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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Kim Il Sung dies






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






3. Queen Min Assassinated






4. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






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






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






7. Qianlong emperor comes to power






8. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






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






10. Qianlong emperor comes to power






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






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






13. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






14. Russo-Japanese war begins






15. Opium War begins






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






17. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






18. Second Opium War begins






19. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






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






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






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






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






24. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






25. The Cultural Revolution begins






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






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






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






29. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






30. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms






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






32. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






33. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






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






35. Queen Min Assassinated






36. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






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






38. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






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






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






41. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






42. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






43. The United States expedition against Korea begins






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






45. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






46. Second Opium War begins






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






48. Ming Dynasty founded






49. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul






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