1392 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye leads a coup d'état, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon
• Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey is conquered by Sultan Beyazid I
• Louis de Valois is created the 1st Duke of Orléans, the second time this title was created
• Erfurt University is founded in Erfurt, central Germany
• December 16 - Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu, ending the nanboku-cho period of competing imperial courts

Births

Deaths

• Chong Mong-Chu, Goryeo diplomat and poet