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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Kim Il Sung dies






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






3. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






4. Choson Dynasty founded






5. Korean War concludes in an armistice






6. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China






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






8. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry






9. Boxer rebellion begins






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






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






12. The Cultural Revolution begins






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






14. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






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






16. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power






17. Korean War concludes in an armistice






18. The Long March begins






19. The Cultural Revolution begins






20. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






21. Kangxi emperor comes to power






22. Korean War begins






23. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






24. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






25. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC






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






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






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






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






30. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






31. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






32. Korean War begins






33. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul






34. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






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






36. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






37. Taiping rebellion ends






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






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






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






41. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy






42. Opium War begins






43. Russo-Japanese war begins






44. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China






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






46. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






47. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






48. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






49. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






50. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion







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