함흥

Region: Korean Peninsula · Coordinates: 39.920, 127.540 · 7 events

Events

YearSourceAccount
AD 56Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms)He attacked Dongokjeo and made its land into towns; the borders extended to the eastern sea and, to the south, the Salsu River. tradition
AD 1107Goryeosa (History of Goryeo)Yun Gwan greatly defeats the Jurchen, sets the boundaries, and builds four fortress towns of Ung, Yeong, Bok and Gil (the Nine Fortresses of the Northeast).
AD 1362Goryeosa (History of Goryeo)When Yi Seong-gye withdraws and camps at Dapsang-gok, Na Ha-chu, enraged, moves to Deoksan-dong, and Yi Seong-gye attacks him by night and defeats him.
AD 1364Goryeosa (History of Goryeo)When the enemy takes Hamju, the commander abandons his troops and flees; Han Bang-sin and Kim Gwi advance to Hwaju but are broken, and all the land north of Hwaju falls.
AD 1364Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)1364: Jurchen Samseon, Samgae and others take Hamju; the chiefs Jeon I-do and Yi Hui abandon their troops and flee. Yi Seong-gye was away relieving the northwest
AD 1372Goryeosa (History of Goryeo)The Japanese raid Hamju and Bukcheong-ju, and Mandu Jo In-byeok, with an ambush, defeats them badly and cuts off more than seventy heads.
AD 1385Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History)1385: 150 Japanese ships invade Hamju, Hongwon, Bukcheong and elsewhere, killing or carrying off nearly everyone. Sim Deok-bu and others are defeated north of Daemunryeong in Hongwon, and Yi Seong-gye asks to go attack them and sets the dispositions at Hamju

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