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1498 - 1613 115 Portuguese traders in China |
1505 - 21 16 Zhengde
1521 - 67 46 Jiajing
1567 - 72 5 Longqing
1620 Taichang
1620 - 7 7 Tianqi
1572 - 1620 48 Wanli |
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Shun Dynasty set up by peasants rebellion, but former Ming general Wu Sangui led Qing forces into Beijing & Qing forces defeated rebels. |
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Sourn Ming Dynasty refers to Ming loyalist regimes that existed in Sourn China from 1644 - 62 18. regime was established by princes of already destroyed Ming dynasty. All of se monarchs had ir regimes crushed by Qing forces very quickly. Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong) used Ming dynastys name & gared forces before fleeing to Taiwan.
1644 Manchu conquer China ending Ming Dynasty. subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912. |
1645 - 6 1 Zhū Yùjiàn Shàozōng  |
1645 Zhū Chángfāng None given |
1645 - 53 8 Zhū Yǐhǎi None given |
1646 Zhū Yùyuè Wénzōng  |
1646 - 62 16 Zhū Yóuláng Zhāozōng  |
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1618 Manchus start invading China. ir conquest eventually topples Ming Dynasty. |
1637 Although Chinese naval mines were earlier described in 14th century Huolongjing, Tian Gong Kai Wu book of Ming Dynasty scholar Song Yingxing describes naval mines wrapped in a lacquer bag & ignited by an ambusher pulling a rip cord on nearby shore that triggers a steelwheel flint mechanism |
1548 Ming Dynasty government of China issues a decree banning all foreign trade & closes down all seaports along coast; se Hai jin laws came during Wokou wars with Japanese pirates. |
1556 Shaanxi Earthquake in China is historys deadliest known earthquake. |
1661 reign of Kangxi Emperor of China begins. |
1661 - 1722 61 Kangxi Emperor Xuányè Réndì Shèngzǔ |
1862 - 77 15 Muslim Rebellion in northwest China. |
1683 China conquers Kingdom of Tungning & annexes Taiwan |
1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia & China |
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1652 - 89 37 Russian Manchu border conflicts Qing Empire
Joseon Dynasty Tsardom of Russia
Cossacks |
1673 - 81 8 Revolt of Three Feudatories. China. Qing Empire vs Three Feudatories |
1669 - 1732 63 Jiang Tingxi, painter, calligrapher, encyclopedist, foreign delegate to Japan |
1587 - 1641 54 Xu Xiake, geographer |
1587 - 1666 79 Song Yingxing, encyclopedist |
1494 - 1552 58 Qiu Ying, painter who belonged to Wu School & used gongbi brush style |
1661 Immaculate Conception Cadral of Hangzhou |
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1716 - 20 4 China invades Tibet |
1770 First cargoes of Bengal Opium arrive in China |
1718 Battle of Salween River  |
1721 Kangxi Emperor bans Christian Missionaries because of Pope Clement XIs decree. |
1722 - 35 13 mi Yongzheng Yìnzhēn Xiàndì Shìzōng
1726 Gujin Tushu Jicheng Chinese encyclopedia >100 million characters >800K pages 60 copies copperbased type |
1735 - 6 1 Miao Rebellion Qing empire Miao rebels |
1735 - 99 64 Qianlong Emperor of China oversaw a huge expansion in territory. |
1736 Qing Dynasty Chinese court painters recreate Zhang Zeduans classic panoramic painting, Along River During Qingming Festival. |
1644 Manchu Qing dynasty is established in China. |
