1897年

1897年 — 韩国: 대한제국 고종이 제위에 등극하고, 대한제국을 수립해 연호를 광무로 고침 / 日本: 貨幣法が公布され、金本位制が確立する / 美国: Lattimer massacre

事件12条。正文照录原始年表原文，来源见来源与许可。上下灰色行是前后2年的脉络。

韩国大韓帝國 1897–1910	中国清朝 1636–1912	日本明治 1868–1912	美国美国 1776–
대한제국 고종이 제위에 등극하고, 대한제국을 수립해 연호를 광무로 고침KO October. King Gojong proclaims the Korean Empire and is crowned at the religious shrine Hwangudan in Seoul.EN February. King Gojong established the Board of Marshals. All military power was henceforth centralized to the Emperor.EN November. John McLeavy Brown constructs Pagoda Park.EN September. The Donghwa Pharmacy opened in Seoul, Korea. The established corporation, now known as the Dong Wha Pharmacy Corporation., Limited (동화약품(주), 同和藥品(株)). The company, now the oldest pharmacy-based corporation in Korea, has products that are nationally famous, with its 'folding fan' trademark.EN 20 February. King Gojong returned to the palace after 1 year of refuge at the Russian legation.EN 18958 October. Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese agents under Miura Goro. 1896January. Joseon begins to use the Gregorian calendar. 18962 July. Establishment of the Independence Club by Seo Jae-pil (서재필,徐載弼). 1896April. Tongnip sinmun, the first private modern Korean newspaper, is founded. 1896February. Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation. 189611 February. King Gojong flees to the Russian legation in Seoul. 1898May. The Jong-hyun Catholic Church (종현본당, 鐘峴本堂) was finished of construction. It was the first Gothic architecture to be built in Korea. It was later called the Myeongdong Cathedral, the centre of the Korean 20th century. It is registered as a national historical landmark. 1898January. Independence Gate is constructed in Seoul. 1898January. The Seoul Electric Corporation (한성전기회사, 漢城電氣會社), or the Korea-American Electric Corporation (한미전기회사,韓美電氣會社) was opened as a joint-venture company between Americans Henry Collbran, H.R. Bostwick and Emperor Gojong. 1898만민공동회 개최, 독립신문에 여권 통문을 발표 1898August. Brown reported blueprint of the Pan-Korean railway to Gojong. 1898September 5. The Imperial Capital Gazette released its first print. The president of the company was Nam Gung-euk (남궁억,南宮檍). 1898September. Kim Hong-nyuk (김홍륙,金鴻陸) attempted assassination of Gojong by putting excess amount of opium in his coffee. It is to be noted that Gojong was a coffee lover. While Gojong spat out the coffee upon drinking it, his son Sunjong drank the opium-tainted coffee and suffered from mental and physical disabilities from the incident. 1899September. The establishment of the Northwest Railway Bureau (서북철도국,西北鐵道局), an agency within the Gungnaebu (궁내부,宮內府). Its mission was to construct a railway from Seoul to Sinuiju (신의주,新義州) without the help from foreign countries. This department later became the Korail, or the Korea Railroad Corporation (한국철도공사,韓國鐵道公社). 1899May. American businessmen Henry Collbran and H.R.Bostwick opened the first tram lines within Seoul (the West gate-East gate line). 