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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry






2. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






3. Queen Min Assassinated






4. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul






5. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea






6. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies






7. Korean War concludes in an armistice






8. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






9. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords






10. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan






11. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






12. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






13. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






14. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






15. The Long March begins






16. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan






17. The Great Leap Forward Begins






18. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied






19. Kim Il Sung dies






20. Tiananmen Square Massacre






21. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP






22. Opium War begins






23. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins






24. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






25. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






26. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States






27. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults






28. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC






29. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw






30. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






31. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea






32. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






33. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






34. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






35. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






36. Korean War concludes in an armistice






37. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan






38. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC






39. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails






40. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai






41. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






42. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms






43. Second Opium War begins






44. The United States expedition against Korea begins






45. Opium War begins






46. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy






47. Boxer rebellion begins






48. Russo-Japanese war begins






49. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power






50. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China







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