Historical place archive

Seoul in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Seoul in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1951–1951

Historical events in Seoul

1951

1 January 1951
Capture of Seoul
Mao Tse-Tung · Korean War

Chinese forces capture Seoul, the capitol of South Korea

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match China and Seoul. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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