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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1973
1598
1767
1957
2. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1998
1694
1982
1936
3. Queen Min Assassinated
1864
1947
1895
1916
4. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1976
1854
1950
1945
5. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1989
1876
1998
1856
6. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1868
1876
1999
1735
7. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1998
2002
1899
1839
8. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1980
1925
1910
1864
9. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1911
1955
1901
1997
10. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
2002
1767
1694
1603
11. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1980
1735
1871
1392
12. The Long March begins
1934
1858
1958
1972
13. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1850
2002
1871
1976
14. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1980
1999
1971
1850
15. Korean War concludes in an armistice
c. 1918
1953
1899
1911
16. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1957
1864
1971
1899
17. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1722
1868
1871
1911
18. The Long March begins
1694
1973
1982
1934
19. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1960
1767
1916
1958
20. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1999
1916
1931
1958
21. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1799
1735
1866
1947
22. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1954
1947
1897
1866
23. Russo-Japanese war begins
1911
1904
1954
1627
24. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
c. 1918
1767
1868
1911
25. Boxer rebellion begins
1722
1989
1899
1977
26. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1919
1976
1955
1854
27. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1976
1972
1957
1603
28. Ming Dynasty founded
1966
1949
1368
c. 1918
29. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1793
1954
1839
1994
30. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1644
1957
1927
1987
31. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1916
1910
1994
1919
32. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1958
1911
1592
1957
33. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1895
1927
1904
1793
34. Second Opium War begins
1856
1961
1926
1989
35. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1894
1916
1950
1776
36. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1972
1799
1937
1977
37. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1993
1901
1972
1839
38. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1661
1934
1735
1994
39. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1871
1793
2002
1722
40. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1897
1919
1927
1866
41. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1776
1971
1949
1799
42. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1592
1897
c. 1918
1931
43. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1644
1941
1776
1839
44. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1866
1694
1644
1980
45. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1866
1998
1966
1999
46. Second Opium War begins
1973
1894
1856
1954
47. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1960
1911
1951
1953
48. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1951
c. 1918
1957
1603
49. The Cultural Revolution begins
1971
1799
1910
1966
50. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1993
1958
1949
1941