Korean Empire

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empire historical country monarchy sovereign state

The Korean Empire was a short-lived sovereign state that ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1897 to 1910, during which it attempted modernization and reform before being annexed by Japan.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Great Korean Empire 1
대한제국 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf empire ⓘ
historical country ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
annexationTreaty Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty ⓘ
surface form: Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910
annexedBy Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
capital Gyeongseong ⓘ
surface form: Hanseong

Seoul ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
conventionalLongName Korean Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Korean Empire
country Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Korea
currency won ⓘ
yang ⓘ
dissolved 1910-08-29 ⓘ
emperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
Sunjong of Korea ⓘ
endYear 1910 ⓘ
eraName Gojong of Korea ⓘ
surface form: Gwangmu

Yunghui ⓘ
established 1897-10-12 ⓘ
firstEmperor Gojong of Korea ⓘ
flag Aegukga ⓘ
surface form: Taegukgi
foreignInfluence Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Qing dynasty ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
constitutional monarchy (nominal, late period) ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Emperor of Korea ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
independenceRecognizedBy Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ
introduced modern education system ⓘ
modern military reforms ⓘ
modern postal system ⓘ
railways ⓘ
telegraph system ⓘ
lastEmperor Sunjong of Korea ⓘ
lastRulingDynasty House of Yi ⓘ
legalSystemReform modern legal codes ⓘ
locatedIn Korean Peninsula ⓘ
modernizationPolicy Gwangmu Reform ⓘ
nativeName Korean Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 대한제국
nativeNameLanguage Korean ⓘ
officialLanguage Korean ⓘ
predecessor Joseon ⓘ
protectorateEstablishedBy Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905 ⓘ
protectorateOf Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
recognizedIndependenceFrom Qing dynasty ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Confucianism ⓘ
Shamanism ⓘ
rulingHouse House of Yi ⓘ
surface form: Jeonju Yi clan
startYear 1897 ⓘ
successor Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Korea

Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
urbanDevelopment modernization of Seoul ⓘ
usedCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar

traditional lunisolar calendar ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean Empire → conventionalLongName → Korean Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Korean Empire
Battle of Seonghwan → countryAtTime → Korean Empire ⓘ
Franz Eckert → employer → Korean Empire ⓘ
Korean Empire → nativeName → Korean Empire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 대한제국
Choe Yong-gon → placeOfBirth → Korean Empire ⓘ
Kang Pan-sok → placeOfBirth → Korean Empire ⓘ
Korea under Japanese rule → precededBy → Korean Empire ⓘ