Founding of Later Baekje (892)

Timeline

1. 892Wansanju · North Jeolla ProvinceGyeon Hwon, formerly a local general of Unified Silla, discontented with the constraints of the central government and the bone-rank order, led his followers to seize Wansanju in rebellion, controlling the strategic Jeonju basin and cutting off Silla's effective rule over the southwest.
2. 892Wansanju · North Jeolla ProvinceGyeon Hwon proclaimed the state name Later Baekje and titled himself King of Baekje, recruiting local strongmen and reorganizing the army under the banner of restoring Baekje's orthodoxy, establishing an independent polity in the peninsula's southwest in opposition to Silla.