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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Kim Il Sung dies
1598
1994
1876
1368
2. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1899
1916
1735
1856
3. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1956
1955
1368
1997
4. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1954
1961
1951
1972
5. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1987
1694
1767
1776
6. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1980
1926
1934
1767
7. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1868
1735
c. 1918
1904
8. Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
1947
c. 1918
2002
1941
9. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1722
1957
1997
1937
10. Opium War begins
1951
1945
1839
1973
11. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1998
1958
1934
1895
12. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1776
1392
1592
1925
13. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1982
1722
1999
1735
14. Korean War begins
1926
1958
1894
1950
15. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1603
1735
1856
1977
16. Queen Min Assassinated
1987
1934
1979
1895
17. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1957
1937
1950
1953
18. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1694
1945
1954
1941
19. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1876
1856
1854
1941
20. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1644
1735
1921
1910
21. Ming Dynasty founded
1368
1910
1947
1904
22. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1854
1854
1977
1955
23. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1644
1735
1850
1793
24. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1876
1951
1926
1839
25. The Cultural Revolution begins
1998
1926
1960
1966
26. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1937
1976
1592
1957
27. Opium War begins
1941
1958
1994
1839
28. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1989
1871
1598
1953
29. Taiping rebellion ends
1864
1960
1767
1839
30. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1954
1958
1919
1976
31. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1911
1904
1864
1854
32. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1976
1598
1661
1973
33. Communist Part of China founded
1921
1856
1864
1994
34. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1776
1919
1858
1957
35. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1934
1949
1957
1977
36. Korean provisional government founded
1919
1799
1644
1921
37. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1947
1901
1926
1945
38. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1592
1980
1895
1961
39. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1927
1947
2002
1864
40. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1627
1972
1951
1876
41. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1368
1603
1998
1627
42. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1989
1911
1961
1694
43. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1871
1993
1904
1895
44. Choson Dynasty founded
1951
1937
1392
1945
45. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1858
1961
1993
1644
46. The Cultural Revolution begins
1850
1966
1919
1998
47. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1868
1644
1839
1661
48. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1863
1997
1927
1993
49. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1999
1971
1911
1966
50. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1951
1960
1956
1858
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