* 1501 – Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar ( d. 1570 )

** Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar ( b. 1501 )

** Yi Hwang, Korean Confucian scholar ( d. 1570 )

Famous practitioners such as Kim Chukp ' a, Yi Saenggang and Hwang Byungki.

Yi Hwang ( 1501 – 1570 ) and Yi I ( 1536 – 1584 ), who are often referred to by their pen names Toe gye and Yul gok, are commemorated today on South Korea's 1, 000-and 5, 000-Won notes respectively, and in the names of major thoroughfares in central Seoul.

Such schools produced many neo-Confucian scholars, including individuals such as Jo Gwang-jo, Yi Hwang, and Yi I.

Yi Hwang and Yi I were the most prominent of these new theorists.

* Yi Hwang ( Pen name Toegye ) ( 1501 – 1570 )

Yi I ( 이이 李珥, December 26, 1536 – 1584 ) was one of the two most prominent Korean Confucian scholars of the Joseon Dynasty, the other being his older contemporary, Yi Hwang ( Toegye ).

He married at 22 and a half, went to visit Yi Hwang at Dosan the following year.

He did not completely agree with the dualistic Neo-Confucianism teachings followed by Yi Hwang.

Unlike Yi Hwang, who suffered through tumultous times and did not enjoy being in politics, Yi I was an active official who thought it important to implement Confucian values and principles to government administration.

* Yi Hwang

Yi Hwang is often referred to by his pen name Toegye (" Retreating Creek ").

Yi Hwang was born in Ongye-ri, Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, in 1501.

Yi Hwang was disillusioned by the power struggles and discord in the royal court during the later years of King Jungjong's reign and left political office.

When King Myeongjong suddenly died, his successor King Seonjo appointed Yi Hwang as Yejo panseo ( hangul: 예조판서, hanja: 禮曹判書, minister of rites ) but he declined and returned to his home once again.

However, the king continuously called Yi Hwang back and unable to refuse further, he resumed office at the age of 68 and wrote many advisory documents including Seonghak sipdo ( hangul: 성학십도, hanja: 聖學十圖, " Ten Diagrams on Sage Learning ").

Toe-gye Yi Hwang ( 1501 – 70 ), one of the most prominent of all Korean scholars, came from Andong.

In the Four – Seven Debate with Ki Daesung, Toegye ( Yi Hwang, 1501 – 70 ), while being still dualistic, broke away from Chu Hsi by espousing the reciprocal emanation ( hobal ) of i and ki: with the Four, ki follows i when i becomes emanant ; with the Seven, when ki becomes emanant, i ‘ rides ’ ki.

* Yi Hwang ( 1501 – 1570 )

* Toegye Yi Hwang ( 1501 – 1570 )

One of the most significant thinkers in the next generation was the philosopher-scholar Seongho Yi Ik ( 星湖 李瀷, 1681 – 1763 ) and he saw Udam as the authentic heir of Toegye Yi Hwang ( 退溪 李滉, 1501 – 1570 ).

* 1592 – Imjin War: Battle of Hansan Island Admiral Yi Sun-sin decisively defeats the Japanese Navy at Hansan Island.

The population migrations around 1200 – 1100 BC reduced the shipping of tin around the Mediterranean ( and from Great Britain ), limiting supplies and raising prices. Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng, Spring and Autumn Period ( 476BC-221BC ) As ironworking improved, iron became cheaper ; and as cultures advanced from wrought iron to forged iron, they learned how to make steel, which is stronger than bronze and holds a sharper edge longer.

* 1908 – Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two

* 1536 – Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar ( d. 1584 )

During the Japanese invasions of Korea ( 1592 – 1598 ), Admiral Yi commanded his navy with kites.

* 1976 – Lu Yi, Chinese actor

* 1948 – Yi Munyol, South Korean writer

* 1979 – Natasha Yi, American model

* 1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.

* 1597 – Imjin War: Admiral Yi Sun-sin routs the Japanese Navy of 300 ships with only 13 ships at the Battle of Myeongnyang.

* 1987 – Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player ( birth date disputed )

* December 2 – Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at age 2.

* January 6 – Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician ( b. 1901 )

* October 20 – Yi Un, Korean Crown Prince ( d. 1970 )

* October 26 – Battle of Myeongnyang: The Koreans, commanded by Yi Sunsin, are victorious over the Japanese.

* Yi Yuanji – Chinese Northern Song painter famous for his realistic paintings of animals ( d. 1064 )

* Yi Gwal of Korea ( 1587 – 1624 ), general

* November 19 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean naval leader ( in battle ) ( b. 1545 )

* December 26 – Yi I, Korean Confucian scholar ( d. 1584 )

* 200 BC – Jia Yi, Chinese statesman and poet ( d. 169 BC )

* April 28 – Yi Sun-sin, Korean naval leader ( d. 1598 )

* Goryeo Revolution 1388 – 1392: In present-day Korea, rebel leader General Yi Seonggye with the support of the Ming overthrows King Gongyang and crowns himself King Taejo, ending the Goryeo Dynasty and establishing the Joseon Dynasty.

* October 11 – Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, is born in Korea.

* Yi Yuanji – Chinese Northern Song painter famous for his realistic paintings of animals ( b. 1000 )