1592
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Timeline of 1592
- 1592/3 Hideyoshi issues the Hitobarai-rei, revising the census process, and initiating a census to be taken that year.
- 1592/4/13 Japanese forces land on Korean soil and capture Pusan (start of Korean Invasion.
- 1592/4/15 Konishi Yukinaga captures Tongnae, a fortress north of Pusan.
- 1592/4/17 Katô Kiyomasa and Nabeshima Naoshige land on Pusan.
- 1592/4/27 Konishi Yukinaga captures Ch'ungju and marches on Seoul.
- 1592/5 Konishi Yukinaga and Katô Kiyomasa occupy Seoul.
- 1592/5/7 Korean 'turtle ships' under Admiral Yi Sun Shin sink 26 Japanese vessels near Okpo; by May 8 Yi sinks a further 18 ships.
- 1592/6/15 Konishi's division occupies P'yongyang.
- 1592/7/7 Yi Sun Shin routs a Japanese fleet near Hansando, sinking 47 ships and capturing 12.
- 1592/7/19 Katô Kiyomasa wins the Battle of Haejongch'ang in his north-eastern advance.
- 1592/8/30 50 days cease-fire agreement between Ming and Konishi Yukinaga.
- 1592/10 Japanese troops under Hosokawa Tadaoki fail to take Chinju, a fortress northwest of Pusan.
- China intervenes and attempts to recapture P'yongyang.
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