Creation of Hangul (Hunminjeongeum)

Period

1443

Region

Korea

Place

Hanyang, Joseon

Category

Culture

Hunminjeongeum is a 1446 work that formally introduced the first native Korean alphabet. That alphabet was originally also called "Hunminjeongeum", although it is now widely called "Hangul" or "Chosŏn'gŭl".

Sources: Wikipedia — Hunminjeongeum · CC BY-SA 4.0