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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Opium War begins
1839
1941
1904
1897
2. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1961
1976
1694
1866
3. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1854
1934
1949
1793
4. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1934
1950
1866
1979
5. Queen Min Assassinated
1839
1897
1901
1895
6. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1976
1999
1947
1955
7. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1977
1368
c. 1918
1958
8. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1916
1767
1941
1854
9. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1894
1854
1999
1998
10. The Long March begins
1839
1945
1868
1934
11. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1868
1951
1956
1793
12. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1947
1868
1392
1941
13. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1980
1767
1864
1735
14. Korean War begins
1950
1722
1644
1839
15. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1936
1644
1767
1966
16. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1627
1997
1976
1949
17. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1973
1899
1956
2002
18. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1960
1735
1976
1989
19. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1976
1863
1979
1937
20. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1904
2002
1953
1592
21. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1977
1972
1368
1934
22. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1949
1941
1868
1793
23. Boxer rebellion begins
1899
1592
1954
1592
24. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1866
1999
1980
1960
25. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1926
1976
1987
1954
26. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1603
1950
1982
1958
27. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1941
1904
1936
1993
28. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1368
1960
1998
1876
29. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1979
1368
1997
1911
30. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1767
1999
1767
1997
31. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1916
1603
1989
2002
32. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1767
1945
1941
1971
33. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1979
1921
1956
1950
34. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1931
1976
1916
1839
35. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1950
1977
1999
1864
36. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1644
1937
1987
1911
37. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1999
1799
1947
1392
38. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1603
1368
1598
1644
39. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1592
1941
1999
1876
40. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1956
1897
1941
1735
41. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1926
1863
1993
1947
42. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1955
1858
1921
1941
43. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1949
1868
1767
1957
44. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1871
1899
1976
1598
45. Taiping rebellion begins
1936
1973
1937
1850
46. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1863
1957
1937
1868
47. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1945
1951
1866
1895
48. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1919
1856
1958
1961
49. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1392
1994
1910
1901
50. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1392
1951
1899
1856