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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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






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






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






4. Second Opium War begins






5. Taiping rebellion ends






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






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






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






9. Choson Dynasty founded






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






11. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






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






13. Korean War concludes in an armistice






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






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






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






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






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






19. Korean War begins






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






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






22. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






23. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






24. Qianlong emperor comes to power






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






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






27. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises






28. Kangxi emperor comes to power






29. Queen Min Assassinated






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






31. Kangxi emperor comes to power






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






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






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






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






36. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






37. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






38. Taiping rebellion begins






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






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






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






42. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






43. The Great Leap Forward Begins






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






45. Taiping rebellion begins






46. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






47. Tokugawa Shogunate founded






48. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






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






50. Queen Min Assassinated