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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






2. Boxer rebellion begins






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






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






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






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






7. Opium War begins






8. The United States expedition against Korea begins






9. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






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






11. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends






12. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China






13. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






14. Korean War begins






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






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






17. Taiping rebellion begins






18. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws






19. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down






20. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






21. Choson Dynasty founded






22. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






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






24. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






25. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






26. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






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






28. Ming Dynasty founded






29. Communist Part of China founded






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






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






32. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends






33. Korean provisional government founded






34. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






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






36. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power






37. Queen Min Assassinated






38. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins






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






40. Taiping rebellion ends






41. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






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






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






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






45. Choson Dynasty founded






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






47. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






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






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






50. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing