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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1957
1937
1977
1603
2. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1977
1955
1994
1947
3. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1904
1926
1392
1937
4. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1954
1971
1955
1973
5. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1954
1949
1951
1953
6. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1694
1926
1895
1931
7. Opium War begins
1979
1919
1868
1839
8. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1767
1854
1982
1592
9. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1980
1947
1592
1776
10. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1392
1627
1931
1894
11. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1856
1926
1993
1979
12. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1950
1592
1957
2002
13. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1960
2002
1866
1945
14. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1951
1958
1987
1598
15. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1694
1776
1971
c. 1918
16. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1866
1982
1854
1897
17. Communist Part of China founded
1921
1895
1989
1850
18. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1973
1863
1894
1866
19. Korean War begins
1950
1958
1982
1894
20. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1767
1998
1863
1951
21. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1972
1722
1966
1627
22. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1735
1868
1989
1694
23. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1919
1876
1910
1864
24. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1919
1735
1976
1897
25. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1961
1961
1973
1997
26. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1858
1954
1895
1937
27. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1977
1966
1866
1735
28. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1997
1936
1926
1910
29. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1936
1627
1799
1955
30. Korean provisional government founded
1919
1966
1776
1864
31. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1976
1871
1876
1989
32. Russo-Japanese war begins
1799
1863
1904
1767
33. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1936
1916
1979
1925
34. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1937
1901
1927
1926
35. Taiping rebellion ends
1603
1864
1904
1854
36. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1856
1603
1958
1894
37. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1977
1971
1895
1863
38. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1937
1850
1999
1871
39. Boxer rebellion begins
1899
1971
1980
1839
40. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1941
1960
1927
1937
41. Ming Dynasty founded
1876
1839
1368
1661
42. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1951
2002
1961
1999
43. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1966
1767
1856
1954
44. Boxer rebellion begins
1899
1937
1799
1598
45. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1927
1661
1998
1976
46. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1950
1998
1876
1949
47. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1926
1993
1722
1919
48. Choson Dynasty founded
1776
1982
1598
1392
49. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1997
c. 1918
1921
1971
50. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1941
1899
1934
1934