- May. Presbyterianism is introduced to Chosun by Horace Grant Underwood. Many other Christian pastors came to Chosun, which became the fundamental background for religious freedom and equality between Koreans.EN
- 11 October. The first Methodist church in Korea, Chungdong First Methodist Church, is established. The church's main chapel, built in 1897, is now the oldest extant church in Korea, and the only extant one built in the 19th century.EN
- February. The first Royal Medical Clinic, the Gwanghyewon was opened with the introduction of modern medicine by Horace Newton Allen.EN
- August. Establishment of the Baejae Hakdang by Henry Appenzeller. Although initially recognised as an 'Academy', it became a college in 1895.EN
- July. The Korea-Chinese Cable Treaty (조청전선조약, 朝淸電線條約) is signed and enforced, leading to a telegraphic connection between Hanseong and Peking.EN
- 청과 일본의 톈진조약, 일본과 한성조약 체결, 영국군이 거문도를 불법으로 점령KO
- 1883March. The Korea-Japanese Underground Cable Construction Treaty (조일해저전선부설조약,朝日海底電線敷設條約) was signed by Korea and Japan. This led to a telegraphic connection between Busan and Nagasaki.
- 1883May. American minister Lucius Foote arrived to take command of the modernization of Chosun's older army units that had not started Westernizing.
- 1883August. The first edition of the Hanseong sunbo was published. It was published in Seoul (then called Hanseong), Joseon from 1883 to 1884 as the first native Korean newspaper. It was written in Hanmun. It is not the first newspaper to be published in Korea; that was the 1881 Chōsen Shinpō, which was primarily written in both Japanese and Hanmun.
- 1883조일통상장정 체결
- 1883July. The first-ever Korean mission to the United States. The Ministry of Presswork and Publication (박문국,博文局) was opened for the modernisation of the printing industry.
- 1884The three-day Kapsin Coup begins and fails.
- 1884露朝修好通商条約
- 1884갑신정변 일어남
- 1884The Daedong Corporation (대동상회, 大同商會), the first modern domestic corporation in Korea, was established.
- 1886May. Queen Min gave her patronage to the first all-girls' educational institution, Ewha Academy (이화학당, 梨花學堂), established in Seoul by American missionary, Mary F. Scranton. This institution later became the Ewha University.
- 1886September. The Yukyeong-gongwon (육영공원, 育英公院) is established. This was the first public school to be opened in Chosun.
- 1886February. Proclamation of abolishment of slavery inheritance within Chosun. This is the unofficial start of equalisation of people within the kingdom. It also paved the way for abolishment of slavery in the Gabo Reform.
- 188625th day, 1st month. The government newspaper Hansŏng jubo is established. It is the first newspaper written primarily in the Korean language (mixed script) and the first weekly newspaper in Korea.
- 1887March. The Korean Imperial Telegraphic Office (조선전보총국, 朝鮮電報總局) was opened for a more efficient management of the telegraphic lines operating in Korea. The office was in use until 1893, when it became into the Korean Imperial Telegraphic and Postal Office (전우총국, 電郵總局).
- 1887The first electric light in Korea is lit in Gyeongbokgung.
- 1887October. American missionary William B. Scranton establishes the first women's hospital, the Lillian Harris Memorial Hospital (보구여관,普救女館). Lillian Harris Memorial Hospital would become the predecessor to Ewha Womans University hospital. The hospital also operated the first medical class for women. One of the students went to the Woman's Medical College of Baltimore, becoming the first female doctor at Korea in 1900.
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- 1887河南郑州下汛十堡(今惠济区花园口镇石桥村)发生黄河决口,致使200多万(一说93万;一说最保守估计150万;一说700万)人罹难。
- 1887September — The Yellow River flood kills up to 2 million people and makes an additional 2 million homeless. At the time, it was the deadliest natural disaster ever recorded.
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- 天津条約締結。内閣制度が発足し、太政官制廃止。山手線が開業。
- 1883鹿鳴館が建立。
- 1883高田事件
- 1884Chichibu incident: A peasants rebellion.
- 1884加波山事件
- 1886ノルマントン号事件
- 1886静岡事件
- 1887中央気象台発足。
| - 1883Brooklyn Bridge opens
- 1883Buffalo Bill's Wild West show founded. participants include: Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Calamity Jane, and Annie Oakley.
- 1883Joseph Pulitzer buys the New York World
- 1883Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
- 1883Civil Rights Cases 109 US 3 1883 legalizes doctrine of segregation
- 1883The Southern section of the second transcontinental railroad line is completed.
- 1884Washington Monument completed
- 1884U.S. presidential election, 1884: Grover Cleveland elected president and Thomas A. Hendricks elected vice president
- 1884March 4, 1885 – Cleveland becomes the 22nd president; Hendricks becomes the 21st vice president
- 1884November 25, 1885 – Vice President Hendricks dies
- 1886ヘイマーケット事件
- 1886Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) dedicated
- 1886Charleston earthquake
- 1886American Federation of Labor founded in Columbus, Ohio
- 1886Haymarket Square Riot
- 1887The United States Congress creates Interstate Commerce Commission
- 1887ドーズ法
- 1887Crow War
- 1887Sonora earthquake
- 1887Thibodaux massacre
- 1887Hatch Act
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