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The court ordered the dredging of the Chonggyecheon Stream in [[1760]].

The court ordered the dredging of the Chonggyecheon Stream in [[1760]].

A Japanese legation was established in the city in [[1880]].<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 245.</ref> Electric streetcar routes were built through the city around this time, including rails running through some of the city gates.<ref name=brit/> By around 1900, there were roughly 300 Westerners living in Seoul.

A Japanese legation was established in the city in [[1880]];<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 245.</ref> the US legation was established in [[1883]], followed by Russian, French, and German ones, as well as Western churches, schools, hospitals, and hotels. By around 1900, there were roughly 300 Westerners living in Seoul. Electric streetcar routes were also built through the city around this time, including rails running through some of the city gates.<ref name=brit/>  

Seoul was renamed Keijô (K: ''Gyeongseong'') by the Japanese during the [[Colonial Korea|colonial period]], from [[1910]] to 1945.

Seoul was renamed Keijô (K: ''Gyeongseong'') by the Japanese during the [[Colonial Korea|colonial period]], from [[1910]] to 1945.