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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1876
1954
1910
1953
2. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1722
1919
1921
1925
3. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1945
1989
1937
1876
4. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1997
1858
c. 1918
1793
5. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1987
c. 1918
1876
1592
6. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1871
1957
1856
1977
7. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1661
1957
1904
1982
8. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1945
1958
1989
1960
9. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
c. 1918
1994
1899
1863
10. Queen Min Assassinated
1951
1392
1994
1895
11. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1863
1945
1954
1925
12. Taiping rebellion ends
1911
1987
1864
1627
13. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1767
1949
1987
1947
14. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1954
1936
1954
c. 1918
15. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1368
1627
1863
1972
16. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1661
1901
1910
1971
17. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1977
1958
1972
1392
18. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1858
1644
1864
1598
19. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1973
1972
1863
1856
20. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1951
1919
1936
1598
21. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1910
1735
1972
1971
22. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1987
1793
1901
1982
23. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1793
1927
1856
1854
24. Ming Dynasty founded
1368
1934
1926
1937
25. Boxer rebellion begins
1871
1899
1627
1961
26. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1987
1960
1945
1951
27. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1949
1603
1931
1954
28. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1722
1998
1947
1945
29. Taiping rebellion ends
1998
1916
1864
1925
30. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1973
1894
1934
1850
31. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1856
1958
1661
1934
32. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1950
1973
1955
1735
33. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1958
1901
1998
1931
34. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1994
1931
1953
1895
35. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1661
1953
1899
1945
36. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1947
1911
2002
1989
37. Korean provisional government founded
2002
1592
1921
1919
38. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1776
1982
1936
1980
39. Opium War begins
1598
1966
1839
1993
40. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1951
1694
1955
1856
41. The Cultural Revolution begins
1987
1966
1998
1993
42. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1980
1916
1839
1598
43. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1979
1897
1876
1931
44. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1722
1979
1945
1919
45. Russo-Japanese war begins
1904
1987
1858
1894
46. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1956
1982
1998
1980
47. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1850
1950
1864
1987
48. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1866
1868
1936
1949
49. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1864
1937
1910
1966
50. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1722
1998
1868
1956