French campaign against Korea
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Event · military campaign · October – November 1866 · Ganghwa Island, South Korea
The Daewongun’s renewed suppression of Catholicism in 1866 killed nine French missionaries; in retaliation a French squadron under Admiral Roze seized Ganghwa island and took away important documents and books from the royal library1. Korean forces drove the French back at the Jeongjoksan fortress2. Jane Portal 2000, p. 109. ↩ Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 병인양요, 「1866년(고종 3) 흥선대원군의 천주교 탄압에 대한 보복으로 프랑스군이 강화도에 침입한 사건이다 … 정족산성에서 프랑스 군대를 격퇴했다」. ↩ Literatur Encyclopedia of Korean Culture, 병인양요: Anon., 병인양요, in: 한국민족문화대백과사전 (Encyclopedia of Korean Culture), 한국학중앙연구원 (Academy of Korean Studies), https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0023142 (zuletzt abgerufen am 31.10.2026). Jane Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.