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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Opium War begins






2. Yongjo becomes king of Korea






3. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






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






5. Queen Min Assassinated






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






7. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






8. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






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






10. The Long March begins






11. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC






12. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






13. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






14. Korean War begins






15. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






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






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






18. Tiananmen Square Massacre






19. Nanjing Massacre occurs






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






21. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw






22. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






23. Boxer rebellion begins






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






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






26. The Great Leap Forward Begins






27. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






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






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






30. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






31. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






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






33. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






34. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins






35. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






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






37. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified






38. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






39. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






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






41. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






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






43. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






44. The United States expedition against Korea begins






45. Taiping rebellion begins






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






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






48. The Great Leap Forward Begins






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






50. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC