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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1592
1661
1972
1945
2. Second Opium War begins
1954
1799
1934
1856
3. The Cultural Revolution begins
1997
1966
1868
1598
4. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1871
1592
1901
1960
5. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1644
1850
1894
1919
6. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1993
1368
1958
1767
7. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1999
1598
1858
1856
8. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1850
1997
1866
1966
9. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1949
c. 1918
1961
1999
10. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1871
1910
1603
1722
11. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1998
1971
1854
1954
12. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1839
1941
1987
1954
13. Choson Dynasty founded
1966
1392
1927
1950
14. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1971
1894
1997
1839
15. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1926
1767
1868
1627
16. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1871
1904
1979
1856
17. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1863
1953
1999
1951
18. Taiping rebellion begins
1856
1994
1982
1850
19. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1895
1592
1957
1856
20. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1972
1603
1954
21. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1368
1627
1934
1976
22. Boxer rebellion begins
1598
1982
1941
1899
23. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1858
1956
1735
1958
24. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1937
1977
1953
c. 1918
25. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1839
1956
1989
1921
26. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1971
1997
1994
1839
27. Second Opium War begins
1856
1927
1976
1895
28. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1982
1858
1936
1603
29. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1894
1977
1644
1925
30. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1960
2002
1950
1866
31. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1854
1993
1979
1980
32. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1966
1955
1921
1927
33. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1987
1982
1949
1911
34. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1951
1921
1863
1961
35. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1926
1919
1947
1767
36. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1864
1941
1854
1982
37. The Long March begins
1936
1971
1895
1934
38. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1950
1931
1858
1936
39. Opium War begins
1966
1987
1839
1592
40. Korean provisional government founded
1919
1368
1661
1961
41. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1931
1989
1966
1876
42. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1958
1876
1916
1998
43. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1953
1735
1871
1897
44. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1911
1957
1876
1916
45. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1661
1919
1934
1926
46. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1899
1644
1592
1945
47. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1949
1921
1592
1735
48. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1997
1598
1916
1937
49. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1945
1901
1936
1767
50. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1941
1644
1927
1919