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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Taiping rebellion begins
1850
1947
2002
1949
2. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1993
1958
1931
1868
3. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1598
1961
1947
1925
4. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1989
1953
1925
1951
5. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1955
1735
1950
1776
6. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1966
1916
2002
1868
7. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1973
1850
1987
1937
8. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1999
1973
1953
1911
9. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1793
1598
1899
1927
10. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1919
1976
1958
1392
11. Russo-Japanese war begins
1722
1895
1904
1982
12. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1950
1863
1947
1368
13. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1936
1603
1904
1980
14. Choson Dynasty founded
1392
1839
1955
1793
15. Ming Dynasty founded
1998
1868
1368
1897
16. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1799
1722
1976
1936
17. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1931
1856
2002
1927
18. Kim Il Sung dies
1916
1993
1994
1980
19. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1864
1603
1854
1722
20. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1971
1850
1871
1776
21. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1987
c. 1918
1856
1661
22. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1368
1994
1977
1925
23. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1971
2002
1871
1989
24. Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
1876
1644
1931
1627
25. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1854
1961
1997
c. 1918
26. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
1937
1901
1999
1871
27. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1793
1644
1735
1934
28. Korean War begins
1947
1950
1661
1868
29. Russo-Japanese war begins
1941
1949
1904
1954
30. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1956
1910
1957
1955
31. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1979
1953
1894
1972
32. Opium War begins
1911
1998
1839
1694
33. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1979
1799
1776
1953
34. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1936
1961
1627
1973
35. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1897
1627
1971
1979
36. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
1997
1767
1937
1868
37. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1997
1994
1927
1694
38. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1899
1977
1694
1910
39. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1945
1722
1592
1799
40. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1839
1987
1916
1868
41. Choson Dynasty founded
1839
1998
1392
1957
42. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1863
1904
1735
1960
43. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1958
1934
1973
1993
44. The Long March begins
1858
1871
1955
1934
45. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1954
1987
1949
1916
46. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1927
1876
1899
1910
47. Opium War begins
1368
1947
1977
1839
48. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1897
1998
1937
1897
49. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1982
1971
1957
1945
50. Second Opium War begins
1868
1856
1954
1966
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