1899대한국 국제를 공포, 동대문-서대문 전차 개통 1899August. The promulgation of the Korean Imperial Legislation (대한제국국제, 大韓帝國國制) by the Ministry of Justice (법규교정소,法規校正所). This is of certain significance, as it led to Gojong's success in modernisation of the empire. It also took international laws into consideration. Although the actual legislation is very short, numerous other edicts were proclaimed to be used like laws. 1899April. The Gyeongseong Medical School, the first modern national hospital, opened. It is the forerunner to the present-day Seoul National University Hospital. 1899January. Several Korean entrepreneurs and high-ranking officials establish the Daehan Cheon-il Bank (대한천일은행, 大韓天一銀行). The bank operated as both a local bank and central bank. The bank is the predecessor of the Woori Bank.	本年无收录事件 1895威海衛之戰 1895营口之战 1895步月樓戰役 1895嘉義之役 1895火燒庄戰役 1895甲午战争 1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, under which it recognized the independence of Joseon, granted Japan MFN status and ceded to it Penghu, Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula. 1898戊戌变法 1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi puts the Guangxu Emperor under house arrest 1898旅大租地条约 1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi comes to power 1898September — Zhang Yuanji recommends ending Manchu-Han differences and dissolving the Eight Banners system 1898September — The Guangxu Emperor was removed from the imperial palace in a coup organized by Cixi and Ronglu, the Viceroy of Zhili. 1899道士王圓籙于敦煌石窟第17窟发现大量书画经卷。	貨幣法が公布され、金本位制が確立する。JA 1895乙未戰爭 1895遼南條約 1895April — The First Sino-Japanese War is won by the Japanese, resulting in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times. For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan. Korea became a vassal state of Japan. 1895May — Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895) 1896明治三陸地震 1896June — Sanriku earthquake kills 22,066 people. 1898니시-로젠 협정 1898第1次大隈内閣成立（日本初の政党内閣）。 1899义和团运动 1899著作権保護等を定めたベルヌ条約に加盟。	Lattimer massacreEN Intentona de YaucoEN Tennessee Centennial and International ExpositionEN Dingley tariffEN Boston subway completedEN 1895William Randolph Hearst purchases the New York Morning Journal 1895Lee Shelton shoots Billy Lyons, spawning countless ballads. 1895Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. strikes down part of Wilson-Gorman Tariff 1896Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike 1896Utah becomes a state 1896Henry Ford builds his first automobile 1896Plessy v. Ferguson 163 US 537 1896 affirms the idea of "separate but equal" 1896U.S. presidential election, 1896: William McKinley elected president and Garret A. Hobart vice president 1896William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech 1896March 4, 1897 – McKinley becomes the 25th president; and Hobart becomes the 24th vice president 1898巴黎條約 1898Hawaii annexed 1898USS Maine explodes in Havana, Cuba harbor, precipitating the Spanish–American War 1898윌밍턴 학살 1898Newlands Resolution 1898Battle of Virden 1898American Anti-Imperialist League organized 1898Battle of Sugar Point 1898The City of Greater New York is created through the annexation of Brooklyn, Western Queens County, and Staten Island into New York City 1898De Lôme Letter 1899义和团运动 1899American Samoa occupied 1899Tripartite Convention 1899Teller Amendment 1899November 21, 1899 – Vice President Garret Hobart dies 1899Newsboys' strike of 1899 1899Paris Arbitral Award

