Key Asian Events in World Wars
Major events
The World Wars witnessed pivotal Asian events that altered history. The 21 Demands and the Battle of Gallipoli reshaped regional dynamics, leading to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The conflict escalated from the Manchurian Incident to Pearl Harbor and Midway, paving the way for post-war independence.
Timeline
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Age
| 1868 |
Birth (Period: August 27, 1868)
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| 1870 |
Activities as an Ottoman Official (Period: 1870s–1913)
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| 1886 |
Transition to the Military School (Period: 1886–1893)
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| 1887 |
Graduation from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: 1887)
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| 1890 |
Admission to the Kuleli Military High School (Ahmet Djemal, Period: 1890)
Admission to the Ottoman Military Academy (İsmail Enver, Period: 1890s)
Studying Islamic Theology at Al-Azhar University (Period: Late 1890s–Early 1900s)
Chemical Research and Acquisition of Doctorate (Chaim Weizmann, Period: 1890s–1900)
Joining the Zionist Movement (Period: 1890s–)
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| 1891 |
Beginning of Employment at the Post and Telegraph Office (Period: 1891)
Beginning of Employment at the Edirne Post and Telegraph Office (Period: 1891)
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| 1892 |
Admission to the Sivas Military Preparatory School (Mustafa İsmet, Period: 1892)
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| 1893 |
Participation in and Arrest by the Young Turk Movement (Period: 1893–1898)
Service as an Ottoman Administrator (Period: 1893–End of World War I)
Study in the United States (Period: 1893–1901)
Admission to the Ottoman Military Academy (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: April 29, 1893)
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| 1894 |
Growth within a Political Family (Period: 1894–1910s)
Service in the First Sino-Japanese War (Period: 1894–1895)
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| 1896 |
Adoption into the Nomura Family (Period: 1896)
Birth in Cheolsan (Period: June 5, 1896 (lunar calendar))
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| 1897 |
Transition to the Military School in Istanbul (Period: 1897–1903)
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| 1898 |
Staff Duty in Salonica (Period: 1898–)
Study Abroad in Europe and Journalistic Activities (Period: c. 1898–1901)
Birth in Miryang (Period: 1898)
Graduation from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: December 1898)
Graduation from the Military Academy (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: December 25, 1898)
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| 1899 |
Appointment as Chief of Staff of the 18th Regular Division (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: 1899)
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| 1900 |
Studying Civil Engineering at Istanbul University (Period: Early 1900s–c. 1908)
Formation and Activities of the Zionist Youth Movement "Ezra" (Period: c. 1900–1904)
Joining and Leading Poale Zion (Period: 1900s–1910s)
Involvement with the Jewish Self-Defense Organization Hashomer (Period: Late 1900s–1910s)
Participation in Ottoman Reformist and Nationalist Movements (Period: 1900s–1910s)
Liberation of Nobi (Slaves) and Enlightenment Activities (Period: Early 1900s)
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| 1901 |
Stationing in Germany (Period: 1901–1903)
Enrollment in and Graduation from the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Isoroku Takano, Period: 1901–1904)
Sailing the Battleship Mikasa Back to Japan (Period: 1901–1902)
Birth and the Title of Prince Michi (Period: April 29, 1901)
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| 1902 |
Graduation from the Ottoman Military Academy (İsmail Enver, Period: 1902–1903)
Legal Studies and Acquisition of Law License (Emile Eddé, Period: 1902–1909)
Promotion to Major (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: April 1902)
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| 1903 |
Posting to Manastir (Period: January 1903)
Religious Education and Social Reform in Jableh (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Period: c. 1903–1919)
Controversy over the Uganda Scheme within the Zionist Movement (Period: 1903–1905)
Participation in the Sixth Zionist Congress (Period: 1903)
Formation of Jewish Self-Defense Organizations in Russia (Period: 1903 Onward)
Kishinev Pogrom (Period: April 1903)
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| 1904 |
Emigration to Britain and Contact with Arthur Balfour (Chaim Weizmann, Period: 1904–1906)
Joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Service as a Diplomat (Period: 1904–1921)
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| 1905 |
Graduation from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy (Hideki Tojo, Period: 1905)
Enrollment in the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy (Period: 1905)
Participation in the Battle of Tsushima (Period: May 27–28, 1905)
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| 1906 |
Participation in the Young Turk Movement (Period: 1906)
Establishment of the Committee of Ottoman Freedom (Period: 1906)
Emigration to Palestine (David Ben-Gurion, Period: 1906)
Emigration to the United States (Golda Meir, Period: 1906)
Emigration to Palestine with Family (Moshe Sharett, Period: 1906)
Graduation from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy (Korechika Anami, Period: 1906)
Participation in the Committee of Ottoman Freedom (Period: Around September 1906)
Founding of the Committee of Ottoman Freedom (Period: September 18, 1906)
Graduation from the Military Academy (Mustafa İsmet, Period: September 26, 1906)
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| 1907 |
Participation in the Committee of Union and Progress (Period: 1907)
Confiscation of Hunters' Weapons under the Firearms and Gunpowder Control Law (Period: 1907)
Organization of Righteous Army Units (Period: Around November 1907)
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| 1908 |
Assumption of Office as Ottoman Parliament Member for Edirne (Mehmed Talat, Period: 1908)
Involvement in the Committee of Union and Progress after the Young Turk Revolution (Period: After 1908)
Graduation from Tokyo Imperial University (Shigenori Togo, Period: 1908)
Stationing in Austria and Germany (Period: 1908–1911)
Participation in the Young Turk Revolution (Period: July 1908)
Election as Member of Parliament after the Young Turk Revolution (Mehmed Talat, Period: December 17, 1908)
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| 1909 |
Visit to Bursa (Period: 1909)
Assumption of Office as Minister of the Interior (Mehmed Talat, Period: 1909)
Legal Studies in Paris (Period: 1909–1912)
Military Education at the Yunnan Military Academy (Zhu De, Period: 1909–1911)
Graduation from Tokyo Higher Commercial School (Saburo Kurusu, Period: 1909)
Study at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy (Period: 1909–1914)
Appointment as Military Attaché in Berlin (Period: March 5, 1909)
Appointment as Military Attaché in Berlin (İsmail Enver, Period: March 5, 1909)
Governance and Reconstruction following the Adana Massacre (Period: April 1909 – 1910)
Appointment as District Governor of Üsküdar (Period: After April 1909)
Participation in the Action Army (Period: April 1909)
31 March Incident (Period: April 13, 1909 (March 31 in the Ottoman calendar))
Accession of Mehmed V (Period: April 27, 1909)
Girding of the Sword of Osman (Period: May 10, 1909)
Oath of Accession in the Ottoman Parliament (Period: May 20, 1909)
Appointment as Governor of Adana (Period: August 1, 1909)
Appointment as Minister of the Interior (Mehmed Talat, Period: August 8, 1909)
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| 1910 |
Visit to Edirne (Period: 1910)
Albanian Revolts (Period: 1910–1912)
Education and Youth in Jerusalem (Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini, Period: 1910s–1927)
Participation in Al-Fatat (Period: 1910s)
Legal and Political Studies in Paris (Period: 1910s)
Move to Manchuria and the Russian Far East (Period: From around 1910 onward)
Appointment as Staff Officer of the Yemen Expeditionary Force (Mustafa İsmet, Period: February 26, 1910)
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| 1911 |
Albanian Malissori Revolt (Period: 1911)
Peace Negotiations with Imam Yahya in Yemen (Period: 1911–1913)
Support for the Libyan Resistance Movement (Period: 1911 Onward)
Execution of Father Zukan al-Atrash (Period: March 5, 1911)
