Korean + Family history By JeffKim19 Jul 23, 1894 Military riots Aug 1, 1894 Sino-Japanese War declared Feb 23, 1904 Jap-Kor Treaty signed Jul 29, 1905 Taft-Katsura Agreement Jun 24, 1910 Japan takes over Korea Period: Jun 24, 1910 to Aug 9, 1945 WW2 & Japanese occupation Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki Bombing Aug 15, 1945 VJ Day Sep 8, 1945 US arrives to partition Korea Sep 9, 1945 Japan surrenders to Korea Dec 27, 1945 Moscow Conference Aug 15, 1948 Republic of Korea founded Jun 29, 1949 US withdraws from Korea Jun 25, 1950 Korean War begins Jul 27, 1953 Korean War ends Aug 15, 1974 Yuk Youngsoo, Park Chung hee's wife, assassinated Grandfather makes assassin confess Dec 24, 2000 Jeffrey Kim born