Pyongyang: All Data
Pyongyang is a city in North Korea. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Pyongyang: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
427 AD
Capital of Goguryeo Kingdom
662 AD
Mentioned in Event: Goguryeo-Tang War
662 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second conflict of the Goguryeo-Tang War
1500 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Pyongan, part of Joseon dynasty
1592 AD
Mentioned in Event: Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598)
1593 AD
Mentioned in Event: Chinese Intervention on the side of Korea
1627 AD
Mentioned in Event: Later Jin invasion of Joseon
1894 AD
Mentioned in Event: Invasion of Korea
1894 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Pyongyang (1894), part of Invasion of Korea
1905 AD
Mentioned in Event: Occupation of Korea
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Seishin Operation
1947 AD
Mentioned in Event: Creation of North and South Korea
1947 AD
Capital of People's Committee of North Korea
1948 AD
Mentioned in Event: Creation of North and South Korea
1948 AD
Capital of Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1950 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Phase (Korean War)
1950 AD
Mentioned in Event: UN offensive into North Korea
1950 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Pyongyang (1950), part of UN offensive into North Korea
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Special city of Pyongyang, part of Democratic People's Republic of Korea