Engagement to Naciye Sultan (Period: May 15, 1911)
Tour of Rumelia (Period: June 5–26, 1911)
Appointment as Governor of Baghdad (Period: June 14, 1911)
Organization of the Resistance Movement in Tripolitania (Period: October 1911 – 1912)
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| 1912 |
Assumption of Office as Secretary General of the Committee of Union and Progress (Mehmed Talat, Period: Around 1912)
Appointment as Chief of Staff of the Yemen Army Corps (Mustafa İsmet, Period: 1912)
Appointment as Legal Advisor to the French Consulate (Emile Eddé, Period: 1912)
Joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Period: 1912)
Appointment as Commander of the Benghazi Sector (Period: January 24, 1912)
Birth in Mangyongdae (Period: April 15, 1912)
Becoming Crown Prince (Period: July 30, 1912)
Appointment as Head of Operations Department of the Vardar Army (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: September 29, 1912)
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| 1913 |
Appointment as Military Governor of Istanbul after the Bab-i Ali Raid (Ahmet Djemal, Period: January 1913–)
Graduation from Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium (Moshe Sharett, Period: c. 1913)
Elected as Member of the Ottoman Parliament (Period: 1913)
Study in Japan and Contact with Socialist Thought (Period: 1913–1916)
Studies at Hunan First Normal University and Formation of the New People's Study Society (Period: 1913–1918)
Bab-i Ali Raid (Period: January 23, 1913)
Bab-i Ali Raid (Coup d'état, Period: January 23, 1913)
Execution of the Bab-i Ali Raid (Period: January 23, 1913)
Assassination of Mahmud Şevket Pasha (Period: June 11, 1913)
Reappointment as Minister of the Interior (Period: June 12, 1913)
Recapture of Edirne (Period: July 22, 1913)
Involvement in the Recapture of Edirne during the Second Balkan War (Period: July 22, 1913)
Appointment as Commander of the Ankara Reserve Division (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: August 2, 1913)
Participation in the Peace Conference after the Balkan Wars (Period: October 8–29, 1913)
Appointment as Commander of the 5th Corps (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: December 22, 1913)
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| 1914 |
Persecution and Deportation of Pontic Greeks (Period: 1914–1923 approximately, particularly from the World War I period to the Turkish War of Independence)
Entry into World War I and Administration of the Wartime Government (Period: 1914–1918)
Service in the High Command during World War I (Period: 1914–1915)
Elected as Representative of Jerusalem to the Ottoman Parliament (Period: 1914–1918)
Arrest and Imprisonment by Djemal Pasha (Period: 1914–1917)
Siemens Incident (Period: 1914)
Service as Consul in Chicago (Period: 1914–1919)
Appointment as Minister of War (İsmail Enver, Period: January 3, 1914)
Assumption of Office as Minister of War (İsmail Enver, Period: January 3, 1914)
Appointment as Minister of the Navy (Ahmet Djemal, Period: February 1914)
Marriage to Naciye Sultan (Period: March 5, 1914)
Appointment as Vice-Minister of the Navy (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: April 1914)
Conclusion of the Ottoman-German Alliance (Period: August 2, 1914)
Passage of the German Warships SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau through the Straits (Period: August 10, 1914)
Passage of the Goeben and Breslau through the Straits (Period: August 10, 1914)
Involvement in the Decision to Enter World War I (Period: October – November 1914)
Attack on Russian Black Sea Ports and Entry into World War I (Period: October 29, 1914)
Attack on the Russian Black Sea Coast and Entry into World War I (Period: October 29 – November 1914)
Appointment as Commander of the Fourth Army (Period: November – December 1914)
Entry into World War I and Declaration of Jihad (Period: November 11–14, 1914)
Appointment as Naval Attaché to the United States Embassy (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: December 1914–August 1918)
Command of the Sarikamish Operation (İsmail Enver, Period: December 22, 1914 – January 17, 1915)
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| 1915 |
Armenian Genocide (Period: World War I period, centered around 1915–1917)
Assyrian Genocide (Seyfo, Period: 1915–1918)
Deportation, Forced Conversion, and Assimilation Policies against Armenians (Period: World War I period, centered around 1915–1917)
Suppression of Arab Nationalists (Period: 1915–1916)
Disarmament of Armenian Soldiers and Reassignment to Labor Battalions (Period: Around 1915)
Involvement in the Armenian Deportation Policy (Period: 1915–1917)
Appointment as Chief of Staff of the Second Army (Mustafa İsmet, Period: 1915)
Development of Acetone Production Method During World War I (Period: c. 1915–1918)
Expulsion by Ottoman Authorities (David Ben-Gurion, Period: 1915)
Zionist Activities in the United States and Recruitment for the Jewish Legion (Period: 1915–1918)
Support for the Creation of the Jewish Troop "Zion Mule Corps" (Period: 1915–1916)
Joining Poale Zion (Period: c. 1915)
Support for the Creation of the Zion Mule Corps (Period: 1915–1916)
Participation in the Al-Fatat Arab Nationalist Organization (Period: Around 1915–1916)
Ottoman Authorities' Pursuit over Lebanon Independence Demand Documents (Period: 1915)
Exile to Egypt and Legal Practice (Bishara al-Khuri, Period: 1915–1919)
Anti-Twenty-One Demands Movement (Period: 1915)
First Suez Offensive (Period: January – February 1915)
Promotion to Major General (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: March 2, 1915)
Order for the Mass Arrest of Armenian Intellectuals and Leaders (Period: April 24, 1915)
Mass Arrest of Armenian Leaders (Period: April 24, 1915)
Implementation of the Armenian Deportation Policy (Period: May 1915 – 1916 onward)
Promulgation of the Temporary Law of Deportation (Tehcir Law, Period: May 27, 1915)
Execution of Arab Nationalists in Beirut (Period: August 21, 1915)
Launch of Youth Magazine (later New Youth, Period: September 1915)
Appointment as Acting Commander of the Anafartalar Group (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: December 10, 1915)
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| 1916 |
Deportation of Pontic Greeks (Period: 1916–1918)
Participation in the Arab Revolt and Entry into Damascus (Period: 1916–1918, especially September 29, 1918)
Support for the Arab Revolt and Participation in the Faisal Regime (Period: 1916–1920)
Arrest and Deportation by Ottoman Authorities (Riad al-Sulh, Period: 1916–1918)
Appointment to the House of Peers (Fumimaro Konoe, Period: 1916)
Adoption into the Yamamoto Family (Period: 1916)
Accession to the Crown Princedom (Mehmed Vahideddin Han bin Abdülmecid, Period: From February 1, 1916 onward)
Execution of Arab Nationalists in Damascus and Beirut (Period: May 6, 1916)
Execution of Arab Nationalists in Damascus (Period: May 6, 1916)
Arab Revolt (Period: June 1916 – 1918)
Second Suez Offensive (Period: July 1916)
Appointment as Commander of the 2nd Caucasus Corps (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: September 7, 1916)
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| 1917 |
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Negotiations (Period: Late 1917 – March 1918)
Establishment of the Jewish Legion (Period: 1917–1919)
Appointment as Dean of the School of Letters at Peking University (Chen Duxiu, Period: 1917)
Introduction of the October Revolution and Spread of Marxism (Period: 1917–1919)
Study in Japan (Period: 1917–1919)
Emigration to Northeastern China (Yang Se-bong, Period: Around 1917)
Appointment as Commander of the Fourth Corps (Mustafa İsmet, Period: January 12, 1917)
Appointment as Grand Vizier (Mehmed Talat, Period: February 4, 1917)
Assumption of Office as Grand Vizier (Mehmed Talat, Period: February 4, 1917)
Deportation of the Jewish Residents of Jaffa (Period: March 1917)
Appointment as Commander of the 20th and 3rd Corps (Mustafa İsmet, Period: After June 1917)
Appointment as Commander of the Second Army (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: July 5, 1917)
Appointment as Commander of the Seventh Army (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: October 9, 1917)
Visit of German Emperor Wilhelm II to Istanbul (Period: October 15, 1917)
Realization of the Balfour Declaration (Period: November 2, 1917)
Resignation as Commander of the Fourth Army (Ahmet Djemal, Period: December 1917)
Marriage to Morris Meyerson (Period: December 24, 1917)
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| 1918 |
Participation in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Negotiations (Period: January – March 1918)
Activities of the Karakol Society (Secret Resistance Organization, Period: Late 1918 – 1920)