1747 Chinese defeat Oyrats in Jungaria |
1750 Dream of Red Chamber Novel by 1715 - 64 49 Cao Xueqin, Chinese writer |
1755 tallest wooden Bodhisattva statue in world is erected at Puning Temple, Chengde, China. |
1759 nt Chinese conquer Tarim Basin, resulting in Khojas fleeing to Kokand. |
1768 Eastern (Chinese) Turkestan is officially renamed "Xinjiang" by Chinese |
1771 Putuo Zongcheng Temple complex of Chengde, China is completed |
1771 Chinese attempt to bring Kazakhs into a vassal relationship |
1773 East India Company starts operations in Bengal to smuggle Opium into China |
1773 - 82 9 Qing Dynasty huge literary compilation Siku Quanshu |
1795 - 1806 11 Miao Rebellion Qing empire Miao rebels |
1796 - 1804 8 White Lotus Rebellion against Manchu Dynasty in China |
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1771 - 1847 76 Liang Desheng, poet & writer |
1640 - 1715 75 mi Pu Songling, short story writer |
1716 - 97 81 mi Yuan Mei painter, poet, essayist |
1648 - 1718 70 mi Kong Shangren, dramatist, poet |
137 - 192 55 mi Wang Yun, playwright, poet |
1646 - 1708 62 mi Pan Lei scholar & mamatician |
1724 - 77 51 Dai Zhen, mamatician, geographer, phonologist & philosopher |
1774 - 1829 55 mi Gai Qi painter, poet |
1669 - 1732 63 Jiang Tingxi artist & scholar |
1716 - 97 81 mi Yuan Mei poet, scholar & artist |
1763 - 1830 67 mi Li Ruzhen novelist |
1701 - 54 53 mi Wu Jingzi writer |
1716 mi St. Francis Cadral of Xian |
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1855 - 73 18 Muslim rebellions in Yunnan & Shaanxi provinces in China. |
1814 1st recorded Chinese convert |
1899 - 1901 2 Boxer Rebellion EightNation Alliance
Empire of Japan
Russian Empire
British Empire
French 3rd Republic
United States
German Empire
Kingdom of Italy
AustriaHungary Righteous Harmony Society
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1862 - 77 15 Dungan revolt Muslim Rebellion. China. Qing Empire of China vs Muslims of China |
1851 - 64 13 Hong Xiuquan Hong XiuquanYuánnián
1864 mi Hong Tianguifu None given |
1839 - 42 3 1st Opium War British Empire Qing Empire of China
Tai Pan 1986 |
1841 Hong Kong established |
1850 - 6414 Taiping Rebellion Qing Empire of China
British Empire
French Empire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom |
1856 60 2nd Chinese Opium War Arrow War United Kingdom
French Empire
United States (1856 & 1859 only) Qing Empire of China |
1856 - 73 17 Panthay Rebellion |
1856 - 73 17 Du Wenxiu Rebellion |
1820 - 8 8 Khojas revolt against Chinese rule in Altishahr ( Tarim Basin, China). |
1820 - 50 30 Daoguang Mínníng Chéngdì Xuānzōng |
1850 - 61 11 Xianfeng Emperor Yìzhǔ Xiǎndì Wénzōng
1851 - 64 13 Taiping Rebellion in China is bloodiest conflict of century. |
1868 China Treaty by Mark Twain 21.4M 46;49 |
1876 Chinese begin reconquest of Xinjiang |
1876 - 9 13 million Chinese died of famine in north China. |
1878 Kashgar falls to Chinese under Tso Tsungtang |
1884 Xinjiang Chinese province |
1884 - 5 1 mi Sino-French War French Third Republic
Annam Protectorate Qing Empire of China
Remnants of Nguyễn Dynasty of Viet Nam
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1884 Battle of Fuzhou  |
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1894 - 5 1 After First SinoJapanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan & grants Japan a free hand in Korea.
