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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






2. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






3. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






4. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






5. Taiping rebellion ends






6. Boxer rebellion begins






7. Taiping rebellion ends






8. Tiananmen Square Massacre






9. The Cultural Revolution begins






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






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






12. Choson Dynasty founded






13. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






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






15. The Cultural Revolution begins






16. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






17. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords






18. King Kojong proclaims himself emperor






19. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






20. Korean provisional government founded






21. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai






22. The Long March begins






23. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






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






25. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






26. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






27. Opium War begins






28. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






29. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws






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






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






32. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China






33. The United States expedition against Korea begins






34. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






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






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






37. Russo-Japanese war begins






38. Qianlong emperor comes to power






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






40. Queen Min Assassinated






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






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






43. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






44. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






45. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






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






47. Kim Il Sung dies






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






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






50. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia