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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies






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






3. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






4. Communist Part of China founded






5. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






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






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






8. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






9. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






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






11. The United States expedition against Korea begins






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






13. Taiping rebellion begins






14. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw






15. Korean War concludes in an armistice






16. Russo-Japanese war begins






17. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






18. Korean provisional government founded






19. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






20. Qianglong emperor steps down from power






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






22. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






23. Nanjing Massacre occurs






24. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






25. Tiananmen Square Massacre






26. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






27. The Great Leap Forward Begins






28. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults






29. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






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






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






32. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






33. Korean War begins






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






35. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






36. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






37. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






38. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






39. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP






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






41. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords






42. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony






43. Opium War begins






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






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






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






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






48. Nanjing Massacre occurs






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






50. Choson Dynasty founded






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