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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






2. Taiping rebellion ends






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






4. Choson Dynasty founded






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






6. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






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






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






9. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






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






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






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






13. Korean provisional government founded






14. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






15. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






16. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






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






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






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






20. Taiping rebellion ends






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






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






23. Ming Dynasty founded






24. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






25. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






26. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






27. Russo-Japanese war begins






28. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails






29. Choson Dynasty founded






30. Kim Il Sung dies






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






32. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






33. Boxer rebellion begins






34. Korean War begins






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






36. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails






37. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






38. Second Opium War begins






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






40. Kangxi emperor comes to power






41. Nanjing Massacre occurs






42. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






43. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






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






45. Second Opium War begins






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






47. The Long March begins






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






49. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






50. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down