National anthem presence of the Monarch in some Commonwealth realms, was first performed in 1619 under the title "God Save the King". It is not officially the national anthem of the UK, though it became such through custom and usage. Spain's national anthem, the "Marcha Real" (The Royal March), written in 1761, was among the first to be adopted as such, in 1770. Denmark adopted the older of its two national anthems, "Kong Christian stod ved højen mast", in 1780; and "La Marseillaise", the French national anthem, was written in 1792 and adopted in 1795. Serbia became the first Eastern European nation
National anthem of the Korean Empire president Roh Moo-hyun during his visit to Hawaii. The republican lyrics are: While the copy appearing in the source appears markedly newer than the 1900s and calls it the "Korean national anthem" () instead of "Patriotic song of the Korean Empire" () as one would expect from a 1900s original, it clearly shows pre-1933 orthography (reproduced here) that was not used after the 1940s. National anthem of the Korean Empire The "Patriotic Hymn of the Great Korean Empire" (; ) was the national anthem of the Korean Empire, used during the early 20th century. It was the first national anthem