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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1971
1919
1956
1972
2. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1598
1871
1976
1980
3. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1931
1871
1926
1966
4. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1979
1953
1627
1925
5. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1368
1980
2002
1368
6. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1767
1977
1993
1921
7. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1993
1961
1839
1767
8. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1999
1895
1987
1901
9. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1866
1993
1961
1955
10. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1956
1925
2002
1661
11. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1936
1951
1971
1856
12. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1868
1953
1876
1767
13. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1961
1972
1973
1989
14. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1954
1989
1919
1592
15. Boxer rebellion begins
1627
1899
1856
1368
16. Communist Part of China founded
1854
1921
1934
1960
17. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1971
1982
1954
1956
18. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1868
1957
1644
c. 1918
19. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1989
1971
1868
1868
20. Choson Dynasty founded
1694
1949
2002
1392
21. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1950
1910
1947
1899
22. Ming Dynasty founded
1866
1368
1767
1722
23. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1598
1927
1921
1603
24. Russo-Japanese war begins
1694
1904
1592
1661
25. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1899
1972
1936
1973
26. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1955
1949
1910
1998
27. The Long March begins
1694
1916
1934
1951
28. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1941
1953
1931
1936
29. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1919
1953
1987
1926
30. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1854
1982
1876
1592
31. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1895
1931
1987
1894
32. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1972
1925
1955
1799
33. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1919
1894
1966
1945
34. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1592
1866
1993
1979
35. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1999
1767
1982
1976
36. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1950
1994
1989
1936
37. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1958
1997
1945
38. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1911
1961
1980
1644
39. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1958
1858
1931
1897
40. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1937
1951
1997
1793
41. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1998
1916
1982
1961
42. Korean provisional government founded
1592
1854
1919
1951
43. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1973
1627
1735
1904
44. Korean War begins
1925
1592
1950
1966
45. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1839
1949
1979
1722
46. Choson Dynasty founded
1799
1392
1735
1925
47. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1931
1958
1971
1926
48. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1989
1945
1722
1767
49. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1839
1956
1976
1973
50. Opium War begins
1603
1839
1904
1921
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