1894 Battle of Yalu River.  |
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1897 China & Chinese by Herbert Giles 123M 4;29;12 |
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1894 - 5 1 1st Sino/Japanese War Empire of Japan Qing Empire of China |
1898 - 1901 3  Boxer rebellion China suppressed by 8 Nation Alliance
55 Days at Peking 1963
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Hong Xiuquan inspired Chinas Taiping Rebellion, perhaps bloodiest civil war in human history |
1843 - 7 4 revolt of Six Khojas in Altishahr. |
1857 Khojas revolt in Altishahr. |
1857 - 60 3 nt 2nd Opium War, again resulting in Chinas defeat. |
1864 Yaqub Beg 1820 - 77 57 establishes an independent state in Altishahr. |
1877 Yaqub Beg dies of poisoning. |
1814 - 64 50 Hong Xiuquan revolutionary, self proclaimed ^ God |
1849 mi St. Johns Cadral, Hong Kong |
1851 St. Ignatius Cadral of Shanghai |
1863 Sacred Heart Cadral of Guangzhou |
1888 Hong Kong Catholic Cadral of Immaculate Conception |
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1915 - 6 1 Yuan Shikais 
1916 & 1912 - 5 3 as President of Republic of China)Yuan Shikai Hóngxiàn (Hunghsien) |
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1926 Civil war in China
Sand Pebbles 1966 |
1931 Japanese occupation of Manchuria |
1939 Battles of Khalkhin Gol. SovietJapanese Border War Mongolia USSR 8X 15.3W, Mongolia 274 57 500T 809 VS Japan, Manchukuo 75 8.4X 8.8W 135T 250
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1938 Battle of Wuhan. China Japan 350 100 120 500 150 VS China, USSR 120Div 1.1M 225 30 200 |
1941 Battle of Hong Kong. China Japan 52 2X 6W VS UK, Hong Kong, Bitish India 14 2.1XM 2.3W 10C 4CiX 3CiW |
1943 Battle of Changde. China China VS Japan 40+XW |
1945 Battle of West Hunan. China China 7.7So 8.6Ci, USA #11Pi 110Pre 200T 400 VS Japan 80 35.8 27XW |
Seven Years in Tibet 1997
Kundun 1997 |
1989 Tiananmen square |
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1932 Saint Dominics Cadral, Fuzhou |
1934 St. Michaels Cadral, Qingdao |
1984 Kowloon Masjid & Islamic Centre Mosque china |
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1514 under eastern Chagataid Khan Sayid capital moves from Ili to Kashgar, China. |
1519 Wang Yangming, Chinese philosopher & governor of Jiangxi province, describes his intent to use fire power of folangji, a breechloading Portuguese culverin, in order to suppress rebellion of Prince Zhu Chenhao. |
1521 After building fortifications at Tuen Mun, Portuguese attempt to invade Ming Dynasty China, but are expelled by Chinese naval forces. |
1543 Dayan dies & Mongol empire disintegrates again |
1550 Mongols led by Altan Khan invade China & besiege Beijing. |
1578 Altan Khan converts to Buddhism |
1584 Battle of Komake & Nagakute   |
1585 earliest known reference to sailing carriage in China. |
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1645 - 8 3 Potala Palace |
1650 Tibetan Buddhism Dalai Lama |
1983 Yungbulakang Palace |
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Sándor Körösi Csoma, explorer of Tibetan culture |
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1751 China invades Tibet |
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1570 height of Oyrat Mongol power in Jungaria & Mongolia. |
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1919 - 21 2 Occupation of Mongolia |
1939 Battles of Khalkhin Gol. SovietJapanese Border War Mongolia USSR 8X 15.3W, Mongolia 274 57 500T 809 VS Japan, Manchukuo 75 8.4X 8.8W 135T 250
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1969 Artificial Lake Castle |
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1627 1st Manchu invasion of Korea. North Korea. Joseon Dynasty vs Later Jin |
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1592 mi Battle of Hansan Island   |
1593 mi Battle of Byeokjegwan   |
1597 mi Battle of Chilcheollyang   |
1597 Battle of Namwon  |
1597 Seige of Ulsan  |
1597 mi Battle of Myeongnyang  |
1598 mi Battle of Sancheon  |
1598 Battle of Noryang  |
