Region: Korean Peninsula · Coordinates: 39.034, 125.754 · 6 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1592 | Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation | Konishi's army took Pyongyang (Pyeongan) Fortress. The defenders threw their weapons into the moat and fled; the grain and dried-fish stores fell to the Japanese. |
| AD 1592 | Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation | About 5,000 Ming troops attacked Pyongyang. The Japanese drew them inside and repulsed them with arrows and long spears from flanking positions; the Ming commander was killed. |
| AD 1593 | Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation | Ming and Korean allied forces launched a general assault on Pyongyang from all sides. By the evening of the second day the Japanese lost their outer works, with about 2,000 Japanese killed. |
| AD 1593 | Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation | Konishi's army evacuated Pyongyang at midnight and retreated across the frozen river. The allies entered the empty city, and the Ming commander forbade pursuit. |
| AD 1866 | Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation | The American merchant ship General Sherman went up the Taedong River near Pyongyang, was burned, and all her crew died. The text gives two versions, burning and beheading. |
| AD 1867 | Griffis, Corea, the Hermit Nation | The US ship Shenandoah surveyed the mouth of the Taedong River and heard from the Pyongyang side how the Sherman incident happened. |