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World History 1400–1900 · Asia

Asia: A Chronology

Dynasties and encounters, 1400–1900. The rise and fall of the great Asian empires — the Mughals in India, Ming and Qing China, the closing and reopening of Japan — and the long contest with the expanding powers of Europe, year by year.

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Empires of the East Gunpowder Empires Trade & Encounter The Age of Empire

Empires of the East1400 – 1500

1400Kingdom of Malacca 1405Mongol Empire Divided 1420Chinese Capital- Peking 1431Angor Sacked 1471Kingdom of Annam 1498Vasco de Gama Sails to India

Gunpowder Empires1501 – 1650

Trade & Encounter1651 – 1750

1690British Establish Fort at Calcutta 1720Chinese Assault on Tibet 1739Battle of Karnal

The Age of Empire1751 – 1899

1757British Establish Sovereignty Over India 1764Battle of Baxar 1770James Cook Claims Australia for British 1779James Cook Dies on his Third Voyage 1782Rama I Rules Siam 1784India Act 1795Rama, King of Siam, Annexes Western Cambodia 1824First Anglo-Burmese War 18381842-First Anglo-Afghan War 1839Opium War 1842British Massacred in Afghanistan 1846First Sikh War 1849Second Sikh War 1850Taiping Rebellion 1852Second Burma War 1854Perry in Japan 1856Arrow War 1857Sepoy Mutiny 18601872-Second Maori War 1868Meiji Restoration 1874Japanese Invade Taiwan 1876Japan Recognises Korean Independence From China 1883Sino-Chinese War 1889Japan Received First Written Constitution 1895Sun Yat-sen Revolt 1895First Sino-Japanese War 1898Dewey Captures Phillippines

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