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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






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






3. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






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






5. Korean provisional government founded






6. Second Opium War begins






7. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea






8. Ming Dynasty founded






9. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States






10. Second Opium War begins






11. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






12. Korean War concludes in an armistice






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






14. Korean War begins






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






16. Ming Dynasty founded






17. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






18. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






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






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






21. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






22. Communist Part of China founded






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






24. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






25. Boxer rebellion begins






26. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China






27. Nanjing Massacre occurs






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






29. Russo-Japanese war begins






30. Qianlong emperor comes to power






31. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






32. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






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






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






35. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






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






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






38. Taiping rebellion ends






39. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






40. Russo-Japanese war begins






41. Taiping rebellion begins






42. Communist Part of China founded






43. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






44. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






45. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






46. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






47. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






48. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws






49. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms






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