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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






2. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China






3. Boxer rebellion begins






4. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






5. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy






6. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






7. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea






8. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






9. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw






10. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul






11. The Great Leap Forward Begins






12. The Long March begins






13. Korean War concludes in an armistice






14. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends






15. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






16. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies






17. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






18. Taiping rebellion ends






19. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends






20. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy






21. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China






22. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






23. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan






24. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






25. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






26. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China






27. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony






28. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power






29. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






30. Tiananmen Square Massacre






31. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry






32. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






33. Kangxi emperor comes to power






34. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC






35. Qianlong emperor comes to power






36. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






37. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied






38. Qianglong emperor steps down from power






39. Korean War begins






40. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC






41. The Long March begins






42. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






43. Queen Min Assassinated






44. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power






45. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai






46. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults






47. Choson Dynasty founded






48. Korean provisional government founded






49. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






50. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified