DragonsOfTheYellowSea:HistoricalBackground

Timeline of events

1806 child king, unrest in Korea

Slavery is slowly disappearing in Korea. All government slaves freed. (Around 1806).

Droughts. Corruption. People migrating to mainland. Aristocracy (yong-ban) is slowly losing its grip, there is a rising merchant class.

China's influence waning, Japanese influence rising. There are starting to be Japanese advisors in Korean military.

1846 the French frigates Gloire and Victorieuse sent to investigate massacre of missionaries. The ships grounded and the crews were transported home by English ships.

1850 - The Taiping Rebellion in China, lasts around 15 years. Ideals of equality. dragons too! 1850- There are around 15,000 Korean Catholics.

1853- U.S. gunboat South America stops in Pusan. Stays 10 days without inicident.

1855 and also in 1865, a number of shipwrecked American sailors were picked up on the Korean shores.

1862 - Peasant rebellion in Korea. Donghak rebellion Tonghak, religious movement, equality

Paek nak-sin oppressive military commander. (Yi nong-nyun), intellectual who led the rebellion. Investigator sent to the scene.

1864 - King Gojong, an 11-year-old prince, is adopted by the elderly Queen Cho (mother of the previous king) and made king. His father as regent becomes a powerful force for reform.

1860s-1870s American and French attacks on Korea were driven off. 1866 another French expedition was defeated at the mouth of the Han River 1866 burning of the General Sherman, an armed American merchantman. US considers war. 1871 American expedition led by Admiral Rodgers defeated