Support for the Transfer of Weapons and Troops to Anatolia (Period: Late 1918 – March 1920)
Secret Activities Supporting the National Movement (Period: Late 1918 – 1919)
Appointment as Chairman of the Zionist Commission (Chaim Weizmann, Period: 1918)
Meeting with King Faisal (Period: 1918)
Activities in the Zionist Commission (Period: 1918–1919)
Participation in the Young Arab Society (Period: Post-WWI, circa 1918–1920)
Appointment as Chief Librarian at Peking University (Li Dazhao, Period: 1918)
Interactions with Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu at Peking University (Period: 1918–1919)
Graduation from the Army War College (Korechika Anami, Period: 1918)
Appointment as Mayor of Jerusalem (Musa al-Husseini, Period: March 1918–April 1920)
Visit of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles I (Period: May 1918)
Death of Mehmed V and Accession of Successor (Period: July 3–4, 1918)
Accession as the 36th Ottoman Sultan (Period: July 4, 1918)
Promotion to Lieutenant General (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: July 28, 1918)
Entry into Damascus and Establishment of the Arab Government (Period: October 1918)
Participation of the Lebanese Delegation in the Paris Peace Conference (Period: October 1918–1919)
Resignation as Grand Vizier (Mehmed Talat, Period: October 8, 1918 (successor cabinet formed October 14))
Resignation as Minister of War and Flight Abroad (İsmail Enver, Period: October 14 – November 2, 1918)
Appointment as Undersecretary of the Ministry of War (Mustafa İsmet, Period: October 24, 1918)
Acceptance of the Armistice of Mudros (Period: October 30, 1918)
Armistice of Mudros (Period: October 30, 1918)
Exile to Germany (Mehmed Talat, Period: November 1–3, 1918)
Flight Abroad after World War I (Period: November 1–2, 1918)
Occupation of Istanbul (Period: November 13, 1918 – October 4, 1923 (formal military occupation began March 16, 1920))
Appointment as Ottoman Chief of General Staff (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: December 24, 1918)
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| 1919 |
Trial in Absentia by the Ottoman Military Court (Period: 1919–1920)
Formation of Political Demands of the Palestinian National Movement (Period: 1919)
Armed Resistance to the French Mandate (Period: c. 1919–1920)
Founding of Ahdut HaAvoda (Period: 1919)
Advocating for Arab Independence at the Paris Peace Conference (Period: 1919)
Participation in the Syrian Congress (Period: 1919–1920)
Organization of the Hananu Revolt (Period: Autumn 1919–1920)
Approach to Marxism and Formation of Communist Groups (Period: 1919–1920)
Participation in the Paris Peace Conference (Period: 1919)
Study at Harvard University (Period: 1919–1921)
Service as Consul-General in Manila (Period: 1919–1922)
Organization and Command of the Korean Independence Army (Hong Beom-do, Period: 1919)
Desertion from the Japanese Army and Exile to China (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: 1919)
Exile to China and Activities at Sinheung Military Academy (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: 1919)
Dayudong Raid (Period: Around 1919)
Participation in the March 1st Movement (Period: 1919)
Activities in the Cheonmasan Troop (Period: 1919 onward)
Inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Military Administration Office (Kim Chwa-chin, Period: 1919)
Faisal-Weizmann Agreement (Period: January 3, 1919)
March 1st Movement (Period: From March 1, 1919 onward)
Co-founder of the Syrian Independence Party (Period: April 1919)
May Fourth Movement (Period: May 4, 1919 onwards)
Conflict over the Greek Landing at İzmir (Period: May 12–14, 1919)
Dismissal as Chief of General Staff (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: May 14, 1919)
Landing at İzmir and Greek Occupation (Period: May 15, 1919)
Dispatch of Mustafa Kemal to Anatolia (Period: May 19, 1919)
Landing at Samsun and Beginning of the National Movement (Period: May 19, 1919)
Trial in Absentia and Death Sentence by the Ottoman Military Court (Period: June 1919)
Arrest after the May Fourth Movement (Period: June 1919)
Amasya Circular (Period: June 22, 1919)
Death Sentence by Military Court (Period: July 1919)
Death Sentence by the Ottoman Military Court (Period: Around July 1919)
Erzurum Congress (Period: July 23 – August 7, 1919)
Sivas Congress (Period: September 4–11, 1919)
Dispatch to Sivas (Period: November 13–26, 1919)
Elected Chairman of the Syrian National Congress (Period: December 1919)
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| 1920 |
Cooperation in the Modernization of the Afghan Army (Period: 1920–1922)
Activities as a Leader of the Palestinian National Movement (Period: 1920–1934)
Appointment as Mayor of Jerusalem (Raghib al-Nashashibi, Period: 1920–January 1935)
Activities as a Moderate Leader of the Palestinian National Movement (Period: 1920s–1930s)
Death Sentence by French Military Court on Al-Qassam (Period: Early 1920s)
Relocation to Haifa (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Period: Late 1920–c. 1921)
Appointment as Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, Period: 1920s)
Activities in the Haifa Branch of the Young Men's Muslim Association (Period: 1920s–1930s)
Appointment as President of the World Zionist Organization (Chaim Weizmann, Period: 1920–1931, 1935–1946)
Founding and Leadership of the Histadrut (Period: 1920–1935)
Policy Conflicts and Departure from the Zionist Movement (Period: 1920s–1935)
Activities in the Histadrut (Period: 1920s–1940s)
Study in London and Participation in Labor Zionism (Period: 1920–1924)
Request for Support from the Turkish Nationalist Movement (Period: 1920–1921)
Activities at the Syria-Palestine Congress in Cairo (Period: 1920s)
Appointment as Secretary-General of the Administrative Council (Bishara al-Khuri, Period: 1920)
Territorial Demands by the Lebanese Delegation (Period: 1920)
Independence Movements in Egypt and Europe (Period: 1920s–1930s)
Formation of the Beijing Communist Group (Period: 1920)
Study in France and Activities with the Paris Branch of the Chinese Communist Party (Period: 1920–1924)
勤工倹学 Work-Study Program in France (Period: 1920–1926)
Graduation from the Army War College (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: 1920)
Marine Biology Research Activities (Period: 1920s–1980s)
Heroic Corps Attacks on the Government-General of Korea and Police Agencies (Period: 1920s)
Enrollment and Military Education at Whampoa Military Academy (Kim Won-bong, Period: Mid-1920s)
Formation of the Korean Independence Corps (Period: Late 1920)
Reorganization of Inter-connected Independence Army Organizations (Period: 1920)
Inauguration as Military Commissioner and Commander of Jeonguibu (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: Mid-1920s)
Participation in the Liberation Army General Headquarters (Period: Early 1920s)
Activities in Samuibu (Period: 1920s)
Relocation to Anatolia and Participation in the National Movement (Period: January – March 1920)
Appointment as Ottoman Minister of War (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: February 3 – April 8, 1920)
Proclaimed King of the Kingdom of Syria (Period: March 8, 1920)
Declaration of Syrian Independence and Establishment of the Kingdom of Syria (Period: March 8, 1920)
Escape from Istanbul to Ankara (Period: April – April 27, 1920)
Dismissal as Mayor and Appointment as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Arab Congress (Musa al-Husseini, Period: April–December 1920)
1920 Jerusalem Riots and Jabotinsky's Trial (Period: April 1920)
1920 Nebi Musa Riots (Period: April 4–7, 1920)
Dissolution of the Istanbul Parliament (Period: April 11, 1920)
Establishment of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Period: April 23, 1920)
Opening of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Period: April 23, 1920)
Participation in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Period: After April 23, 1920)
Arrival in Ankara (Period: April 27, 1920)
Assumed Office as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Syria (Hashim al-Atassi, Period: May–July 1920)
Appointment as Chief of General Staff (Mustafa İsmet, Period: May 3, 1920)
Participation in the Government of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (Period: May 3, 1920)
Appointment as Minister of National Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of Ministers (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: May 3, 1920)
Battle of Fengwudong (Period: June 6–7, 1920)
Battle of Maysalun and the Collapse of the Kingdom of Syria (Period: July 24, 1920)
Negotiations with Soviet Leaders in Moscow (Period: August – September 1920)
Death Sentence by French Mandate Authorities (Period: August 1920)
Death Sentence and Exile by French Authorities (Riad al-Sulh, Period: August 1920–1924)