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1563 - 1620 57 Wanli Emperor, Emperor of China during Ming Dynasty, aided Korea in Imjin War |
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1636 - 7 1 2nd Manchu invasion North Korea. Qing Dynasty vs Joseon Dynasty |
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1545 - 98 53 mi Admiral Yi Sunsin Korean admiral, respected as one of greatest admirals in world history. |
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1811 - 2 1 Korean Revolt Kingdom of Great Joseon Rebels |
1866 French Campaign against Korea Joseon Dynasty France |
1897 mi Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims short lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910 |
1892 - 8 mi Myeongdong Cadral |
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1950 - 53 Korean war |
1954 Unification Church Sun Myung Moon. Korea |
1924 - 96 Seoul Anglican Cadral |
1976 Seoul Central Mosque |
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1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off coast of Pacific Northwest; coast of Japan is struck by a tsunami. |
1702 47 Ronin attack Kira Yoshinaka & n commit seppuku in Japan. |
1703 Love Suicides at Sonezaki by Japanese Chikamatsu first performed |
1704 End of Japans Genroku period. |
1707 Mount Fuji erupts Japan |
1709 - 35 26 Yasuhito Emperor Nakamikado |
1653 - 1725 72 mi Chikamatsu Monzaemon dramatist, playwright |
1657 - 1725 68 mi Arai Hakuseki Scholar, Writer & Politician |
1748 Chushingura ( Treasury of Loyal Retainers), popular Japanese puppet play, composed |
1671 - 1750 79 Nishikawa Sukenobu Printmaker, Teacher |
1762 - 71 9 Toshiko GoSakuramachi  |
1697 - 1769 72 Kamo no Mabuchi, Japanese philosopher |
1725 - 70 45 Suzuki Harunobu Woodblock Printer |
1776 Ugetsu monogatari (Tales of Moonlight & Rain) by Japanese Ueda Akinari |
1780 - 1817 37 Tomohito Kōkaku  |
1787 Kansei Reforms instituted in Japan by Matsudaira Sadanobu. |
1794 - 6 2 Hwaseong Fortress |
1794 - 6 2 Suwon Fortress |
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1730 - 1801 71 mi Motoori Norinaga Japanese philosopher & scholar |
1753 - 1806 53 mi Kitagawa Utamaro Printmaker & Painter |
1734 - 1809 75 mi Ueda Akinari writer |
1733 - 1817 83 mi Sugita Genpaku scholar & translator |
1817 - 46 29 Ayahito Ninkō  |
1838 Tenrikyo Miki Maegawa Nakayama |
1846 - 67 21 Osahito Kōmei  |
1853 USA forces Japanese to start trading 
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1854 Convention of Kanagawa formally ends Japans policy of isolation. |
1797 - 1858 61 Ando Hiroshige |
1860s mi Japanese civil wars
Last Samurai 2003 
1863 - 4 Battle of Shimonoseki Part of Japanese Civil War United States Chōshū Domain |
1863 Bombardment of Kagoshima British Empire vs Satsuma Domain |
1863 - 4 1 Bombardments of Shimonoseki British Empire
Nerlands
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Second French Empire Chōshū Domain Chōfu Domain
Kiheitai Volunteers |
1864 Hamaguri Rebellion & First Chōshū expedition
Part of Japanese Civil War Tokugawa Shogunate
Satsuma Domain Aizu Domain Chōshū Domain
Sonnō jōi Rebels |
1864 - 5 1 Mito rebellion Kantō insurrection
Part of Japanese Civil War Tokugawa Shogunate
Mito Domain Sonnō jōi Rebels of Eastern Japan |
1865 Hyōgo Naval Expedition Part of Japanese Civil War British Empire Forces of Emperor of Japan |
1866 Second Chōshū expedition,
Summer War. Japan. Chōshū Domain vs Tokugawa Shogunate,
Aizu Domain |
1867 - 1912 45 Mutsuhito Meiji 1st emperor of Empire of Japan. |
Japanese Empire
1868 - 1945 77
Japan Tokyo Emperors government took control of country in 1868. Regional hegemony in East Asia ended in 1945. |
1868 - 9 1 After Meiji Restoration, Japan embarks on a program of rapid modernization. |
1868 - 9 1 Boshin War War of Year of Dragon,
Part of Japanese Civil War. Japan. Imperial Faction: Forces of Emperor of Japan,
Satsuma Domain,
Chōshū Domain,
Tosa Domain,
Hiroshima Domain,
Saga Domain vs Tokugawa Shogunate,
Norrn Alliance,
Republic of Ezo,
Second French Empire   |
