Eulmi Sabyeon

When

8 Oct 1895

Kind

Murder

Coordinates

37.58° N, 126.98° E

Description

assassination of Empress Myeongseong

1895 murder in Seoul

Around 6 a.m. on 8 October 1895, Queen Min, the consort of the Korean monarch Gojong, was assassinated by a group of Japanese agents under Miura Gorō. After her death, she was posthumously given the title of "Empress Myeongseong". The attack happened at the royal palace Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, Joseon. This incident is known in Korea as the Eulmi Incident.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Queen Min, queen consort of Joseon (Korea), is assassinated at her private residence within Gyeongbokgung Palace by Japanese agents”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “朝鮮發生「乙未事變」，日本右翼勢力闖入皇宮殺害國母明成皇后閔茲暎，並焚屍；加劇日漸動盪的朝鮮政局。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “乙未事変。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page