Signing of the Treaty of Sèvres (Period: August 10, 1920)
Opposition to the Treaty of Sèvres (Period: After August 10, 1920)
Battle of Qingshanli (Period: October 1920)
Appointment as Commander of the Western Front (Mustafa İsmet, Period: November 8, 1920)
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| 1921 |
Joining the Basmachi Forces and Anti-Bolshevik Struggle (Period: 1921–1922)
Dispatch of Diplomatic Delegations to Britain (Period: 1921–1930)
Emigration to Palestine and Settlement in Merhavia (Golda Meir, Period: 1921)
Opposition to French Rule in Jabal al-Druze (Period: 1921–1922)
Activities of the Iron Hand Society and Suppression by French Authorities (Period: 1921–1922)
Establishment of the Iron Hand Society (Period: 1921)
Studies at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East in Moscow and Joining the Chinese Communist Party (Period: 1921)
Appointment as Director of the South Manchuria Railway Company (Yosuke Matsuoka, Period: 1921)
Participation in the Washington Naval Conference (Period: 1921–1922)
Joining the Soviet Red Army (Period: From 1921 onward)
Inauguration as Principal of the Goryeo Revolutionary Military Academy (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: 1921)
First Battle of İnönü (Period: January 6–11, 1921)
Victory in the First Battle of İnönü (Period: January 6–11, 1921)
Appointment as Chairman of the Government (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: January 24, 1921)
Selected as a Candidate for King of Iraq at the Cairo Conference (Period: March 1921)
Assassination of Talat Pasha (Operation Nemesis, Period: March 15, 1921)
Assassination in Berlin (Period: March 15, 1921)
Assassination of Talat Pasha (Period: March 15, 1921)
Second Battle of İnönü (Period: March 23 – April 1, 1921)
Victory in the Second Battle of İnönü (Period: March 23 – April 1, 1921)
Appointment as Grand Mufti of Jerusalem (Amin al-Husseini, Period: May 8, 1921)
Free City Incident (Period: June 1921)
Free City Incident (Free City Affair / Heihe Incident, Period: June 1921)
Plans to Return to Anatolia (İsmail Enver, Period: July – September 1921)
Founding of the Chinese Communist Party (Period: July 1921)
Appointment as Chief of General Staff (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: August 5, 1921)
Battle of Sakarya (Period: August 23 – September 13, 1921)
Ascension to the Throne as the First King of the Kingdom of Iraq (Period: August 23, 1921)
Relocation to Bukhara and Joining the Basmachi Forces (Period: October – November 1921)
Participation in and Leadership of the Basmachi Movement (Period: November 1921 – August 1922)
Unified Command of the Western Front Army (Mustafa İsmet, Period: November 10, 1921)
Assumption of the Regency (Hirohito, Period: November 25, 1921)
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| 1922 |
House Arrest and Surveillance by French Authorities (Period: 1922–1925)
Independence Movement at the Syria-Palestine Congress (Period: 1922–1924)
Promotion of the First United Front (Period: 1922–1927)
Study in Europe and Joining the Chinese Communist Party (Period: 1922–1925)
Enrolment at the Hunan Military Academy (Peng Dehuai, Period: 1922–1923)
Diplomatic Service in Chile, Italy, and Greece (Period: 1922–1927)
Appointment as President of the Supreme Muslim Council (Amin al-Husseini, Period: January 9, 1922)
Unification and Leadership of the Basmachi Forces (Period: February – August 1922)
Arrest of Hananu and Trial in a French Military Tribunal (Period: 1922, especially March 15–March 25)
Damascus Protest Movement Following the Arrest of the Iron Hand Society Leader (Period: April 1922)
Adham Khanjar Incident (Period: July 1922–1923)
Assassination of Djemal Pasha (Operation Nemesis, Period: July 21, 1922)
Assassination in Tbilisi (Period: July 21, 1922)
Death in Action near Ab-i Darya (Period: August 4, 1922)
Death in Combat against the Red Army (Period: August 4, 1922)
Great Offensive and Recapture of İzmir (Period: August 26 – September 9, 1922)
Great Offensive and the Battle of Dumlupınar (Period: August 26–30, 1922)
Promotion to Marshal (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: August 31, 1922)
Anyuan Coal Miners' Strike (Period: September 1922)
Armistice of Mudanya (Period: October 3–11, 1922)
Appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Mustafa İsmet, Period: October 26, 1922)
Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate (Period: November 1, 1922)
Abolition of the Sultanate (Period: November 1, 1922)
Lausanne Conference and Treaty of Lausanne (Period: November 1922 – July 24, 1923)
Departure from Istanbul on a British Warship (Period: November 17, 1922)
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| 1923 |
Supervision of the Republican Army as Chief of General Staff (Period: 1923 – January 12, 1944)
Founding of the Betar Youth Movement (Period: 1923)
Death Sentence and Exile by French Authorities (Sultan al-Atrash, Period: Circa 1923–1937)
Expulsion and Exile by French Authorities (Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, Period: Circa 1923–1924)
First United Front (Period: 1923–1927)
Conclusion of the Treaty of Lausanne (Period: July 24, 1923)
Staff Officer of the Sakhalin Expeditionary Force (Period: August 1923–May 1925)
Establishment of the Republic of Turkey (Period: October 29, 1923)
Appointment as First Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (Mustafa İsmet, Period: October 30, 1923)
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| 1924 |
Formation of Initial Organizations Aims at Greater Syria Unification (Period: 1924–1925)
Activities at the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy (Period: 1924–1926)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: January 1924)
Marriage to Empress Kojun (Period: January 26, 1924)
Abolition of the Caliphate (Period: March 3, 1924)
Assumed Office as Speaker of Parliament (Emile Eddé, Period: October 21, 1924–January 13, 1925)
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| 1925 |
Establishment of the Revisionist Zionist Organization HaZohar (Period: 1925)
Establishment of the Revisionist Zionist Organization (Period: 1925)
Joining the Editorial Staff of the Newspaper 'Davar' (Period: 1925–1931)
Exile to Arwad Island by French Mandate Authorities (Period: Circa 1925–1926)
Suppression of Nationalists after the Great Syrian Revolt (Period: 1925–1927)
Formation of a Provisional Government during the Great Syrian Revolt (Period: 1925–1927)
Enrolment at the Whampoa Military Academy (Lin Biao, Period: 1925)
Naval Attaché to the United States Embassy (Period: 1925–1928)
Graduation from Yunnan Military Academy (Choe Yong-gon, Period: 1925)
Organization of Sinminbu (Period: 1925)
Sheikh Said Rebellion (Period: February – April 1925)
Long-Term Rule as Prime Minister (Period: March 5, 1925 – October 25, 1937)
Appointment as Chief of the Naval General Staff (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: April 1925)
May Thirtieth Movement (Period: May 1925–)
Establishment of the People's Party (Period: June 5, 1925)
Stationing in France (Period: August–December 1925)
Declaration of the Great Syrian Revolt (Period: August 23, 1925)
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| 1926 |
Military Education at Whampoa Military Academy (Kim Won-bong, Period: Around 1926)
Zhongshan Warship Incident (Period: March 1926)
Death in Sanremo, Italy (Period: May 16, 1926)
Accession to the Throne as the 124th Emperor (Period: December 25, 1926)
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| 1927 |
Enrollment and Withdrawal from the American University in Cairo (Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini, Period: 1927–1932)
Exile to Transjordan (Sultan al-Atrash, Period: Circa 1927–1937)
Creation of the National Bloc (Period: 1927)
Anti-French Activities in Exile (Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, Period: 1927–1937)
Establishment of the Jinggang Mountains Revolutionary Base Area (Period: 1927–1930)
Service as Consul-General in Hamburg (Period: 1927–1928)
Raid on the Soviet Embassy in Beijing and Arrest of Li Dazhao (Period: April 6, 1927)
Shanghai Massacre (April 12 Incident, Period: April 12, 1927)
Trial and Execution of Li Dazhao (Period: April 28, 1927)
Assumed Office as Prime Minister (Bishara al-Khuri, Period: May 5, 1927–August 10, 1928, May 9–October 11, 1929)
Nanchang Uprising (Period: August 1, 1927)
Autumn Harvest Uprising (Period: September 1927)
Guangzhou Uprising (Canton Commune, Period: December 1927)
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| 1928 |
Editing the Hebrew Newspaper 'Doar HaYom' (Period: 1928–1929)
Participation in the Constituent Assembly (Period: 1928)
Construction of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Period: 1928–1930s)
Joining the Chinese Communist Party (Period: 1928)
