Timeline (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

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Timeline (1821 - 1879)

1820s 

• 31 March 1821: Lt. Matthew C. Perry opens up Japan under the Edict of Edo with the Shogun and the Emperor of Japan, propelling Japan into rapid modernization and integration. 
• 5 June 1825: Traditional Samurai Families, fearful of their waning influence, begin an open rebellion in central Honshu. 
• 17 August 1825: The Tamura clan of Miyagi ally with their cousin Date Branch in Sendai to create the Miyagi-Sendai Shogunate.
• 11 September 1825: The Miyagi-Sendai Shogunate declares war on the Japanese Empire, thus beginning the Japanese Civil War. 
• 17 November 1827: The Miyagi-Sendai Shogunate successfully ambushes Imperial forces near Sekigahara, killing General Ōmura Masujirō and inflicting heavy casualties on the latter. 
• 5 May 1829: The first Chinese ships land in Spanish North America. 

Timeline (1880 - 1930)

1880s 

• 12 June 1880: The last retainers of the Miyagi-Sendai surrender to the Japanese Empire, ending the Japanese Civil War, 
• 6 June 1883: The Sino-Spanish War breaks out after the Qing invasion of the Philippines. 
• 11 September 1883: The Sino-Spanish War ends with Qing victory and the Philippines is ceded to Qing, thus beginning the fall of the Spanish Empire.

1890s

• 1 August 1894: The Sino-Japanese War breaks out, ending a year later with Japanese victory.
• 3 August 1894: The Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed, ceding Formosa, the Kinmen, Matsu, and Pescadores to Japan. 
• 11 September 1894: King Sojong of Korea declares himself Emperor and reorganizes the Joseon Dynasty into the Greater Korean Empire. 
• 12 September 1894: Joseon loyalists, with the help of Qing forces, attack a royal palace in Pyeongyang, triggering the Korean Civil War. 

1900s

• 10 October 1905: The Qing Dynasty collapses and the Republic of China is established.
• 25 December 1905: The Korean Civil War ends with the defeat and execution of the last of the actively resistant Joseon loyalists. 
• 14 February 1906: A Japanese mission to Korea ends with the signing of the Jeju Edict, which allows Japan and the newly-formed Republic of China exclusive access to the trading port of Jeju. 
• 14 November 1906: The Chinese colonies of Meishangu and Xinshidao are sold to Japan for $30 million.

1910s

• 12 August 1912: Cao Kun, a Chinese warlord, invades Peking and thus begins the Chinese Civil War.

1920s

• 13 January 1922: The First Republic of the Philippines is established with the independence of the Philippines from China. 

Timeline (1931 - 1979)

1930s

• 4 August 1931: Filipino forces begin widespread government-sanctioned attacks on Chinese merchant ships, leading to Chinese counterattacks against Filipino warships. 
• 6 August 1931: Filipino forces accidentally fire on a Japanese armed trade vessel 200 km off Puerto Princessa, leading to a small exchange of fire that sunk two Filipino ships and killed about 75 people. 
• 11 September 1931: The Imperial Japanese Coast Guard retaliates with a blockade of the Port of Yokohama, blocking Filipino merchant ships from entering. The Philippines suffers from the blockade and attempt to negotiate with Japan in the following months.
• 19 October 1931: Negotiations between Filipino President Emilio Aguinaldo and Japan break down and Japan declares war on the Philippines. 

1940s 

• 10 October 1948: Riots break out across many major cities in French Indochina; the French government seeks advice from the international community. 
• 16 October 1948: The French Indochinese government approves a series of new laws guaranteeing the native non-European populations some rights, quelling some riots. 
• 31 October 1948: Riots in Vietnam and Laos intensify, forcing the French Indochinese government to declare martial law and use force to shut down the protests in Saigon, Hanoi, and Vientiane. 
• 3 November 1948: Riots turn into all out rebellion; forcing a full militarization of all French forces in French Indochina. 

1950s 

• 17 January 1956: After years of fighting, the French government officially relinquishes all control of Indochina, thus creating the new states of Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.