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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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1. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1958
1644
1392
1919
2. Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
1954
1982
1839
1957
3. Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
1925
1901
c. 1918
1989
4. Treaty of Tianjin signed - giving foreigners much power in China
1951
1854
1960
1858
5. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1997
1980
1863
1911
6. Second Opium War begins
1976
2002
1916
1856
7. Boxer rebellion begins
1961
1899
1945
1603
8. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1392
1661
1735
1850
9. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1910
1954
1876
1957
10. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1973
1767
1919
1993
11. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1999
1926
1863
1392
12. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'
1916
1977
c. 1918
1972
13. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1994
1977
1927
1863
14. Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
1644
1767
1954
1894
15. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1603
1868
1722
1998
16. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1980
1899
1954
1644
17. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1987
1936
1776
1850
18. The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues - France withdraws
1856
1767
1919
1866
19. Russo-Japanese war begins
1644
1904
1916
1950
20. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1793
1931
1598
1926
21. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1694
1910
1866
1980
22. Opium War begins
1999
1598
1839
1972
23. Boxer rebellion begins
1999
1997
1899
1980
24. Communist Part of China founded
1945
1921
1858
1854
25. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
1854
1392
1998
1921
26. Korean provisional government founded
1894
1895
1960
1919
27. Qianglong emperor steps down from power
1793
1931
1979
1799
28. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
1982
1926
1793
2002
29. Taiping rebellion ends
1854
1864
1994
1661
30. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1722
1993
1850
2002
31. Shikai proclaims himself emperor - falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
1977
1864
1916
1799
32. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1971
1927
1592
1598
33. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1858
1989
1998
1954
34. Yongjo becomes king of Korea
1953
1694
1895
1776
35. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1598
1901
1931
1895
36. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1993
1776
1592
1897
37. Taiping rebellion begins
1850
1954
1854
1592
38. Qianlong emperor comes to power
1776
1901
1735
1931
39. New - U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
1767
1799
1955
1947
40. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1901
1899
1899
1934
41. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
1993
1958
1989
1926
42. The United States expedition against Korea begins
1793
1960
1871
1961
43. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1598
1776
1921
1955
44. The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
1947
1919
1894
1951
45. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1767
1937
1945
1950
46. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1937
1868
1901
1899
47. Tokugawa Shogunate founded
1876
1950
1863
1603
48. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1956
1997
1627
1916
49. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1945
1977
1966
1767
50. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
1856
1894
1957
1856