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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Russo-Japanese war begins
1904
1776
1799
1910
2. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1958
1960
1921
1961
3. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1876
1897
1949
4. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1866
1934
1776
c. 1918
5. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1916
1661
1854
1941
6. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1958
1876
1961
1993
7. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1972
1894
1953
c. 1918
8. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1977
1951
1854
1894
9. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1863
1776
1980
1866
10. Ming Dynasty founded
1863
1916
1839
1368
11. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1941
1958
1899
1722
12. Communist Part of China founded
1921
2002
1876
1894
13. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1592
1644
1955
1999
14. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1895
1999
1973
1982
15. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1894
1592
1722
1979
16. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1856
1598
1916
1868
17. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1799
1950
1993
1866
18. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1976
1987
1876
1644
19. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1925
1987
1957
1954
20. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1598
1972
1993
1951
21. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1868
1937
1973
1987
22. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1368
1957
1926
1871
23. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1960
1899
1954
1866
24. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1998
1925
1863
1876
25. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1941
1767
1863
1866
26. Korean provisional government founded
1871
1919
1627
1894
27. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1947
1977
1911
1927
28. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1982
1694
1977
1910
29. Kim Il Sung dies
1955
1876
1994
1987
30. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1997
1936
1945
1931
31. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1776
1949
1901
1954
32. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1722
1904
1925
1955
33. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1973
1694
1926
1973
34. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1839
1735
1592
1972
35. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1956
1979
1927
1997
36. The Cultural Revolution begins
1998
1997
1950
1966
37. Taiping rebellion begins
1866
1993
1850
1997
38. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1947
1953
1982
1951
39. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1854
1592
1973
1951
40. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1973
1644
1954
1941
41. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1919
1897
1961
1863
42. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1858
1901
1971
1919
43. Second Opium War begins
1767
1899
1603
1856
44. Kim Il Sung dies
1994
1910
1945
1854
45. Russo-Japanese war begins
1921
1904
1911
1956
46. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1982
1971
1661
1960
47. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1767
1921
1993
1999
48. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1916
1941
1911
1901
49. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1904
1976
1858
1956
50. Choson Dynasty founded
1998
1392
1926
1971