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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Kim Il Sung dies
1957
1937
1921
1994
2. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1863
1368
1603
1911
3. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1966
1868
1876
1958
4. Choson Dynasty founded
1894
1926
1392
1927
5. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1953
1850
1947
1976
6. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1934
1950
1997
1871
7. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1895
1972
1976
1858
8. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1961
1936
1949
1976
9. Boxer rebellion begins
1936
1994
1899
1982
10. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1993
1945
1868
1871
11. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1392
1954
1901
1876
12. The Cultural Revolution begins
1966
1868
1994
1894
13. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1916
1941
1976
1793
14. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1895
1955
1868
1644
15. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1934
1956
1931
1858
16. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1863
1894
1999
1839
17. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1392
1989
1953
1966
18. The Long March begins
1934
1941
1863
1904
19. The Cultural Revolution begins
1989
1925
1966
1947
20. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1936
1767
1644
1998
21. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1627
1894
1767
1661
22. Korean War begins
1950
1919
1592
1661
23. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1960
1954
1776
1982
24. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1854
1895
1949
1973
25. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1839
1735
1871
1951
26. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1904
1722
1999
1960
27. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1901
1950
1627
1931
28. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1949
1897
1947
1895
29. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1901
1897
1910
1876
30. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1931
1999
1661
c. 1918
31. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1954
1956
1941
1971
32. Korean War begins
1980
1950
1987
1977
33. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1960
1999
1722
1925
34. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1661
1627
1956
1854
35. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1925
1392
1937
2002
36. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1661
1901
1694
1864
37. Taiping rebellion ends
1793
1987
1864
1980
38. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1927
1977
1937
1921
39. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1392
1949
1895
1927
40. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1916
1904
1982
1871
41. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1904
1998
1945
1927
42. Opium War begins
1973
1839
1987
1934
43. Russo-Japanese war begins
1947
1793
1936
1904
44. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1937
1994
1937
1997
45. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1694
1776
1627
1949
46. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1957
1979
1897
1951
47. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1998
1368
1956
1976
48. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1897
1961
1904
1919
49. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1598
1987
1979
1994
50. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1976
1871
1897
1901
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