韩国大韓帝國 1897–1910

中国清朝 1636–1912

日本明治 1868–1912

美国美国 1776–

대한제국 고종이 제위에 등극하고, 대한제국을 수립해 연호를 광무로 고침KO
October. King Gojong proclaims the Korean Empire and is crowned at the religious shrine Hwangudan in Seoul.EN
February. King Gojong established the Board of Marshals. All military power was henceforth centralized to the Emperor.EN
November. John McLeavy Brown constructs Pagoda Park.EN
September. The Donghwa Pharmacy opened in Seoul, Korea. The established corporation, now known as the Dong Wha Pharmacy Corporation., Limited (동화약품(주), 同和藥品(株)). The company, now the oldest pharmacy-based corporation in Korea, has products that are nationally famous, with its 'folding fan' trademark.EN
20 February. King Gojong returned to the palace after 1 year of refuge at the Russian legation.EN

18958 October. Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese agents under Miura Goro.
1896January. Joseon begins to use the Gregorian calendar.
18962 July. Establishment of the Independence Club by Seo Jae-pil (서재필,徐載弼).
1896April. Tongnip sinmun, the first private modern Korean newspaper, is founded.
1896February. Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation.
189611 February. King Gojong flees to the Russian legation in Seoul.
1898May. The Jong-hyun Catholic Church (종현본당, 鐘峴本堂) was finished of construction. It was the first Gothic architecture to be built in Korea. It was later called the Myeongdong Cathedral, the centre of the Korean 20th century. It is registered as a national historical landmark.
1898January. Independence Gate is constructed in Seoul.
1898January. The Seoul Electric Corporation (한성전기회사, 漢城電氣會社), or the Korea-American Electric Corporation (한미전기회사,韓美電氣會社) was opened as a joint-venture company between Americans Henry Collbran, H.R. Bostwick and Emperor Gojong.
1898만민공동회 개최, 독립신문에 여권 통문을 발표
1898August. Brown reported blueprint of the Pan-Korean railway to Gojong.
1898September 5. The Imperial Capital Gazette released its first print. The president of the company was Nam Gung-euk (남궁억,南宮檍).
1898September. Kim Hong-nyuk (김홍륙,金鴻陸) attempted assassination of Gojong by putting excess amount of opium in his coffee. It is to be noted that Gojong was a coffee lover. While Gojong spat out the coffee upon drinking it, his son Sunjong drank the opium-tainted coffee and suffered from mental and physical disabilities from the incident.
1899September. The establishment of the Northwest Railway Bureau (서북철도국,西北鐵道局), an agency within the Gungnaebu (궁내부,宮內府). Its mission was to construct a railway from Seoul to Sinuiju (신의주,新義州) without the help from foreign countries. This department later became the Korail, or the Korea Railroad Corporation (한국철도공사,韓國鐵道公社).
1899May. American businessmen Henry Collbran and H.R.Bostwick opened the first tram lines within Seoul (the West gate-East gate line).
1899대한국 국제를 공포, 동대문-서대문 전차 개통
1899August. The promulgation of the Korean Imperial Legislation (대한제국국제, 大韓帝國國制) by the Ministry of Justice (법규교정소,法規校正所). This is of certain significance, as it led to Gojong's success in modernisation of the empire. It also took international laws into consideration. Although the actual legislation is very short, numerous other edicts were proclaimed to be used like laws.
1899April. The Gyeongseong Medical School, the first modern national hospital, opened. It is the forerunner to the present-day Seoul National University Hospital.
1899January. Several Korean entrepreneurs and high-ranking officials establish the Daehan Cheon-il Bank (대한천일은행, 大韓天一銀行). The bank operated as both a local bank and central bank. The bank is the predecessor of the Woori Bank.

本年无收录事件

1895威海衛之戰
1895营口之战
1895步月樓戰役
1895嘉義之役
1895火燒庄戰役
1895甲午战争
1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, under which it recognized the independence of Joseon, granted Japan MFN status and ceded to it Penghu, Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula.
1898戊戌变法
1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi puts the Guangxu Emperor under house arrest
1898旅大租地条约
1898September — Empress Dowager Cixi comes to power
1898September — Zhang Yuanji recommends ending Manchu-Han differences and dissolving the Eight Banners system
1898September — The Guangxu Emperor was removed from the imperial palace in a coup organized by Cixi and Ronglu, the Viceroy of Zhili.
1899道士王圓籙于敦煌石窟第17窟发现大量书画经卷。

貨幣法が公布され、金本位制が確立する。JA

1895乙未戰爭
1895遼南條約
1895April — The First Sino-Japanese War is won by the Japanese, resulting in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times. For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan. Korea became a vassal state of Japan.
1895May — Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
1896明治三陸地震
1896June — Sanriku earthquake kills 22,066 people.
1898니시-로젠 협정
1898第1次大隈内閣成立（日本初の政党内閣）。
1899义和团运动
1899著作権保護等を定めたベルヌ条約に加盟。

Lattimer massacreEN
Intentona de YaucoEN
Tennessee Centennial and International ExpositionEN
Dingley tariffEN
Boston subway completedEN

1895William Randolph Hearst purchases the New York Morning Journal
1895Lee Shelton shoots Billy Lyons, spawning countless ballads.
1895Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. strikes down part of Wilson-Gorman Tariff
1896Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike
1896Utah becomes a state
1896Henry Ford builds his first automobile
1896Plessy v. Ferguson 163 US 537 1896 affirms the idea of "separate but equal"
1896U.S. presidential election, 1896: William McKinley elected president and Garret A. Hobart vice president
1896William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech
1896March 4, 1897 – McKinley becomes the 25th president; and Hobart becomes the 24th vice president
1898巴黎條約
1898Hawaii annexed
1898USS Maine explodes in Havana, Cuba harbor, precipitating the Spanish–American War
1898윌밍턴 학살
1898Newlands Resolution
1898Battle of Virden
1898American Anti-Imperialist League organized
1898Battle of Sugar Point
1898The City of Greater New York is created through the annexation of Brooklyn, Western Queens County, and Staten Island into New York City
1898De Lôme Letter
1899义和团运动
1899American Samoa occupied
1899Tripartite Convention
1899Teller Amendment
1899November 21, 1899 – Vice President Garret Hobart dies
1899Newsboys' strike of 1899
1899Paris Arbitral Award