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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1993
1971
1854
1722
2. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1926
1934
1980
1961
3. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1925
1661
1997
1897
4. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1722
1899
1949
1961
5. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1910
1799
1864
1956
6. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1936
1897
1993
1839
7. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1767
1897
1866
1955
8. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1931
1895
1953
1904
9. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1950
1973
1987
1958
10. Kim Il Sung dies
1994
1973
1895
1799
11. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1592
1980
1735
1998
12. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1972
1850
2002
1941
13. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1863
1927
1997
1936
14. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1976
1850
1866
15. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1767
1998
1598
1973
16. Opium War begins
1858
1982
1839
1989
17. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1976
1947
1956
1644
18. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1997
1925
c. 1918
1958
19. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1957
1982
1897
1976
20. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1945
1776
1799
1897
21. Opium War begins
1921
1644
1971
1839
22. Korean provisional government founded
1987
1919
1945
1954
23. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1856
1897
1916
1941
24. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1858
1598
1954
1661
25. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1854
1937
1694
1961
26. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1901
1953
1910
1973
27. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1894
1993
1927
1910
28. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1989
1926
1972
1854
29. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1951
1876
1925
1949
30. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1966
1987
1722
1980
31. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1839
1987
1722
1644
32. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1592
1989
1980
1958
33. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1868
1894
1941
1956
34. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1994
1982
1945
1368
35. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1767
1993
1871
1858
36. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
c. 1918
1916
1694
1925
37. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
c. 1918
1980
1839
1919
38. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1866
1976
1999
1934
39. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1661
1954
1972
1994
40. Korean War begins
1999
1950
1966
1936
41. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1854
1958
1598
1961
42. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1866
1977
1627
1897
43. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1934
1997
1921
1868
44. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1876
1993
c. 1918
1949
45. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1916
1603
1894
1934
46. Taiping rebellion ends
1799
1793
1864
1850
47. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1592
1901
1976
1876
48. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1603
1592
1953
1661
49. Communist Part of China founded
1955
1735
1921
1722
50. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1916
1979
1956
1958