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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China






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






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






4. Korean War begins






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






6. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






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






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






9. Korean War concludes in an armistice






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






11. Kim Il Sung dies






12. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






13. The Long March begins






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






15. Queen Min Assassinated






16. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified






17. Nanjing Massacre occurs






18. Tiananmen Square Massacre






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






20. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






21. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






22. The Cultural Revolution begins






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






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






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






26. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names






27. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified






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






29. Queen Min Assassinated






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






31. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






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






33. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






34. Choson Dynasty founded






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






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






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






38. Communist Part of China founded






39. Qianlong emperor comes to power






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






41. The Great Leap Forward Begins






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






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






44. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






45. Kim Il Sung dies






46. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony






47. Korean provisional government founded






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






49. Nanjing Massacre occurs






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