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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1776
1960
1971
1931
2. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1776
1994
1931
1973
3. Boxer rebellion begins
1911
1925
1899
1916
4. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1876
1997
1854
1866
5. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1994
1661
1979
1793
6. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1598
1998
1947
1644
7. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1921
1722
1997
1980
8. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1937
1871
1904
1971
9. Queen Min Assassinated
1767
1661
1895
1993
10. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1954
1627
1910
1904
11. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1799
1919
1966
1945
12. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1919
1947
1971
1931
13. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1899
1767
1876
1979
14. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1956
1793
1973
1976
15. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1627
1945
1949
1901
16. Boxer rebellion begins
1958
1368
1901
1899
17. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1925
1953
1951
1901
18. Queen Min Assassinated
1941
1598
1895
1661
19. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1941
2002
1998
1858
20. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1937
1989
1767
1971
21. Opium War begins
1999
1839
1956
1694
22. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1858
1793
1994
1897
23. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1799
1866
1368
1949
24. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1897
1982
1949
1961
25. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1954
1994
1921
1945
26. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1858
1980
1876
1839
27. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1627
1916
1993
1973
28. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1945
1977
1950
1603
29. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1982
1980
1926
1957
30. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1973
1627
1866
1941
31. Kim Il Sung dies
1694
1954
1994
1936
32. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1945
1694
1980
1894
33. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1921
1793
1941
1793
34. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
c. 1918
1954
1977
1603
35. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1976
1998
1871
1603
36. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1644
1661
1904
2002
37. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1598
1977
1958
2002
38. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1945
1937
1980
1735
39. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1961
1863
1776
1926
40. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
c. 1918
1947
1999
1776
41. Second Opium War begins
1856
1392
1947
1926
42. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1977
1993
1911
1950
43. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1972
1971
1694
1925
44. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1993
1644
1866
1592
45. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1866
1949
1627
1937
46. Russo-Japanese war begins
1999
1904
1949
1598
47. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1858
1955
1960
1904
48. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1793
1850
1895
1971
49. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1897
1956
1916
1987
50. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1955
1955
1767
1987