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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1735
1999
1960
1936
2. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1980
1854
1871
1916
3. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1864
1982
1947
1839
4. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1901
1894
1603
1839
5. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1863
1925
1644
1947
6. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1916
1993
1627
1598
7. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1993
1856
1866
1941
8. The Long March begins
1894
1927
1934
1767
9. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1850
1793
1897
1951
10. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1953
1945
1937
1958
11. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1598
1971
1934
1941
12. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1937
1941
1993
1921
13. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1627
1722
1931
1999
14. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1871
1694
1858
1644
15. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1722
1694
1921
1956
16. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1960
1956
1694
1793
17. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1994
1866
1934
1793
18. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1863
1627
1998
1957
19. The Long March begins
1980
1934
1980
1921
20. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1910
1644
1951
1694
21. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1767
1982
1925
1957
22. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1956
1894
1850
1864
23. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1927
1980
1941
1895
24. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1919
c. 1918
1989
1895
25. Choson Dynasty founded
c. 1918
1392
1951
1854
26. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1971
1960
1961
1931
27. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1976
1661
1919
1977
28. Communist Part of China founded
1627
1982
1931
1921
29. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1955
1864
1957
1998
30. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1972
1694
1989
1871
31. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1894
1997
1927
1951
32. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1864
1941
1897
1910
33. Korean provisional government founded
1368
1919
1989
c. 1918
34. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1961
1910
1987
1966
35. Ming Dynasty founded
1368
1901
1966
1971
36. Second Opium War begins
1989
1856
1871
1941
37. The Cultural Revolution begins
1994
1904
1966
1994
38. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1661
1947
1934
1911
39. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1937
1954
1603
1956
40. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1976
1927
1931
1722
41. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1934
1850
1854
1839
42. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1895
1958
1972
1368
43. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1951
1980
1987
1863
44. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989
1603
1661
1863
45. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1854
1904
1980
1961
46. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1977
1941
1982
1921
47. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1776
1957
1392
1661
48. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1931
1694
1598
1961
49. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1954
1994
1627
1989
50. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1850
1945
1947
1592