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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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






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






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






4. Ming Dynasty founded






5. Qianlong emperor comes to power






6. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords






7. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






8. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






9. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






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






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






12. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






13. Tiananmen Square Massacre






14. Opium War begins






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






16. The United States expedition against Korea begins






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






18. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






19. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






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






21. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






22. Kim Il Sung dies






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






24. Russo-Japanese war begins






25. The United States expedition against Korea begins






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






27. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






28. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






29. Qianlong emperor comes to power






30. Korean War begins






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






32. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






33. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords






34. The Great Leap Forward Begins






35. Taiping rebellion ends






36. Kim Il Sung dies






37. Korean War concludes in an armistice






38. Tiananmen Square Massacre






39. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






40. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






41. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






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






43. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






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






45. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






46. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






47. The Long March begins






48. Second Opium War begins






49. Korean provisional government founded






50. Queen Min Assassinated