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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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






2. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






3. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






4. Korean War concludes in an armistice






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. The Great Leap Forward Begins






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






13. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






14. Kim Il Sung dies






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






16. Qianlong emperor comes to power






17. Second Opium War begins






18. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






19. Choson Dynasty founded






20. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






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






22. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power






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






24. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy






25. Tiananmen Square Massacre






26. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






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






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






29. Opium War begins






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






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






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






33. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






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






35. Qianlong emperor comes to power






36. Nanjing Massacre occurs






37. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






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






39. Taiping rebellion ends






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






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






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






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






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






45. The Cultural Revolution begins






46. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






47. Russo-Japanese war begins






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






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






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