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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1895
1941
1904
1866
2. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1722
1897
1868
1694
3. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1392
1989
1998
1895
4. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1904
1911
1735
1901
5. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1694
1998
1901
1953
6. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1937
1971
1868
1644
7. Queen Min Assassinated
1897
1895
1910
1904
8. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1934
1927
2002
1868
9. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1973
1911
1953
10. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1392
1894
1958
c. 1918
11. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1661
1876
1919
1961
12. Taiping rebellion begins
1392
1973
1941
1850
13. Boxer rebellion begins
1876
1979
1899
1966
14. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1994
1868
1735
1976
15. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
2002
1957
1950
1904
16. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1871
1722
1951
1971
17. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1868
1694
1955
1776
18. Communist Part of China founded
1864
1921
1987
1966
19. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1603
1998
1976
1977
20. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1767
2002
1949
1871
21. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1951
1997
1947
1961
22. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1976
1972
1931
1799
23. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1971
1894
1947
1931
24. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1904
1868
1767
1644
25. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1931
1993
1927
1949
26. The Long March begins
1934
1936
1979
1950
27. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1958
1876
1598
1925
28. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1998
1945
1982
1598
29. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1937
1927
1954
1950
30. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1392
1919
1937
1945
31. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
2002
1904
1956
1661
32. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1627
1925
1916
1850
33. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1627
1957
1776
1871
34. Korean War begins
1661
1950
1876
1866
35. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1598
1644
1793
1979
36. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1953
1598
1776
1722
37. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1925
1392
1994
1993
38. Queen Min Assassinated
1921
1895
c. 1918
1694
39. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1799
1793
1982
1735
40. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1979
1897
1793
1592
41. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1921
1973
1994
1961
42. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1368
1927
1854
1735
43. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1799
1955
1598
1899
44. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1989
1934
1931
1972
45. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989
1661
1954
1603
46. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1776
1973
1953
1979
47. Second Opium War begins
1947
1735
1776
1856
48. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1868
1994
1987
1955
49. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1941
1910
1864
1916
50. Korean provisional government founded
1919
1895
1839
1925
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