Join at Jinggangshan and Promotion in the Red Army (Lin Biao, Period: 1928 onwards)
Construction of the Jinggang Mountains Revolutionary Base Area (Period: 1928 onwards)
Appointment as Minister to Peru (Saburo Kurusu, Period: 1928–1932)
Merger of Zhu De's and Mao Zedong's Forces at Jinggangshan (Period: April 1928)
Pingjiang Uprising (Period: July 1928)
Assumed Office as Chairman of the Constituent Assembly (Hashim al-Atassi, Period: August–September 1928)
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| 1929 |
Denial of Re-entry to Palestine (Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Period: 1929)
Denial of Re-entry to Palestine (Vladimir Jabotinsky, Period: 1929)
Expulsion of Chen Duxiu from the Chinese Communist Party (Period: 1929)
Chinese Eastern Railway Incident (Period: 1929)
Appointment as Aide-de-Camp to Emperor Meiji (Korechika Anami, Period: 1929–1930)
Appointment as Commander of the Korean Revolutionary Army (Yang Se-bong, Period: Around 1929–1931)
Formation of the Korean People's Association in Manchuria (Period: 1929)
Appointment as Grand Chamberlain (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: January 1929)
1929 Buraq (Wailing Wall) Riots (Period: August 1929)
Assumed Office as Prime Minister (Emile Eddé, Period: October 11, 1929–March 25, 1930)
Baise Uprising (Period: December 1929)
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| 1930 |
Organization of the Black Hand (Period: 1930–1935)
Formation of Mapai and Taking Office as Party Leader (David Ben-Gurion, Period: 1930)
Continuation of the Independence Movement by the National Bloc (Period: 1930s)
Continued Independence Movement as Leader of the National Bloc (Period: 1930s)
Participation in the National Bloc and Emergence as a Leader (Period: 1930s)
Election to the House of Representatives (Period: 1930)
Involvement in the Field of Naval Aviation (Period: 1924 Onwards, Especially 1930s)
Activities as a Member of the Fleet Faction Regarding Naval Arms Control Treaties (Period: Early 1930s)
Renaming to "Kim Il Sung" (Period: 1930s)
Establishment and Guidance of the Korean Special Class at Luoyang Military Academy (Period: Early to mid-1930s)
Assassination of Kim Chwa-chin (Period: January 24, 1930)
Longzhou Uprising (Period: February 1930)
Suspension of the Constituent Assembly by French Authorities (Period: May 1930)
Conclusion of the Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (Period: June 30, 1930)
Menemen Incident (Period: December 23, 1930)
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| 1931 |
Joining the Chinese Communist Party (Period: 1931)
Inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Korean Independence Army (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: 1931)
Mukden Incident (Period: September 18, 1931)
Manchurian Incident (Period: From September 18, 1931 onward)
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| 1932 |
Organizational and Fundraising Activities in the United States (Period: 1932–1934)
Creation of the Constitutional Bloc (Period: 1932)
Arrest and Imprisonment of Chen Duxiu (Period: 1932–1937)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Korean Revolutionary Army (Yang Se-bong, Period: 1932)
Sino-Korean Joint Anti-Japanese Operations (Period: 1932–1934)
First Shanghai Incident (Period: January–March 1932)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Third Fleet (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: February 1932)
Shanghai Tenchosetsu Bombing Incident (Hongkou Park Bombing Incident, Period: April 29, 1932)
Iraqi Independence and Admission to the League of Nations (Period: October 3, 1932)
Appointment as Director of the Commercial Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saburo Kurusu, Period: November 1932–1936)
Founding of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (Period: November 16, 1932)
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| 1933 |
Joining the Palestine Arab Party (Period: 1933–1935)
Founding of the Holy War Organization (Period: 1933–1936)
Appointment as Head of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency (Moshe Sharett, Period: 1933)
Appointment as President of the House of Peers (Fumimaro Konoe, Period: 1933–1937)
Disarmament of the Korean Independence Army (Period: Around 1933)
Withdrawal from the League of Nations (Period: February–March 1933)
Speech as Representative at the League of Nations Assembly and Walkout (Period: February 24, 1933)
Promotion to Admiral of the Navy (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: March 1933)
Assassination of Chaim Arlosoroff (Period: June 16, 1933)
Simele Massacre (Period: August 1933)
Hananu Assassination Attempt (Period: September 1933)
Death of Faisal I (Period: September 8, 1933)
1933 Jaffa Anti-British Demonstration (Period: October 27, 1933)
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| 1934 |
Conferral of the Surname İnönü (Period: 1934)
1934 Jerusalem Mayoral Election and Mayor Replacement (Period: 1934–January 1935)
Establishment of the Daniel Sieff Research Institute (Period: 1934)
Participation in the Long March and the Zunyi Conference (Period: 1934–1935)
Long March and Arrival in Northern Shaanxi (Period: 1934–1936)
Death and Funeral (Period: March 26–27, 1934)
Assassination of Yang Se-bong by Japanese Spies (Period: August 12, 1934 (September 20 depending on sources))
Founding of the National Defence Party (Period: December 2, 1934)
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| 1935 |
Taking Office as Chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive (David Ben-Gurion, Period: 1935–1948)
Establishment of the New Zionist Organization (Period: 1935)
Return to Lebanon and Legal Practice (Riad al-Sulh, Period: Circa 1935)
Crackdown on the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and Arrest of Saadeh (Period: 1935–1937)
Appointment as President of the South Manchuria Railway Company (Yosuke Matsuoka, Period: 1935–1939)
Formation of the Korean National Revolutionary Party (Period: 1935)
Zunyi Conference (Period: January 1935)
Participation in the Zunyi Conference (Period: January 1935)
1935 Killing of a British Police Officer (Period: November 1935)
Declaration of Armed Struggle (Period: November 12, 1935)
Battle near Ya'bad and the Death of Al-Qassam (Period: November 20, 1935)
Funeral and Impact on the National Movement (Period: November 21, 1935)
Death and National Mourning (Period: November 21, 1935)
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| 1936 |
Participation in Franco-Lebanese Treaty Negotiations (Period: 1936)
Appointment as Ambassador to Belgium (Saburo Kurusu, Period: 1936–1939)
Activities in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (Period: Around 1936–1939)
Assumed Office as President of Lebanon (Emile Eddé, Period: January 20, 1936)
Attack in the February 26 Incident and Resignation as Grand Chamberlain (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: February–November 1936)
February 26 Incident (Period: February 26–29, 1936)
Response to the February 26 Incident (Period: February 26–29, 1936)
Negotiations for the Franco-Syrian Independence Treaty (Period: March–September 1936)
Appointment as Chairman of the Arab Higher Committee (Amin al-Husseini, Period: April 1936)
Participation in the Arab Higher Committee (Period: April 1936–July 1937)
Battle of Al-Khader (Period: October 1936)
Conclusion of the Franco-Lebanese Treaty (Period: November 1936)
Appointment as Vice-Minister of the Navy (Isoroku Takano, Period: December 1936–1939)
Xi'an Incident (Period: December 12–25, 1936)
Assumed Office as the First President of the Syrian Republic (Hashim al-Atassi, Period: December 21, 1936–July 7, 1939)
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| 1937 |
Return to Syria and Opposition to the Franco-Syrian Treaty (Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar, Period: 1937–1940)
Late Thought Research and Political Isolation (Period: 1937–1942)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army (Zhu De, Period: 1937)
Appointment as Chief of Staff of the Kwantung Army (Hideki Tojo, Period: 1937)
Appointment as Ambassador to Germany (Shigenori Togo, Period: 1937)
Appointment as President of Gakushuin (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: 1937–1939)
Expansion of the Second Sino-Japanese War and National Control (Period: 1937–1941)
Forced Resettlement of Koreans (Hong Beom-do, Period: 1937)
Relocation to Kazakhstan (Hong Beom-do, Period: 1937)
Appointment as Director of the Personnel Bureau of the Ministry of War (Korechika Anami, Period: March 1937)
Return to Syria and Welcome as a Hero (Sultan al-Atrash, Period: May 1937)
Formation of the First Konoe Cabinet (Period: June 4, 1937–January 5, 1939)
Pochonbo Raid (Period: June 4, 1937)
