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To show the relevant path that Tae Kwon Do and its Korean roots have taken, this is a visual representation of its course in time from 2333BC to present day. If you wish to use this time line externally of this site please ask permission before doing so, as a lot of effort was put into its making.

Koguryo Dynasty Yi (Chosun) Dynasty Baek Je Dynasty
Silla Dynasty Koryo Dynasty

      15 June 2002 Death of General Choi Hong Hi laid to rest on 17 June 2002 at Pyongyang
      1967 Tae Kwon Do introduced into Great Britain
      11 April 1955 Tae Kwon Do inaugurated in South Korea by General Choi Hong Hi
      1945 Korea liberated from Japan and divided into North and South Korea (capitalism and communism)
      9 Nov 1918 General Choi Hong Hi born in Kilju, Korea
      1876-1938 Patriot Ahn Chang Ho, (Do San) devoted his life to education of Korea and independence movement
      29 August 1910 Korea annexed by Japan
    1910 Ahn Joong Gun (Joong Gun) executed at Lui Shang prison for assassinating Hiro Bumi Ito
    26 October 1909 Hiro Bumi Ito, assassinated at Harbin Railway Station
    1906 Hiro Bumi Ito takes office as first Japanese Governor General of Korea
    1905 Japan and Korea sign a treaty of protection giving Japan a governing role in Korea
    1894 Korea involved in Sino-Japanese War
    1790 King Chongjo instructs scholars to write 40 book on martial arts
    1592 Admiral Yi Sun Sin (Choong Moo) invents armoured submarine, known as the Kobukson. Japan invades Korea
    1536-1584 Yi I, scholar and philosopher (Yul Gok) known as the Confucius of Korea
    1501-1570 Yi Hwang, 16thC scholar and authority on Neo-Confucianism (Toi Gye)
    ---- Literary arts emphasised over martial arts
    15th Century AD Chong Mon Chu (Po Eun) poet, patriot and scientist
    1392 Koryo replaced by Yi (Chosun) dynasty. Confucianism adopted.
    ---- Martial arts and Buddhism popular
    935 AD End of Silla dynasty and formation of Koryo dynasty
    686 AD Noted monk, Won Hyo, introduces Buddhism into Silla dynasty
668 AD Unification of three kingdoms of Korea
660 AD General Gae Bek of the Baek Je dynasty, renowned for his strict military discipline
600 AD Hwa Rang (Flowering Youth) group originated – developed honour code
4th Century AD Buddhism introduced into Korea (Koguryo and Baek Je kingdoms)
400 AD Silla kingdom emerged in south east
  391-430 AD King Gwang Gae T’o Wang (Kwang Gae). 19th ruler of the Koguryo dynasty
  300 AD Baek Je kingdom emerged in south west
    1st Century BC Koguryo kingdom emerged in north
      552 BC Birth of Confucius - Chinese philosopher
      2333 BC Holy Dan Gun, legendary founder of Korea
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