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Politics25 October 1900

Imperial Decree No. 41 of the Korean Empire

Also called: Imperial Ordinance No. 41

The Korean Empire raised Ulleungdo to Uldo County and declared in its official gazette that the county governed all of Ulleungdo, Jukdo and Seokdo (Dokdo).

Imperial Decree No. 41 as printed in the official gazette (1900)
Imperial Decree No. 41 as printed in the official gazette (1900)

Empire of Korea Government （1900） · Public domain · Source

On 25 October 1900 Emperor Gojong issued Imperial Decree No. 41, renaming Ulleungdo as Uldo and raising it to a county of Gangwon Province. Article 2 placed the county office at Taeha-dong and set its jurisdiction as "all of Ulleungdo, Jukdo and Seokdo". Seokdo refers to Dokdo. The decree appeared in the official gazette on 27 October.

Coming before Japan’s Shimane Prefecture notice of 1905, it made clear in a modern legal act that the Korean Empire governed Dokdo as its territory. Today 25 October is marked as Dokdo Day.

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States and rulers at the time
Korean Empire — Gojong
Places
Ulleungdo (Usan-guk), Dokdo

People

  • Gojong1852 – 1919

    monarch · Twenty-sixth king of Joseon and first emperor of the Korean Empire

Before and after

Earlier
1900 Seokjojeon Hall, Deoksugung
Later
1904 Russo-Japanese War

Themes that include this event

  • Ulleungdo and DokdoAD 512 – 1905

    From Isabu’s conquest of Usan-guk to Imperial Decree No. 41 — two East Sea islands recorded as Korean throughout