Withdrawal from the Arab Higher Committee (Period: July 4, 1937)
Marco Polo Bridge Incident (Period: July 7, 1937)
Dissolution of the Arab Higher Committee and El-Husseini's Exile in 1937 (Period: September–October 1937)
Battle of Pingxingguan (Period: September 1937)
Nanjing Massacre (Period: December 1937–Early 1938)
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| 1938 |
South American Exile and Continuation of Party Activities (Antoun Saadeh, Period: 1938–1947)
Appointment as Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Shigenori Togo, Period: 1938–1940)
Statement Declaring "No Dealing with the National Government" (Period: January 16, 1938)
1938 Battle of Bani Na'im (Period: October 1938)
Formation of the Korean Volunteers Corps (Period: October 10, 1938)
Appointment as Commander of the 109th Division (Korechika Anami, Period: November 1938)
Statement on the New Order in East Asia (Period: November 3, 1938)
Assumption of Office as Second President (Mustafa İsmet, Period: November 11, 1938)
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| 1939 |
Neutrality Policy during World War II (Period: 1939–1945)
Neutral Neutrality Diplomacy during World War II (Period: 1939–1945)
Avoidance of Entry into World War II (Period: 1939–1945)
Military Training and Commissioning as an Officer in Iraq (Period: 1939–1940)
Campaign for the Creation of a Jewish Army During World War II (Period: 1939–1940)
Inauguration as Minister of Military Affairs of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: 1939)
Participation in the London Conference (Period: February–March 1939)
Publication of the 1939 British White Paper (Period: May 1939)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet (Isoroku Takano, Period: August 1939)
Appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: September 1939–January 1940)
Appointment as Vice-Minister of War (Korechika Anami, Period: October 1939)
Appointment as Ambassador to Germany (Saburo Kurusu, Period: December 1939–1941)
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| 1940 |
Deterioration of Japan-US Relations and Deadlock in Diplomatic Negotiations (Period: 1940–July 1941)
Move to the Soviet Union and Activities in the 88th Separate Rifle Brigade (Period: First half of the 1940s–1945)
Inauguration as Deputy Commander of the Korean Liberation Army (Kim Won-bong, Period: First half of the 1940s)
Appointment as Minister of War (Hideki Tojo, Period: July 1940)
Shahbandar Assassination Incident (Period: July 6, 1940)
Formation of the Second Konoe Cabinet and Establishment of the Taisei Yokusankai (Period: July 22, 1940–July 18, 1941)
Appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second Konoe Cabinet (Yosuke Matsuoka, Period: July 22, 1940)
Hundred Regiments Offensive (Period: August–December 1940)
Inauguration as Commander-in-Chief of the Korean Liberation Army (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: September 17, 1940)
Conclusion of the Tripartite Pact (Period: September 27, 1940)
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| 1941 |
The Holocaust and the Issue of El-Husseini's Collaboration (Period: 1941–1945)
Exile to Nazi Germany and Collaboration (Amin al-Husseini, Period: 1941–1945)
Assassination of Fakhri al-Nashashibi (Period: 1941)
Planning and Command of the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Isoroku Takano, Period: 1941)
Wannan Incident (New Fourth Army Incident, Period: January 1941)
Japan-US Negotiations (Period: February–December 1941)
Appointment as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: February 1941)
Continuation of Japan-US Negotiations and Return to Japan (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: February 1941–August 1942)
Visit to Europe and Conclusion of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact (Period: March–April 1941)
1941 Anti-British Coup in Iraq (Period: April 1–June 2, 1941)
1941 Anti-British Revolt in Iraq (Period: April 1–July 1941)
Appointment as Commander of the 11th Army (Korechika Anami, Period: April 1941)
Resignation from the Presidency (Emile Eddé, Period: April 4, 1941)
Appointment as Commander of the First Air Fleet (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: April 10, 1941)
Conclusion of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact (Period: April 13, 1941)
Farhud (Baghdad Anti-Jewish Riots, Period: June 1–2, 1941)
Formation of the Third Konoe Cabinet and Japan-US Negotiations (Period: July 18, 1941–October 18, 1941)
Resignation as Minister for Foreign Affairs (Period: July 18, 1941)
Changsha Campaigns (First and Second Battles of Changsha, Period: September 1941–January 1942)
Appointment as Prime Minister (Hideki Tojo, Period: October 18, 1941)
Appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Tojo Cabinet (Shigenori Togo, Period: October 18, 1941)
Dispatched to the United States as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Period: November 1941)
Japan-US Negotiations and Return to Japan (Saburo Kurusu, Period: November 1941–August 1942)
Meeting with Adolf Hitler (Period: November 28, 1941)
Diplomatic Response at the Outbreak of the Pacific War (Period: December 1941)
Command of the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: December 1941)
Attack on Pearl Harbor (Period: December 7, 1941 (December 8, Japan Time))
Attack on Pearl Harbor and Outbreak of the Pacific War (Period: December 7, 1941 (December 8, Japan Time))
Attack on Pearl Harbor and Outbreak of the War Between Japan and the US (Period: December 7, 1941 (December 8, Japan Time))
Imperial Rescript on the Declaration of War in the Pacific War (Period: December 8, 1941)
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| 1942 |
Rescue and Transport Issue of the Tehran Children (Period: 1942–1943)
Joining the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (Period: 1942)
Announcement of Adherence to the Geneva Convention (Period: January 21, 1942)
Indian Ocean Raid (Period: March–April 1942)
Command of the Indian Ocean Raid (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: March–April 1942)
Defeat at the Battle of Midway (Period: June 1942)
Exchange and Repatriation of Japanese and American Diplomats (Saburo Kurusu, Period: June–August 1942)
Battle of Midway (Period: June 4–7, 1942)
Appointment as Commander of the 2nd Area Army (Korechika Anami, Period: July 1942)
Appointment as Commander of the Third Fleet (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: July–November 1942)
Conflict over the Establishment of the Ministry of Greater East Asia (Period: August–September 1942)
Operational Command Regarding Guadalcanal (Isoroku Takano, Period: August 1942–February 1943)
Battle of the Eastern Solomons (Period: August 24–25, 1942)
Resignation as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Appointment to the House of Peers (Shigenori Togo, Period: September 1, 1942)
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (Period: October 25–27, 1942)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Sasebo Naval District (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: November 1942)
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| 1943 |
Recruitment of Muslim Soldiers for the Waffen-SS (Period: 1943–1944)
Stay and Military Training in Saudi Arabia (Period: 1943–1945)
Formation of the National Pact (Period: 1943)
Huanghatang Incident (Period: 1943)
Transfer of Remains to Turkey and Reburial (Period: February 1943)
Transfer of Remains to Istanbul and State Funeral (Period: February 25, 1943)
Navy Class A Incident (Shooting Down of Isoroku Yamamoto's Aircraft, Period: April 18, 1943)
Frontline Inspection and Death in Combat (Period: April 18, 1943)
Promotion to General of the Army (Korechika Anami, Period: May 1943)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Kure Naval District (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: June–October 1943)
First Presidential Term (Shukri al-Quwatli, Period: August 17, 1943)
Election as First Post-Independence President (Period: September 21, 1943)
Assumed Office as First Post-Independence Prime Minister (Riad al-Sulh, Period: September 25, 1943–January 10, 1945)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the First Fleet (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: October 1943–March 1944)
Realization of Lebanese Independence (Period: November 1943–December 31, 1946)
Battles in the New Guinea and Halmahera Areas (Period: November 1943–December 1944)
Hosting of the Greater East Asia Conference (Period: November 5–6, 1943)
1943 Lebanese Constitutional Amendment and Arrest of the President and Ministers (Period: November 11–22, 1943)
1943 Suspension of the Lebanese Constitution and Presidential Succession Incident (Period: November 11–22, 1943)
Short-term Re-appointment as President (Period: November 11–22, 1943)
