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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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






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






3. Kangxi emperor comes to power






4. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States






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






6. Choson Dynasty founded






7. Korean provisional government founded






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






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






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






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






12. Queen Min Assassinated






13. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down






14. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down






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






16. Qianglong emperor steps down from power






17. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






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






19. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






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






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






22. The Long March begins






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






24. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






25. Communist Part of China founded






26. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






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






28. Taiping rebellion begins






29. Second Opium War begins






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






31. The Great Leap Forward Begins






32. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






33. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






34. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






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






36. Kim Il Sung dies






37. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






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






39. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






40. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






41. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






42. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






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






44. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






45. Nanjing Massacre occurs






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






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






48. Russo-Japanese war begins






49. Ming Dynasty founded






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