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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Taiping rebellion begins






2. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






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






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






5. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






6. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






7. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down






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






9. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






10. The Great Leap Forward Begins






11. Russo-Japanese war begins






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






13. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP






14. Choson Dynasty founded






15. Ming Dynasty founded






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






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






18. Kim Il Sung dies






19. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






20. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






21. Kangxi emperor comes to power






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






23. Tiananmen Square Massacre






24. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names






25. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






26. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






27. Qianlong emperor comes to power






28. Korean War begins






29. Russo-Japanese war begins






30. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






31. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






32. Opium War begins






33. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea






34. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins






35. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea






36. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China






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






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






39. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






40. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins






41. Choson Dynasty founded






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






43. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






44. The Long March begins






45. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down






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






47. Opium War begins






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






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






50. Second Opium War begins







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