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1877 nt Satsuma Rebellion Japan. Empire of Japan vs Satsuma Domain |
1891 Holy Resurrection Cadral Completed |
1839 - 92 53 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi |
1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan Empire of Japan Republic of Formosa
Various militia forces |
1898 St. Agnes Cadral Kyoto |
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Japanese Empire
1905 - 45 45
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Sisters of Gion 1936
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005
Zi Hudi (Purple Butterfly) 2003
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1906 Book of Tea by Kakuzo 57.2M 2;05;03 |
1908 Bushido Soul of Japan by Nitobi 105M 3;50;06 |
1910 Japan annexes Korea |
1926 - 89 63 Hirohito Shōwa Last emperor of Empire of Japan. |
1926 - 89 63 Hirohito Shōwa Last emperor of Empire of Japan. |
1933 Sacred Heart Cadral Yokohama |
1938 Aoba Castle |
1935 Kobe Mosque Japan |
1941 Fall of Singapore, Malaya & Burma;
Merrills Marauders 1962
Battle of Coral Sea
Battle of Coral Sea 1959
Guadalcanal
Thin Red Line 1998
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1938 Battle of Lake Khasan. Russia USSR 23 236X 611WVS Japan 77.3 526X 913W |
1939 Battles of Khalkhin Gol. SovietJapanese Border War Mongolia USSR 8X 15.3W, Mongolia 274 57 500T 809 VS Japan, Manchukuo 75 8.4X 8.8W 135T 250
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1938 Battle of Wuhan. China Japan 350 100 120 500 150 VS China, USSR 120Div 1.1M 225 30 200 |
1941 Battle of Hong Kong. China Japan 52 2X 6W VS UK, Hong Kong, Bitish India 14 2.1XM 2.3W 10C 4CiX 3CiW |
1941 Battle of Coral Sea. Coral Sea, bet Australia, New Guinea, & Solomons USA, Australia 2AC 1Sc 1D 128 69 9C 13D 1 2Ta 1 1ST 28 3 #656X VS Japan 2AC 127 92 1D 1LC 1 9C 15D 1 1D 5MS 2ML 2SuC 3G 1Ta 1ST 12T 1D 3SW 2SWD 55 5 #966X * Japanese Invasion repelled |
1942 Battle for Guadalcanal. Solomon USA 1AC 362B 2HC 3LC 2 12D 7 1.7 VS Japan 2B 2 6HC 4LC 16D 3 11T 11 64 1.9 |
1942 Battle of Madagascar. UK, North Rhodesia, South Africa, Australia 1015 620 107X 280W 1B HD 1Ta VS German Empire Vichy France, Japan 8 150X 500W 1MSu |
1942 3 Battle of BunaGona. New Guinea Australia, USA 20+ 2.3X 12+W VS Japan 6.5+ 6+X 1.2W #200C |
1943 Battle of Bismarck Sea. Papua New Guinea USA, Australia 39HBo 41MBo 34LBo 2Bo, 10To 54Fi 4 #13X VS Japan 8D 5 8T 8 100 20Fi 2.9+X |
1943 Battle of Changde. China China VS Japan 40+XW |
1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf. Philipines USA, Australia 8AC 8LAC 1 18EC 21.5 200 12B 24C 141D&DE 3 +PT&Su&Au 3 VS Japan 1AC 1 3LAC 3 300+ 500 9B 3 14HC 6LC 10 35+D 11 10.5 |
1944 Action of 13 May. Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic USA 1DE 0 VS Japan 1Sub 1 #52X |
1944 Movies
 Kamikazees
Battle Stations 1956
 Midway
Midway 1976
 Fermi builds Nuclear reactor
Fat Man & Little Boy 1989
mi Iwo Jima: Sands of Iwo Jima 1949
Flags of Our Fars 2006
 Battle of Saipan
Battle Cry 1955
nt Makin Atoll battle
Gung Ho 1943
 Tawara beach battle
Tarawa Beach Head 1958
Windtalkers 2002
Outsider 1961
 Okinawa
Okinawa 1952
 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Hiroshima 1995
Winds of War 1983 |
1945 Battle of West Hunan. China China 7.7So 8.6Ci, USA #11Pi 110Pre 200T 400 VS Japan 80 35.8 27XW |
1945 Action of 9 February. Off Norway UK 1Su VS Germany, Japan 2Su 1 #73 |
1946 Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki by US Army Corps of Engineers, Manhattan District 98M 3;34;06 |
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1955 St. Andrews Cadral Yokohama |
1959 Urakami Cadral |
1960 Taipei Grand Mosque Taiwan |
1964 - 2007 44 St. Marys Cadral, Tokyo |
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Taisho Period
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Showa period
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1661 - 2 Siege of Fort Zeelandia Koxinga captures Taiwan from Dutch & founds Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683. |
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