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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






2. Taiping rebellion ends






3. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






4. The Long March begins






5. Choson Dynasty founded






6. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






7. The Long March begins






8. Choson Dynasty founded






9. Russo-Japanese war begins






10. Qianlong emperor comes to power






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






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






13. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






14. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






15. The Great Leap Forward Begins






16. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






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






18. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






19. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






20. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






21. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






22. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






23. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






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






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






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






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






28. Ming Dynasty founded






29. Kangxi emperor comes to power






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






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






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






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






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






35. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






36. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






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






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






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






40. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






41. Kim Il Sung dies






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






43. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






44. Queen Min Assassinated






45. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






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






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






48. Korean provisional government founded






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






50. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis







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