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| 1944 |
Promoting the Establishment of the Jewish Brigade (Period: 1944–1945)
Retirement and Resignation from the Post of Chief of General Staff (Period: January 12, 1944)
Concurrent Appointment as Chief of the Army General Staff (Period: February 21, 1944)
Appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Central Pacific Area Fleet (Chuichi Nagumo, Period: March 1944)
Appointment as Privy Councillor (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: May 1944–June 1946)
Fall of Saipan (Period: June 15–July 9, 1944)
Battle of Saipan (Period: June 15–July 9, 1944)
Suicide on Saipan (Period: July 6, 1944)
Resignation of the Cabinet (Period: July 22, 1944)
Appointment as President of the Privy Council (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: August 1944)
Appointment as Inspector General of Army Aviation and Chief of the Army Aviation Department (Period: December 1944)
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| 1945 |
Transition to a Multi-Party System and the 1950 General Election (Period: 1945 – May 14, 1950)
Escape from Custody of French Authorities (Period: 1945–May 29, 1946)
Syrian Independence and Withdrawal of French Forces (Period: 1945–April 17, 1946)
Indictment at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Period: 1945–1946)
Return to Korea (Period: 1945)
Return to Korea and Political Activities after Liberation (Ji Cheong-cheon, Period: 1945 onward)
Konoe Memorial to the Emperor (Period: February 14, 1945)
Submission of the Konoe Memorial (Period: February 14, 1945)
Battle of Okinawa (Period: March–June 1945)
7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (Period: April–June 1945)
Appointment as Prime Minister (Kantaro Suzuki, Period: April 7, 1945)
Appointment as Minister of War in the Suzuki Kantaro Cabinet (Korechika Anami, Period: April 7, 1945)
Appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Suzuki Kantaro Cabinet (Shigenori Togo, Period: April 9, 1945)
Advocacy for Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration (Period: July–August 1945)
Response to the Potsdam Declaration (Period: July–August 1945)
Conflict over Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration (Period: July–August 1945)
Decision to Accept the Potsdam Declaration by the Imperial Conference (Period: August 10, August 14, 1945)
Decision at the Imperial Conference Toward the End of the War (Period: August 10, August 14, 1945)
Kyujo Incident (Period: Night of August 14–Early Morning of August 15, 1945)
Kyujo Incident (Attempted Coup d'État at the End of the War, Period: Night of August 14–Early Morning of August 15, 1945)
Decision on the End of the War and Orders to the Army (Period: August 14, 1945)
Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the End of the War (Period: August 14–15, 1945)
Jewel Voice Broadcast and Resignation of the Cabinet (Period: August 15–17, 1945)
Seppuku Suicide of Korechika Anami (Period: Early Morning of August 15, 1945)
Seppuku Suicide (Period: Early Morning of August 15, 1945)
Jewel Voice Broadcast (Period: August 15, 1945)
Suicide Attempt and Arrest of Hideki Tojo (Period: September 11, 1945)
Meeting with Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers MacArthur (Period: September 27, 1945)
Reappointment as President of the Privy Council After the War (Period: December 1945–June 1946)
Designation as A-Class War Criminal Suspect and Suicide (Period: December 16, 1945)
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| 1946 |
Relocation to Egypt and Arms Procurement (Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini, Period: 1946–1947)
Appointment as Head of the Political Department of the Jewish Agency (Golda Meir, Period: 1946–1948)
Political Activities after Syrian Independence (Period: 1946–1949)
Command of the Northeast Field Army (Lin Biao, Period: 1946–1948)
Humanity Declaration (Period: January 1, 1946)
Publication of the Humanity Declaration (Period: January 1, 1946)
Postwar Regional Imperial Tours (Period: February 1946–1954)
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Tokyo Trials, Period: May 3, 1946–November 12, 1948)
Operation Agatha (Mass Arrest of Jewish Agency Leaders, Period: June 29, 1946)
Candidacy and Election from the Democratic Party (Period: July 21, 1946)
Support for the Democratic Party and Election as Member of Parliament (Period: July 21, 1946)
Second Term as Prime Minister (Riad al-Sulh, Period: December 14, 1946–February 14, 1951)
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| 1947 |
Dispatch of Delegation to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (Period: 1947)
Diplomatic Activities for the UN Palestine Partition Plan (Period: 1947)
Command of the East China Field Army (Chen Yi, Period: 1947–1949)
Purge from Public Office (Saburo Kurusu, Period: 1947–1951)
Return after Lebanese Independence (Antoun Saadeh, Period: March 2, 1947)
Allegations of Fraud Surrounding the 1947 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections (Period: May 1947)
Allegations of Fraud Surrounding the 1947 Parliamentary Elections (Period: May 25, 1947)
Defection from the Democratic Party (Period: July 12, 1947)
Promulgation and Enforcement of the Constitution of Japan (Period: Promulgated November 3, 1946; Enforced May 3, 1947)
Appointment as Commander of the Army of the Holy War (Abd al-Qadir al-Husseini, Period: December 1947)
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| 1948 |
Taking Office as Israel's First Prime Minister and Defense Minister (David Ben-Gurion, Period: 1948–1953, 1955–1963)
Call for the Formation of the Palestine Liberation Army (Period: 1948)
Re-election to the Presidency and Constitutional Amendment (Period: 1948–1949)
Post-Liberation Political Pressure and Move to North Korea (Period: 1948)
Participation in the South-North Unification Movement (Period: 1948)
Appointment to Cabinet Minister in the North Korean Government (Kim Won-bong, Period: 1948–1957)
Establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Appointment to Military Leadership Roles (Choe Yong-gon, Period: 1948)
Request for Arms Assistance to the Military Committee of the Arab League (Period: End of March 1948)
Second Presidential Term (Shukri al-Quwatli, Period: April 1948–1949)
Battle of Al-Qastal and the Death in Action of Abd al-Qadir (Period: April 2–9, 1948 (Abd al-Qadir killed in action on April 8))
Death in Action and Funeral (Period: April 8–9, 1948)
Establishment of the Israel Defense Forces (Period: May–June 1948)
Israeli Declaration of Independence (Period: May 14, 1948)
Signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence (Period: May 14, 1948)
Altalena Affair (Period: June 1948)
Establishment of the Nation Party (Period: July 20, 1948)
Assumption of Office as Honorary Leader of the Nation Party (Mustafa Fevzi, Period: July 20, 1948)
Establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Inauguration as the First Prime Minister (Kim Il Sung, Period: September 9, 1948)
Establishment of the All-Palestine Government (Period: September 22, 1948)
Verdict at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (Period: November 4, 1948)
Death Sentence and Execution (Period: November 12, 1948 (Verdict), December 23, 1948 (Execution))
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| 1949 |
Appointment as Cabinet Minister in the Jordanian Government and Governor-General of the West Bank (Raghib al-Nashashibi, Period: 1949–1951)
Appointment as Minister of Labor and Immigration Policy (Golda Meir, Period: 1949–1956)
Land Reform and Socialist Transformation (Period: 1949–1956)
Establishment of the People's Republic of China and Commander-in-Chief of the People's Liberation Army (Period: 1949–1954)
Taking Office as the First President of Israel (Chaim Weizmann, Period: February 1949)
1949 Syrian Military Coup (Period: March 30–April 1949)
Appointment as Mayor of Shanghai (Chen Yi, Period: May 1949–1958)
Israel's Admission to the United Nations (Period: May 11, 1949)
1949 Lebanese Uprising (Period: July 4–7, 1949)
Trial and Execution of Antoun Saadeh (Period: July 7–8, 1949)
Proclamation of the Founding of the People's Republic of China (Period: October 1, 1949)
Founding of the People's Republic of China and Appointment as First Premier of the State Council (Zhou Enlai, Period: October 1, 1949)
Establishment of the People's Republic of China (Period: October 1, 1949)
Re-assumed Office as President of Syria (Hashim al-Atassi, Period: December 1949–December 1951)
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| 1950 |
Opposition Activities as Leader of the Republican People's Party (Period: 1950–1972)
Purges within the Workers' Party of Korea (Period: 1950s–1960s)
Emphasis on the Juche Idea (Period: From the mid-1950s onward)
