-Originally was called different names, such as Saro, Saru, Seona, etc. It only became known as "Silla" in the 500s.
-69 BC- Refugees flee from the collapse of Gojoseon. Some flee to the SE part of the Korean peninsula, forming a loose confederation of tribal villages dominated by 3 clans- Park, Kim, and Seok.
-According to Korean records, the kingdom of Silla was officially founded by King Park Hyeokgeose in 57 BC- complete with a wacky origin story of being born out of an egg that was shaped like a gourd (or "bak", hence the family name "Bak/Park").
-Obviously, a lot of the history of all this shit is messed up since it was written a thousand years after it allegedly happened, plus it was written by biased sources most likely and had all sorts of fantastical shit going on.
-Silla started out as a small state in the Jinhan Confederacy.
-37 BC- King Hyeokgeose built Geumseong, a palace complex.
-28 BC- The Chinese commanderies began to become very suspicious of Silla's growing power, but were impressed by their prosperity and let them be (which seems very unlikely).
-20 BC- Mahan begins to try and dominate Silla by demanding tribute, maybe the beginning of Silla's beef with Baekje?
-King Hyeokgeose dies in 4 BC, replaced by his son, King Namhae.
-Silla was immediately invaded by Lelang, but were successful in repelling them.
-14 AD- the Japanese enter the picture! Japanese from Kyushu (at this point, Japan was called "Wa") attacked Silla.
-24 AD- King Namhae dies, replaced by his son, King Yuri.
-King Yuri divides the kingdom into administrative districts based on the six tribal villages, and gave the clans who ruled them official names- Yi (Lee/Ee/I), Choi, Son, Jeong, Bae, and Seol.
-Chuseok is also said to have originated during this time.
-Meanwhile, Baekje was continuing to rise in strength, as was the Gaya Confederacy.
-Yuri died in 57 AD, and was replaced by King Talhae, his uncle by marriage.
-King Talhae was allegedly Japanese (or, at least, not Korean) from a small kingdom NE of Wa (?).
-64 AD- King Daru of Baekje attacked Silla (or Jinhan still, whatever), but were repelled. They tried again later, but to no avail.
-77 AD- Gaya begins attacking Silla too.
-Around this time, Silla was going by "Gyerim", due to a folktale involving the Gyerim Forest near Gyeongju.
-When King Talhae died in 80 AD, King Pasa took over.
-Unclear as to whom King Pasa is descended from, either King Yuri's second son or nephew.
-If he was a son of King Yuri, he was a Park.
-If he was a nephew, he was a Seok.
-87 AD- King Pasa began to expand Silla's territory outside of Gyeongju.
-94 AD- Gaya attacks Silla, but over a few years Silla not only drove off these invaders, but also began to dominate Gaya politically.
-101 AD- Built Wolseong Fortress, ruins still stand to this day in Gyeongju.
-102 AD- Rapidly began to expand, annexing a bunch of petty states along the way.
-105 AD- Silla and Baekje grew tired of fighting, and Silla signed a peace treaty with King Giru.
-110 AD- Silla is now a powerful kingdom!
-112 AD- King Pasa dies, replaced by his eldest son, King Jima.
-King Jima waited a couple years before launching attacks against Gaya.
-It was hard to attack Gaya due to its natural barrier of the Nakdong River.
-Finally, Jima just set up a peace treaty with Gaya.
-Around 123, set up relations with Wa.
-125- Malgal tribes begin to attack! Silla was overwhelmed and requested aid from Baekje.
-134- King Jima dies, but has no heir!
-Replaced by King Ilseong (either King Yuri's grandson or a relative in the royal family). He was a Park, and took a Park for his wife (it's unclear as to if this was taboo or not back then).
-It seems like he was fairly conservative, as he banned jewelry and other luxury goods in 144, as he believed that these things corrupted society.
-He also had to deal with further Malgal attacks, as well as a rebellion near Daegu.
-King Ilseong died in 154, replaced by King Adalla, eldest son of King Ilseong.
-Expanded Silla north of the Sobaek Mountains, establishing roads through the mountain passes.
-160- failed coup attempt, and the conspirators fled to Baekje. For whatever reason, Baekje didn't give up the conspirators, so Silla sent a huge force to go fuck up Baekje in 167.
-Unclear as to what happened with that.
-184-King Adalla died without an heir!
-Replaced by King Beolhyu, officially recorded as King Talhae's grandson, but this is questionable.
-King Beolhyu was from the Seok clan, the first time a Silla king wasn't a Park.
-King Beolhyu continued to fight with Baekje.
-196-King Beolhyu dies, replaced by his grandson, King Naehae.
-Maintained peace with Gaya, continues to fight with Baekje.
-230- King Naehae dies, replaced by King Jobun, another grandson of King Beolhyu.
-Other kings followed, and we can see that clearly power had shifted from the Park clan to the Seok clan.
-Began to fight with Gogoryeo and Wa as well (due to the likeliness that Wa was in the southern Korean peninsula and/or Gaya).
-247- King Jobun dies, replaced by his younger brother, King Cheomhae.
-Established peace with Gogoryeo, but continued to fight with Baekje.
250- Lost a big battle against Wa.
266- King Cheomhae dies, replaced by King Michu, the son of a Silla general a member of the Kim clan (who were the dominant clan at this point).
-Tomb is still in Gyeongju.
-Seems like a compassionate guy, didn't want people to work hard on unnecessary shit (like palaces built in honor of the king or whatever), and would personally visit peasants.
-284- King Yurye of the Seok clan takes over.
-298- King Yurye dies, replaced by King Girim.
-He renamed the kingdom from "Saro" or "Seorabul" or whatever to "Silla".
-310- King Yurye dies, replavcd by King Heulhae, grandson of King Namhae.
-Formed an alliance with Wa in 313.
-Wa and Silla were allies until 346, when the alliance was dissolved for whatever reason and the Wa invaded Silla and besieged Gyeongju. Luckily, Silla were able to ultimately repel them.
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