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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. The Cultural Revolution begins






2. Second Opium War begins






3. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






4. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






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






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






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






8. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power






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






10. Ming Dynasty founded






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






12. Taiping rebellion begins






13. Kangxi emperor comes to power






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






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






16. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan






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






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






19. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails






20. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






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






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






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






24. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






25. Nanjing Massacre occurs






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






27. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws






28. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






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






30. The Cultural Revolution begins






31. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






32. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






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






34. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






35. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






36. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






37. Queen Min Assassinated






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






39. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






40. Taiping rebellion ends






41. Opium War begins






42. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States






43. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






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






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






46. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power






47. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






48. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms






49. Korean War begins






50. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins