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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1979
1977
1919
1993
2. The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
1989
1956
1864
1927
3. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1997
1993
1997
1977
4. Communist Part of China founded
1592
1949
1921
1931
5. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1864
1949
1894
1868
6. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1925
2002
1904
1941
7. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1392
1998
1894
1694
8. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1856
1931
1598
1871
9. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1894
1958
1799
1864
10. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
2002
1921
1868
1916
11. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1871
1956
c. 1918
1961
12. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1998
1644
1993
1955
13. Taiping rebellion begins
1850
1799
1895
1661
14. Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
1694
1945
1961
1972
15. Korean War concludes in an armistice
1953
1921
1936
1694
16. Russo-Japanese war begins
1627
1976
1904
1871
17. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1955
1793
1954
1856
18. Korean provisional government founded
1919
1793
1976
1911
19. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1911
1925
1392
1644
20. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1799
1976
1947
1793
21. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1627
1957
1592
1947
22. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1955
1936
1368
1956
23. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1901
1989
1957
1937
24. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1839
2002
1955
1767
25. Tiananmen Square Massacre
1980
1894
1897
1989
26. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1899
1971
1925
1961
27. The Great Leap Forward Begins
1937
1858
1958
1603
28. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1954
1735
1937
1982
29. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
1951
1971
1866
1953
30. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1945
1925
1603
1916
31. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1694
1971
1919
1960
32. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1953
1868
1955
1793
33. Korean War begins
1950
1971
1368
1897
34. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1945
1392
1661
1368
35. King Yongjo dies - Chongjo becomes king
1776
1947
1966
1982
36. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1598
1945
1866
1982
37. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1977
1958
1864
1592
38. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1957
1999
1950
1368
39. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1936
1971
1793
1937
40. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1895
1961
1926
1937
41. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1919
1954
1949
1926
42. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1694
1910
1627
1735
43. Opium War begins
1950
1799
1839
1977
44. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1926
1977
1937
1960
45. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1973
1976
1850
1937
46. Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
1627
1897
1980
1976
47. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1876
1921
1850
1722
48. Nanjing Massacre occurs
1956
1937
1994
1799
49. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1925
1735
1997
1957
50. Choson Dynasty founded
1392
1899
1895
1966
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