- July 24. The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 (한일신협약,韓日新協約) is enforced by Japan. It states that the Korean Empire would act under guidance of the Japanese Resident-General, and have also lost its diplomatic rights as a protectorate.EN
- ハーグ密使事件
- 南大門の戦い
- 국채보상운동, 대한제국 고종황제가 강제 퇴위되고 대한제국 순종황제가 즉위, 한국과 일본간에 한·일 신협약 체결, 군대가 해산, 헤이그 특사 파견, 고종 강제퇴위, 신민회 창립KO
- September – 15 November. The Kyŏngsŏng Exhibition (경성박람회; 京城博覽會) is held in Seoul.EN
- July. Gojong is forced by Japan to abdicate in favor of his son, Emperor Sunjong.EN
- July 18. Gojong was forced to abdicate in favour of his son, Sunjong.EN
- 1905May. Yi Yong-ik (이용익,李容翊), Secretary of the Imperial Treasury, established Bosung College (보성학교,普成學校), later to be known as the Korea University (고려대학교,高麗大學校).
- 1905日露戦争
- 1905을사늑약 체결
- 1905May. Koreans arrive in Mexico for the first time.
- 1905June. the Taft–Katsura Agreement- America recognized Korea as Japanese territory and Japanese recognized Philippines as American territory.
- 1905June. 30 merchants establish the Hanseung Chamber of Commerce (한성상무회의소,漢城商務會議所), the first of its kind in Korea. The first president of the association was Kim gi-yeung (김기영,金基永). They also operated the Commerce Monthly (상공월보,商工月報), which was the first business journal.
- 1906January. Yi Yong-ik, former Secretary of the Imperial Treasury, is assassinated in Vladivostok, Russia.
- 1906September. The historic Japanese newspaper in Korea Keijō nippō is founded. The newspaper becomes the de facto official paper of the Japanese Residency-General and later Government-General.
- 1906통감부 설치
- 190823 March. Durham Stevens, an American diplomat and Japanese sympathizer, is assassinated by Korean independence activists.
- 1909October. Ito Hirobumi (the first Resident-General) is assassinated by Korean Lieutenant-General An Jung-geun (안중근,安重根). This incident was dramatized in the recent Korean musical, Hero (영웅,英雄). The musical premiered in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on August 23, 2011.
- 1909September. Gando is reclaimed by China after the Sino-Japanese convention over Gando (간도협약,間島協約).
- 1909남한 대토벌 작전 전개, 안중근이 이토 히로부미를 사살
- 1909October. The first Korean-owned private regional newspaper Gyeongnam Ilbo is established.
| - April — The territories of Manchuria are reorganized into provincesEN
- 徐錫麟、馬宗漢、秋瑾被捕处死。ZH
- 北埔事件
- July — Anhui governor Enming is assassinated by the anti-Manchu Xu XilinEN
- October — An edict is passed to create a set of codes which apply uniformly to Manchus and Han ChineseEN
- September — Empress Dowager Cixi declares her intention to create "a bicameral deliberative body"EN
- September — An edict is passed to disband provincial banner garrisons over a 10-year periodEN
- 1905봉천 회전
- 1905Batang uprising
- 1905満洲善後条約
- 1905The prohibition on transfer of property from the Eight Banners to civilians is lifted
- 1905July — The government issues an edict proclaiming the need for leading officials to investigate new ways of government from abroad
- 1905September — Anti-Manchu proponent Wu Yue fails to assassinate the constitutional study commissioners
- 1906Meishan earthquake
- 1906September — Empress Dowager Cixi promises to form a constitutional government with no specified date
- 1906废科举。丙午风灾侵袭广东珠江口一带,肇庆高要的新江云松岭文阁上三层完全倒塌,下二层石额破裂,墙壁崩颓。东莞万顷沙围堤崩溃。
- 1908December — The Guangxu Emperor's young nephew Puyi became emperor of the Qing dynasty.
- 1908November — The Guangxu Emperor died of arsenic poisoning.
- 1908西江水灾,伤亡千余人。
- 1909간도 협약
- 1909Provincial Assembly elections
- 1909Parliamentary election
| - 1905満洲善後条約
- 1905September — Russo-Japanese War: Japan became the first modern Asian nation to win a war against an Eastern European nation (Russia). The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, ceding some Russian property and territory to Japan and ending the war. Pro-war activists staged the Hibiya incendiary incident nevertheless. This changed the global world order. Japan became the main Asian power.
- 1908赤旗事件
- 1909간도 협약
- 1909伊藤博文暗殺事件
- 1909姉川地震
| - Oklahoma becomes a stateEN
- Gentlemen's AgreementEN
- Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history.EN
- 1905Albert Einstein publishes his theory of relativity
- 1905Industrial Workers of the World
- 1905Niagara Falls conference
- 1906ポーツマス条約
- 1906アルヘシラス会議
- 1906Susan B. Anthony dies
- 1906Pure Food and Drug Act and Federal Meat Inspection Act
- 1906Hepburn Act
- 1906브라운즈빌 사건
- 1906San Francisco earthquake
- 1908Federal Bureau of Investigation established
- 1908Ford Model T appears on the market
- 1908Root–Takahira Agreement
- 1908Aldrich–Vreeland Act
- 1908U.S. presidential election: William Howard Taft elected president; James S. Sherman vice president. William Jennings Bryan loses for the third and final time.
- 1909NAACP founded by W. E. B. Du Bois
- 1909Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole
- 1909Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act
- 1909Crazy Snake Rebellion
- 1909The U.S. penny is changed to the Abraham Lincoln design
- 1909March 4, 1909 – Taft becomes the 27th president; Sherman becomes the 27th vice president
- 1909Taft implements dollar diplomacy
- 1909Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
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