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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1961
1603
1997
1694
2. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989
1921
1854
1999
3. Taiping rebellion begins
1997
1910
1850
1904
4. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1644
1960
1598
1931
5. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1980
1850
1994
1973
6. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1982
1735
1868
1910
7. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1979
1949
1793
1871
8. Second Opium War begins
1894
1856
1850
1976
9. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1994
1854
1368
1973
10. Russo-Japanese war begins
1961
1976
1904
1936
11. Opium War begins
1954
1839
1960
1894
12. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1947
1858
1592
1937
13. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1951
1925
1982
1868
14. Kim Il Sung dies
1960
1994
1901
1966
15. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1592
1977
c. 1918
1955
16. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1957
1799
1793
1894
17. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1897
1722
1955
1858
18. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1776
1972
1799
1953
19. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1901
1941
1971
1973
20. Choson Dynasty founded
1934
1863
1392
1904
21. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1927
1722
1592
1799
22. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1934
1897
1911
1839
23. Choson Dynasty founded
1894
1945
1392
1921
24. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1850
1931
1603
1993
25. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1971
1899
1947
1925
26. Communist Part of China founded
1895
1868
1976
1921
27. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1951
c. 1918
1979
1954
28. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1856
1971
1927
1899
29. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1598
1998
1958
1863
30. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1911
1949
1863
1997
31. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1868
1644
1644
1971
32. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1735
1627
1956
1910
33. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1954
1934
1979
1958
34. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1904
1973
1871
1993
35. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1897
1956
1989
1899
36. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1598
1987
1866
1941
37. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1949
1866
1603
1994
38. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1927
1955
1937
1722
39. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1949
1955
1941
1735
40. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1993
1904
1871
1894
41. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1949
1894
1919
1947
42. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1767
1976
1895
1897
43. The Long March begins
1934
1966
1858
1947
44. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1767
1911
1949
c. 1918
45. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1966
1925
1979
1927
46. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1866
1999
1961
1627
47. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1910
1987
1776
1603
48. Queen Min Assassinated
1971
1951
1997
1895
49. Korean provisional government founded
1997
1694
1919
1947
50. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1926
1972
1951
1937
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