Quizlet Important Events in Modern East Asian History

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  1. 1368: Ming Dynasty founded
  2. 1392: Choson Dynasty founded
  3. 1592: Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea begins
  4. 1598: Hideyoshi driven out of Korea
  5. 1603: Tokugawa Shogunate founded
  6. 1627: First Manchurian invasion of Korea, due to Korean support of the Ming, begins
  7. 1644: Ming Dynasty falls, Qing dynasty rises
  8. 1661: Kangxi emperor comes to power
  9. 1694: Yongjo becomes king of Korea
  10. 1722: Yongzheng emperor comes to power, enacts fiscal reforms
  11. 1735: Qianlong emperor comes to power
  12. 1767: Prince Sado killed by king Yongjo's orders
  13. 1776: King Yongjo dies, Chongjo becomes king
  14. 1793: George Macartney comes to China; accomplishes nothing
  15. 1799: Qianglong emperor steps down from power
  16. 1839: Opium War begins
  17. 1850: Taiping rebellion begins
  18. 1854: Commodore Perry sails into Edo bay; opens Japan
  19. 1856: Second Opium War begins
  20. 1858: Treaty of Tianjin signed, giving foreigners much power in China
  21. 1863: King Kojong comes to power; the Taewongun is forced out of power
  22. 1864: Taiping rebellion ends
  23. 1866: The General Sherman incident occurs; French campaign against Korea ensues, France withdraws
  24. 1868: Tokugawa shogunate falls; Meiji restoration begins
  25. 1871: The United States expedition against Korea begins
  26. 1876: The Gwangwa Treaty signed; Japan takes on big-brother role toward Korea; Perry visits Korea
  27. 1894: Tonghak rebellion ensues; Sino-Japanese war begins
  28. 1895: Queen Min Assassinated
  29. 1897: King Kojong proclaims himself emperor
  30. 1899: Boxer rebellion begins
  31. 1901: Foreign powers enter China; end Boxer rebellion
  32. 1904: Russo-Japanese war begins
  33. 1910: King Kojong forced to abdicate: Choson dynasty ends; Korea officially becomes a Japanese colony
  34. 1911: Qing Dynasty falls, Yuan Shikai becomes president of China
  35. 1916: Shikai proclaims himself emperor, falls from power; the Warlord Period begins
  36. 1919: Korean provisional government founded
  37. 1921: Communist Part of China founded
  38. 1925: Korean Communist Party founded in a secret meeting in Seoul
  39. 1926: Chiang Kai Shek begins reunification of China; defeats many warlords
  40. 1927: The KMT purges communists from their ranks; bloodshed ensues in Shanghai
  41. 1931: Japan begins invasion of Manchuria; ends cultural policy in Korea; Koreans are eventually forced to change their names
  42. 1934: The Long March begins
  43. 1936: The Long March ends; Mao Zedong takes control of the CCP
  44. 1937: Nanjing Massacre occurs
  45. 1941: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor; begins war with United States
  46. 1945: Japan surrenders; World War II ends; Korea divided; Japan occupied
  47. 1947: New, U.S. created Japanese constitution ratified
  48. 1949: Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China; the KMT flees to Taiwan
  49. 1950: Korean War begins
  50. 1951: The Three/Five Anti Campaign begins with the goal of clearing corruption out of the PRC
  51. 1953: Korean War concludes in an armistice
  52. 1954: Kim Il Sung begins build-up of North Korean industry: North Korean economy booms
  53. 1955: The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party founded
  54. 1956: The Hundred Flowers Campaign begins
  55. 1957: Chinese Anti-rightest campaign begins
  56. 1958: The Great Leap Forward Begins
  57. 1960: Syngman Rhee forced to step down as president of South Korea; the Great Leap Forward ends; Liu Shaoqi takes power
  58. 1961: Park Chung Hee takes over South Korea, begins building up industry
  59. 1966: The Cultural Revolution begins
  60. 1971: Lin Biao dies in plane crash over Mongolia
  61. 1972: Nixon visits China; Sino-American relations begin to thaw
  62. 1973: Park Chung Hee kidnaps and tries to murder Kim Dae Jung; fails
  63. 1976: Mao and Zhou Enlai die; Hua Goufeng takes power; the Gang of Four arrested; the Cultural Revolution ends
  64. 1977: Hua ousted; Deng Xiaoping becomes Paramount leader of the PRC; discontinues Maoist policies
  65. 1979: Park Chung Hee assassinated; Chun Doo Hwan seizes control of Korea
  66. 1980: Gwangju massacre occurs; Chun Doo Hwan visits Ronald Reagan
  67. 1982: Chinese constitution amended; the office of president created in order to preclude future personality cults
  68. 1987: Massive protests in South Korea force Chun Doo Hwan to keep his promise and step down
  69. 1989: Tiananmen Square Massacre
  70. 1993: Jiang Zemin becomes paramount leader of the PRC
  71. 1994: Kim Il Sung dies
  72. 1997: Asian financial crisis begins in Thailand; Hong Kong transfers back to China
  73. 1998: Kim Dae Jung becomes president of South Korea, begins Sunshine policy
  74. 1999: Asia begins to recover from the financial crisis
  75. 2002: Jiang Zemin steps down; Hu Jintao becomes paramount leader of the PRC
  76. c. 1918: Japan begins Korean "Cultural Policy"