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Modern East Asian History Timeline

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1. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied






2. Second Opium War begins






3. The Cultural Revolution begins






4. The United States expedition against Korea begins






5. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






6. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders






7. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea






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






9. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry






10. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms






11. Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan






12. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down






13. Choson Dynasty founded






14. Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins






15. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins






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






17. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis






18. Taiping rebellion begins






19. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






20. George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing






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






22. Boxer rebellion begins






23. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins






24. Japan begins Korean 'Cultural Policy'






25. Tiananmen Square Massacre






26. Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia






27. Second Opium War begins






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






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






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






31. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC






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






33. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down






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






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






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






37. The Long March begins






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






39. Opium War begins






40. Korean provisional government founded






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






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






43. Qianlong emperor comes to power






44. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins






45. Kangxi emperor comes to power






46. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins






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






48. Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China






49. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied






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