rhee (1875), Kim Dae-jung (1924), Yeongjo of Joseon (1694), Chun Doo-hwan (1931), Sukjong of Joseon (1661), Gojong of Korea (1852), Park Geun-hye (1952), and Empress Gi (1315).