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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1776
1901
1876
1911
2. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1793
1603
1980
1979
3. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1997
1776
1941
1894
4. The Cultural Revolution begins
1987
1998
1980
1966
5. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1866
1977
1937
1850
6. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1864
1592
1603
1931
7. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1899
1998
1895
1958
8. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
2002
1793
1694
1603
9. Opium War begins
1926
1839
1793
1966
10. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1876
1966
1921
1598
11. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1894
1776
1901
1904
12. The Long March begins
1999
1951
1934
1901
13. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1897
1973
1977
1876
14. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1897
1947
1894
1919
15. The Long March begins
1934
1368
1598
1950
16. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989
1894
1976
c. 1918
17. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1868
1954
1854
1901
18. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1863
c. 1918
1644
1916
19. Taiping rebellion begins
1850
1980
1998
1979
20. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1911
1993
1954
1722
21. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1927
1994
1916
1994
22. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1839
1895
1955
1392
23. Korean provisional government founded
1694
1947
1979
1919
24. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1910
1951
1993
1972
25. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1866
1993
1956
1999
26. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1876
1954
1901
1392
27. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1949
1976
1368
1897
28. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1856
1910
1694
1947
29. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1871
1899
1927
30. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1931
1910
1954
1592
31. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1894
1961
1972
1799
32. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1871
1931
1839
1894
33. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1979
1644
1934
1904
34. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1972
1735
1627
1910
35. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1937
1994
1598
1973
36. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1897
1949
1947
1937
37. Choson Dynasty founded
1894
1735
1925
1392
38. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1735
1858
1866
1894
39. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1661
1899
1921
1776
40. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1904
1926
1644
1953
41. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1856
1871
1627
1863
42. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1951
1871
1960
1916
43. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1858
1977
1644
1916
44. Taiping rebellion ends
1927
1980
1864
1767
45. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1941
1839
1971
1931
46. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1858
1839
1910
1945
47. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1947
1850
1972
1592
48. Korean War begins
1866
1950
1955
1919
49. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1956
1941
1868
1994
50. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1895
1910
1799
1971