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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






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






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






4. The Cultural Revolution begins






5. Nanjing Massacre occurs






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






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






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






9. Opium War begins






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






11. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king






12. The Long March begins






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






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






15. The Long March begins






16. Tiananmen Square Massacre






17. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion






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






19. Taiping rebellion begins






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






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






22. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded






23. Korean provisional government founded






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






25. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






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






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






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






29. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






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






31. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






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






33. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






34. Qianlong emperor comes to power






35. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails






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






37. Choson Dynasty founded






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






39. Kangxi emperor comes to power






40. Korean War concludes in an armistice






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






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






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






44. Taiping rebellion ends






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






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






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






48. Korean War begins






49. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






50. Qianglong emperor steps down from power