1592

Timeline of 1592

(Bunroku 1; 文禄一年)

• 1592/4/13 Japanese forces land on Korean soil and capture Pusan.
• 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.