Historical place archive

Seoul in History

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

7 records6 event labels5 people1392–2025

Historical events in Seoul

1392

1392
Yi Dynasty
Yi Song-gye · House of Yi

Founds the Yi Dynasty which survives in Seoul until 1910

1907

1907
Succession
Sunjong · House of Yi

Succeeds as King of Korea

1979

26 October 1979
Death of Park Chung Hee
Park Chung Hee · Democratic Republican Party

Death of Park Chung Hee

2020

20 January 2020
COVID-19
Moon Jae-in · Government of South Korea

South Korea confirms its first COVID-19 case.

15 April 2020
COVID-19
Moon Jae-in · Government of South Korea

Holds parliamentary elections under pandemic safety measures.

2025

3 June 2025
South Korean Presidential Election
Lee Jae-myung · Government of South Korea

Wins the snap presidential election.

4 June 2025
President of South Korea
Lee Jae-myung · Government of South Korea

Is inaugurated after the snap election.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match South Korea 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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