Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Kim Il-Sung Biography and Timeline

Follow Kim Il-Sung through 2 dated historical records for South Korea.

Kim Il-Sung, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
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1947–1947Years on this page

1947

Government

General Secretary · Politics / Korean Workers Party

Russia sets up a Government in Pyongyang under the Korean Workers Party

Government

Head of of-State · Politics / Korean Workers Party

Appointed Head of State for North Korea

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.