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Modern East Asian History Timeline
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1767
1592
1977
1925
2. Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
1904
1953
1627
1977
3. Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
1661
1916
1592
1941
4. Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea - begins building up industry
1895
1916
1961
c. 1918
5. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1919
1955
1661
1987
6. Taiping rebellion ends
1864
1941
1858
1876
7. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1868
1850
1949
1977
8. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1956
1603
1899
1722
9. Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
1977
1957
1941
1799
10. Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
1598
1868
1936
1957
11. Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
1899
1927
1901
1598
12. Boxer rebellion begins
1993
1960
1899
1927
13. Queen Min Assassinated
1850
1899
1864
1895
14. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1958
1976
1936
1911
15. Qing Dynasty falls - Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
1392
1592
1936
1911
16. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1927
1931
1971
1945
17. King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
1776
1863
1735
1864
18. First Manchurian invasion of Korea - due to Korean support of the Ming - begins
1979
1904
1627
1904
19. Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
1937
1957
1960
1876
20. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1979
1767
1980
1972
21. Kim Il Sung dies
1961
1897
1957
1994
22. Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
1979
1901
1956
1919
23. The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
1993
1871
1936
1997
24. Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea - begins Sunshine policy
1694
1894
1776
1998
25. The Great Leap Forward Begins
c. 1918
1954
1863
1958
26. Korean War begins
1858
1950
1979
1722
27. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1850
1876
2002
1904
28. Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
1858
1949
1945
1982
29. Korean provisional government founded
1868
1919
1598
1989
30. Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
c. 1918
1934
1999
1858
31. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1987
1722
1949
1876
32. The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
1856
1956
1979
1911
33. Russo-Japanese war begins
1839
2002
1904
1997
34. Yongzheng emperor comes to power - enacts fiscal reforms
1864
1937
1871
1722
35. Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
c. 1918
1934
1926
1627
36. Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
1973
1644
1936
1954
37. Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1368
2002
1910
1767
38. Communist Part of China founded
1934
1921
1989
1866
39. Kangxi emperor comes to power
1661
1934
1954
1921
40. The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
1955
1899
1916
1989
41. Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
1950
c. 1918
1945
1871
42. The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
1644
1876
1971
1945
43. Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
1989
1598
1958
1941
44. Ming Dynasty falls - Qing dynasty rises
1927
1644
1793
1951
45. Taiping rebellion begins
1921
1850
1987
1977
46. King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
1722
1854
1910
1977
47. Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
1949
1982
1925
1980
48. Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
1921
1993
1897
1980
49. Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
1854
1925
1603
1767
50. Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
1592
1954
1987
1945