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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1937
1977
1936
1958
2. Taiping rebellion ends
1931
1899
1864
1871
3. The Long March begins
1911
1961
1947
1934
4. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1876
1955
1793
1947
5. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1945
c. 1918
1919
1911
6. Taiping rebellion ends
1864
1926
1661
1954
7. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1793
1799
1977
1598
8. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1863
1911
1953
1603
9. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1864
1960
1856
1799
10. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1904
1949
1956
1950
11. Second Opium War begins
1945
1927
1856
1899
12. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1368
1958
1644
1949
13. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1947
1871
1776
1894
14. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1644
1931
1987
1858
15. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1863
1979
1926
1980
16. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1644
1876
1627
1954
17. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1793
1976
1972
1919
18. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1989
1927
1897
1856
19. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1901
1982
1980
1947
20. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
2002
1966
c. 1918
1961
21. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1854
1897
1392
1998
22. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1722
1876
1951
1735
23. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1987
1961
1949
1936
24. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1910
1894
1793
1919
25. Queen Min Assassinated
1895
1864
1839
2002
26. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1971
1894
1993
1919
27. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1916
1976
1799
1977
28. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1799
1994
1856
1850
29. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1977
1976
1982
1863
30. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1793
1926
1997
1919
31. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1767
1854
1945
1934
32. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1961
1979
1854
1998
33. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1945
1941
1987
1901
34. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1735
1993
1868
1936
35. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1998
1919
1931
1994
36. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1982
1953
1954
1858
37. The Cultural Revolution begins
1950
1958
1966
1973
38. Communist Part of China founded
2002
c. 1918
1921
1911
39. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1956
1979
1694
1897
40. Boxer rebellion begins
1894
1899
1976
1694
41. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1987
1941
1993
1793
42. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1954
1871
1994
1904
43. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1858
1722
1644
1997
44. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1598
1987
1937
1799
45. Russo-Japanese war begins
1955
1976
1904
1954
46. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1793
1994
1910
1868
47. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
2002
1937
1722
1735
48. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1661
1904
1941
1957
49. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1910
1931
1931
1989
50. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1955
1953
1911
1603