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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Korean provisional government founded
1966
1919
1904
1866
2. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1627
1876
1979
1644
3. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1934
1925
1895
1951
4. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1926
1997
1901
1850
5. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1949
1603
1866
1598
6. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1973
1997
1931
1934
7. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1863
1982
1876
2002
8. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1971
1925
1850
1767
9. Kim Il Sung dies
1919
1839
1392
1994
10. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1934
1839
1910
1953
11. Queen Min Assassinated
1767
1895
1971
1735
12. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1993
1982
1980
1799
13. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1972
1951
1998
1953
14. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1954
1961
1951
1627
15. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1953
1776
1993
1980
16. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1799
1955
1925
1876
17. Opium War begins
1973
1949
1839
1949
18. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1949
1735
1971
1694
19. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1955
1598
1971
1839
20. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1979
1799
1919
1854
21. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1722
1392
1799
1592
22. Queen Min Assassinated
1910
1954
1997
1895
23. Taiping rebellion ends
1722
1987
1910
1864
24. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1955
1971
1876
1976
25. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1945
1934
1793
1941
26. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1956
1916
1951
1957
27. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1957
1793
1926
1910
28. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1951
1957
1392
1994
29. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1931
1960
1911
1936
30. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1767
1947
1916
1956
31. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1919
c. 1918
1866
1961
32. Korean provisional government founded
1598
1949
1919
1950
33. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1960
1866
1958
1937
34. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1987
1941
1977
1871
35. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1919
1735
1997
1972
36. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1911
1947
1961
1926
37. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1960
1937
1956
1899
38. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1951
1899
1856
1979
39. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989
1998
1722
1899
40. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1901
1960
1904
1911
41. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1901
2002
1767
1911
42. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1966
1994
1910
43. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1927
1858
1956
1767
44. Boxer rebellion begins
1858
1897
1899
1871
45. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1911
1901
1993
1598
46. Boxer rebellion begins
1899
c. 1918
1392
1392
47. Opium War begins
1735
1392
1921
1839
48. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1722
1767
1868
1977
49. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1941
1937
1854
1871
50. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1392
1901
1979
1910