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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1921
1998
1934
1694
2. Korean War begins
1661
1947
1989
1950
3. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1966
1776
c. 1918
1598
4. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1850
1941
1767
c. 1918
5. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1966
1793
1694
1926
6. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1603
1858
1979
1839
7. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1987
1958
1899
1957
8. Queen Min Assassinated
1972
1989
1863
1895
9. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1911
1858
1592
1868
10. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1735
1972
1627
1998
11. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1839
1776
1973
1916
12. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989
1925
1931
1947
13. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1858
1866
1603
1925
14. Russo-Japanese war begins
1839
1960
1927
1904
15. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1799
1987
1956
1953
16. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1911
1993
1916
c. 1918
17. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1368
1999
1994
1947
18. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1776
1993
1850
1897
19. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1955
1973
1982
1793
20. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1951
1931
1926
1856
21. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
2002
1850
1999
1926
22. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1976
1904
1767
1916
23. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1901
1979
1997
2002
24. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1871
1993
1735
1776
25. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1937
1722
1958
1925
26. Taiping rebellion ends
1864
1973
1960
1899
27. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1910
1392
1949
1661
28. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1945
1603
1972
1951
29. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1926
1971
1926
1951
30. Taiping rebellion begins
1980
2002
1850
1661
31. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1926
1921
1934
1767
32. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1722
1950
1850
1951
33. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1368
1871
1694
1973
34. Russo-Japanese war begins
1876
1904
1941
1957
35. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1993
1854
1904
1951
36. Queen Min Assassinated
1931
1958
1936
1895
37. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1960
1947
1776
1980
38. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1980
1999
1925
1627
39. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1957
1954
1856
1661
40. Choson Dynasty founded
1661
1392
1950
1960
41. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1858
1993
1979
1603
42. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1960
1980
1799
1722
43. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1937
1997
1767
1976
44. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1949
1694
1997
1945
45. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1868
1901
1799
1931
46. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1961
1957
1993
1925
47. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1953
1911
1966
1954
48. Communist Part of China founded
1911
1722
1953
1921
49. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1694
1987
1916
1839
50. The Long March begins
1871
1934
1858
1868
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