1950 Assassination Attempt (Period: March 1950)
Death of Fevzi Çakmak and Large-Scale Funeral (Period: April 10–12, 1950)
Death and Burial at Eyüp Cemetery (Period: April 10–12, 1950)
Defeat in the 1950 General Election and Transfer of Power (Period: May 14, 1950)
Outbreak of the Korean War (Period: June 25, 1950)
Death in Prison (Period: July 23, 1950)
Appointment as Commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (Peng Dehuai, Period: October 1950)
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| 1951 |
Departure from the Premiership (Period: February 14, 1951)
Riad al-Sulh Assassination Incident (Period: July 17, 1951)
Military Coup by Adib Shishakli (Period: December 1951)
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| 1952 |
1952 "Rosewater Revolution" (Period: May–September 1952)
1952 Resignation (Bishara al-Khuri, Period: September 18, 1952)
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| 1953 |
Relocation to and Development of the Negev Region (David Ben-Gurion, Period: 1953 Onward)
Proposal of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence (Period: 1953–1954)
Appointment as President of Victor Company of Japan (Kichisaburo Nomura, Period: March 1953)
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| 1954 |
Taking Office as the 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (Moshe Sharett, Period: January 1954–November 1955)
Conflict with the Adib Shishakli Regime (Period: Early 1950s, especially 1954)
Return to the Presidency after the Collapse of the Shishakli Regime (Period: February 28, 1954–September 6, 1955)
Participation in the Geneva Conference (Period: April–July 1954)
Election to the House of Councillors (Period: June 1954–May 1964)
Appointment as Minister of National Defense (Peng Dehuai, Period: September 1954)
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| 1955 |
Lavon Affair (Period: Occurred in 1954, politicized from 1955 onward)
Return from Exile and Third Presidential Term (Shukri al-Quwatli, Period: 1955)
Appointment to Marshal (Period: 1955)
Appointment as Marshal of the People's Republic of China (Period: 1955)
Asian-African Conference (Bandung Conference, Period: April 1955)
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| 1956 |
Appointment as Foreign Minister and Building Relations with African Nations (Golda Meir, Period: 1956–1965)
Assumption of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (Deng Xiaoping, Period: 1956)
Resignation as Foreign Minister and Withdrawal from Frontline Politics (Moshe Sharett, Period: June 1956)
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| 1957 |
Inauguration as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (Choe Yong-gon, Period: 1957–1972)
1957 Coup Plot (Period: August 1957)
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| 1958 |
Support for the Egypt-Syria Merger (Period: 1958)
Retirement from Politics after the Establishment of the United Arab Republic (Hashim al-Atassi, Period: 1958)
Great Leap Forward (Period: c. 1958–1962)
Purge in North Korea (Period: Around 1958)
Death / Purge (Period: Around 1958)
Appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs (Chen Yi, Period: February 1958–January 1972)
Establishment of the United Arab Republic and Resignation from the Presidency (Shukri al-Quwatli, Period: February 22, 1958)
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| 1959 |
Appointment as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (Zhu De, Period: 1959–1976)
Internal Party Power Struggles after the Lushan Conference (Period: 1959–early 1960s)
Assumption of the Presidency of the People's Republic of China (Liu Shaoqi, Period: April 1959)
Criticism of the Great Leap Forward and Purge at the Lushan Conference (Period: July–September 1959)
Appointment as Minister of National Defense (Lin Biao, Period: September 1959)
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| 1960 |
May 27, 1960 Military Coup (Period: May 27, 1960)
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| 1961 |
Support for Syria's Withdrawal from the United Arab Republic (Period: September–October 1961)
Appointment as Prime Minister of a Coalition Government (Mustafa İsmet, Period: November 20, 1961 – February 1965)
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| 1963 |
1963 Ba'ath Party Coup (Period: March 8, 1963)
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| 1964 |
Establishment of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Decline of Political Influence (Period: 1964 Onward)
Death and Reburial of Remains in Jerusalem (Period: August 3, 1940 (Reburied in 1964))
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| 1965 |
Formation of the Labor Party and Appointment as Party Secretary-General (Golda Meir, Period: 1965–1968)
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| 1966 |
Cultural Revolution (Period: 1966–1976)
Launch of the Cultural Revolution (Period: 1966–1976)
Criticism during the Cultural Revolution (Period: c. 1966–1971)
Purge of Liu Shaoqi during the Cultural Revolution (Period: 1966–1969)
Confinement and Persecution during the Cultural Revolution (Period: 1966–1974)
Cultural Revolution and Designation as Mao Zedong's Successor (Period: 1966–1969)
Purge during the Cultural Revolution (Period: 1966–1969)
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| 1969 |
Taking Office as Prime Minister of Israel (Golda Meir, Period: March 1969–April 1974)
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| 1970 |
Retirement from Politics (David Ben-Gurion, Period: 1970)
Honored as a Symbol of the Great Syrian Revolt (Period: 1970)
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| 1971 |
Protests by the Black Panther Movement (Period: 1971 Onward)
Sino-American Rapprochement and Nixon's Visit to China (Period: 1971–1972)
Posthumous Party Criticism and Re-evaluation (Period: 1971 onwards)
Rehabilitation and Re-evaluation (Period: 1971–1972)
Visit to Europe (Period: September–October 1971)
Lin Biao Incident (September 13 Incident, Period: September 13, 1971)
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| 1972 |
Inauguration as Vice President (Choe Yong-gon, Period: 1972)
Resignation as Leader of the Republican People's Party (Mustafa İsmet, Period: May 1972)
July 4th South-North Joint Statement (Period: July 4, 1972)
Normalization of Sino-Japanese Relations (Period: September 1972)
Munich Massacre (Period: September 5, 1972)
Inauguration as President (Kim Il Sung, Period: December 1972)
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| 1973 |
Debate on Government Responsibility for the Yom Kippur War (Period: October 1973–1974)
Death and Burial at Anıtkabir (Period: December 25, 1973)
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| 1974 |
Resignation as Prime Minister and Retirement from Politics (Golda Meir, Period: April–June 1974)
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| 1975 |
Visit to the United States (Period: September–October 1975)
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| 1976 |
Tiananmen Incident (First Tiananmen Incident, Period: April 1976)
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| 1978 |
Initiation of the Reform and Opening-up Policy (Period: From December 1978)
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| 1980 |
Rehabilitation (Period: 1980)
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| 1982 |
Death and State-Level Funeral (Period: March 26, 1982)
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| 1989 |
Demise and Posthumous Name of Emperor Showa (Period: January 7, 1989)
Tiananmen Square Protests (June Fourth Incident, Period: April–June 4, 1989)
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| 1992 |
Southern Tour Lectures (Period: January–February 1992)
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| 1993 |
First North Korean Nuclear Crisis (Period: 1993–1994)
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| 1994 |
Meeting with Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (Period: June 1994)
Death (Period: April 1951)
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| 2021 |
Repatriation of Remains to South Korea and Burial at Daejeon National Cemetery (Period: August 2021)
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| Unknown |
Education in Aleppo and Istanbul (Ibrahim Hananu, Period: Late 19th to early 20th century)
Service as an Ottoman Bureaucrat (Period: Early 20th century to before World War I)
Conscription into the Ottoman Army and Military Service in the Balkan Region (Period: Before World War I)
Death Sentences for Independence Activists by Ottoman Authorities (Period: Before World War I to around 1915)
Educational Activities at Tokyo University (Saburo Kurusu, Period: Postwar)
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