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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1947
1592
1994
1949
2. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1735
1863
1910
1953
3. Second Opium War begins
1982
1997
1776
1856
4. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1767
1868
1953
1644
5. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1953
1957
1735
1926
6. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1993
1949
1735
1921
7. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1868
1955
1982
1998
8. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1979
1722
1973
1954
9. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1931
1722
1916
1980
10. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1926
1927
1960
1945
11. Boxer rebellion begins
1899
1931
1901
1931
12. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1899
1977
1989
1999
13. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1876
1972
1910
1971
14. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1895
1982
1937
1960
15. Communist Part of China founded
1979
1927
1941
1921
16. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1910
1951
1957
1960
17. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1973
1894
1868
1957
18. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1644
1941
1598
1956
19. Kim Il Sung dies
1776
1980
1921
1994
20. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1957
1987
1958
1941
21. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1661
1993
1971
1976
22. Tiananmen Square Massacre
2002
1989
1910
1966
23. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1954
1953
1936
1919
24. Korean War begins
1950
1937
1931
1598
25. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1972
1661
1871
1368
26. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1960
1966
1977
c. 1918
27. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1927
1960
1955
1799
28. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1927
1977
1989
1972
29. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1899
1947
1767
1904
30. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1910
1961
1956
1927
31. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1953
1592
1899
1854
32. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1971
1916
1925
1931
33. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1976
1866
1866
1876
34. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1856
1979
1925
1989
35. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1793
1973
1911
1951
36. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1925
1895
1901
1999
37. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
1953
1856
1897
1976
38. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1982
1941
1982
1949
39. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1993
1864
1627
1722
40. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1931
1982
1971
1954
41. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1950
1868
1735
1919
42. The Long March begins
1392
1793
1947
1934
43. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1931
1904
1858
1972
44. Korean War begins
1972
1950
1895
1866
45. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1994
1976
1989
1956
46. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1957
1954
1894
1945
47. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1998
1627
1916
1956
48. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1956
2002
1897
1916
49. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1956
c. 1918
1854
1919
50. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1994
1856
1971
1767