Timeline QUIZ Flashcards
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
1644
Macartney Embassy
1793
First Opium War
1839-1842
Taiping Rebellion
1851-1864
Death of the Tongzhi Emperor
1875
Chinese Immigration Act (Head tax)
1885
First Sino-Japanese War
1894-1895
100 Days Reform
1898
Boxer Rebellion
1899-1901
Xinhai Revolution
1911
May Fourth demonstrations
1919
Chinese Immigration Act (Exclusion)
1923
Northern Expedition
1926-1928
Establishment of the People’s Republic of China
1949
Great Famine
1959-1961
Independence of Singapore
1965
Cultural Revolution
1966-1976
June Fourth (Tiananmen) Incident
1989
Return of HK to the PRC
1997
Establishment of Tokugawa Shogunate
1603
Matthew Perry first arrives in Japan
1852
Meiji Restoration
1863
Iwakura Mission
1871-1873
Satsuma Rebellion of Saigo Takamori
1877
Annexation of Ryukyu
1879
Matsukata Depression
1880s
Imperial residence moved to Tokyo, Meiji Constitution promulgated
1889
Russo-Japanese War
1904-1905
“Gentlement’s Agreement” with Canada over immigration
1908
Reign of Emperor Taisho
1912-1926
Great Kanto Earthquake
1923
Universal Manhood Suffrage, Peace Preservation Law
1925
Mukden Incident (Invasion of Manchuria)
1931
Second Sino-Japanese War
1937-1945
US Occupation of Japan
1945-1952
Canadian Citizenship Act
1947
Signing of the Anpo Treaty with the US
1960
Tokyo Olympics
1964
Death of the Showa Emperor
1989
Imjin War
1592-1598
Taewongun made regent, execution of Choe Je-u
1864
General Sherman incident, French punitive expedition
1866
King Gojong begins to rule in his own right
1874
Treaty of Gangwha
1876
Imo Incident
1882
Gapsin Coup
1884
Tonghak Rebellion
1894
Gabo Reforms
1894-1896
Eulsa (Japan-Korea) Treaty
1905
Annexation of Korea by Japan
1910
March First Movement
1919
Presidency of Syngman Rhee
1948-1960
Korean War
1950-1953
May 16 Coup of Park Chung Hee
1961
Yushin Constitution
1972
Assassination of Park Chung Hee
1979
Gwabgju Uprising
1980
June Democract Movement
1987
North Korean famine
1996-1999
Asian Financial Crisis
1997