Joseon (kor)

Joseon

Joseon ranks 2,104th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sint-Niklaas, Ouragahio, and Iwaki, Fukushima. Memorable people born in Joseon include Jang-geum, Queen Munjeong, and Heo Jun. Memorable people who died in Joseon include Jang-geum, Jeong Dojeon, and Sin Yun-bok. Joseon has been the birth place of many politicians, and physicians and the death place of many physicians, and politicians. Joseon is located in South Korea.

Joseon, officially Great Joseon, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in July 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in October 1897. The kingdom was founded following the aftermath of the overthrow of Goryeo in what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul. The kingdom's northernmost borders were expanded to the natural boundaries at the rivers of Amnok and Tuman through the subjugation of the Jurchens. Read more on Wikipedia