1392

1392 was a year of the 14th century in the Gregorian calendar, falling directly after 1391 and before 1393. The year is noted for several significant political developments in East Asia, most notably the founding of the Joseon dynasty in Korea. King Yi Seong‑gye, formerly a general of the Goryeo court, established a new dynastic state after a coup in 1392, inaugurating a period of Neo‑Confucian governance that lasted until the early 20th century. In China, the early years of the Ming dynasty continued to consolidate power; the reigning emperor, the Hongwu Emperor, had survived various court intrigues while expanding the administrative apparatus of the new regime.

In European history, 1392 saw continued activity among the Hanseatic League, a commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Northwestern and Central Europe. The city of Lübeck negotiated trade privileges with surrounding Baltic ports. In the Mediterranean, the Crown of Aragon under King John I maintained influence in both Iberia and the Italian peninsula, ensuring stability in the region’s maritime trade routes.

Several notable figures were born or died in 1392. Among the births was a future Japanese samurai who would become influential under the centuries‑later Ashikaga shogunate, while the deaths included a prominent Italian scholar whose contributions to early humanist philosophy had begun to shape Renaissance thought.

Overall, the events of 1392 illustrate the continuation of long‑term dynastic transformations in East Asia and the steady consolidation of commercial and political power structures across medieval Europe, setting the stage for further developments in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.