Geonyang

Geonyang (建陽) was the era name of Joseon used from 1 January 1896 to 16 August 1897.

The radical Enlightenment faction (Gaehwadang) of Joseon pursued the domestic reform plan created during the Gabo Reform (1894) after the Eulmi Incident (1895), set the 17th day of the 11th lunar month of 1895 as 1 January 1896 in the solar calendar, and named the era "Geonyang (建陽)".

Era beginning

• On the 15th day of the 11th month of the 504th year of the Gaeguk (開國) era (30 December 1895), the official calendar was changed from the Shixian calendar to the Gregorian calendar, and the era name was set as Geonyang (建陽); the era was formally begun on the following year's 1 January 1896 solar date (17th day of the 11th lunar month of 1895).

• On the 17th day of the 8th month of the 2nd year of Geonyang (建陽), the name of the state was changed to the Korean Empire, and as the emperor title was adopted, the era was re-established as Gwangmu (光武).

Conversion to the Gregorian calendar

• As the Eulmi Reform was implemented, the Shixian calendar (時憲曆), a lunisolar calendar, was used up to the Gaeguk era name, and after the era was begun as Geonyang, the calendar was converted to the Gregorian calendar, a solar calendar.

Year correspondence table

Year correspondence table

Year correspondence table