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1643 - 1645
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1649 - 1653
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1652 - 1658
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1686
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1689
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Manchus force the Russians to withdraw north into Siberia, away from the Amur River
1843
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Middendorf explores the length of the Amur, and reports to St. Petersburg that the river is undefended
1850
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Nevelskoy establishes a fort at Nikolayevsk and claims the mouth of the Amur for Russia
1854
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Nikolay Muravyev, Governor of Eastern Siberia, leads a military force down the Amur and repels British and French attacks on the river’s mouth to the summer of 1855, securing the area for Russia
1858
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Siberian-Manchurian border is set on the Amur
1860
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1860
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Chinese confirm the Amur as Manchuria’s border and cede the region east of the Usuri River - Russia expands to the border of Korea
1868
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The start of the rise of Japan
1875
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Koreans fire on the Japanese naval vessel Un’yo, in the first clash between the two countries in modern times
1876
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Japan coerces Korea into granting trading concessions
1880
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The Black Ocean (Genyosha) Society is established to encourage Japanese expansion
1882 - 1886
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Bitter factional struggles in Korea, exacerbated by Japanese, Chinese, and Russian interference,China establishes dominance in Russia (Siberia)
1891
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1894
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1894
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1894
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1894
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Japanese win a series of easy victories over Chinese land and naval forces, but fail in their attempts to control the Korean Court
1895
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The Triple Intervention: Russia, Germany and France advise Japan to disgorge Liaotung
1895
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Japanese Minister to Korea launches a coup in Seoul, and murders the Korean Queen
1895
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The revised Treaty of Shimonoseki is ratified, without Japanese control of the Liaotung Peninsula
1895
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1895
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Among other concessions, China drops its claims to Korea, and cedes the Liaotung Peninsula to Japan
1896
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A secret Chinese-Russian alliance is signed, granting Russia the right to build the Chinese Eastern Railroad through Manchuria
1896
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1896
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Russia and Japan attempt to organize joint dominance of Korea
1896
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1896 - 1898
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1896
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1897
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China grants Russia a 25-year lease on the Liaotung Peninsula and a concession to build a South Manchurian Railroad
1897
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1897
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The adventurer Bezobrazov acquires an interest in a immense timber concession on the Yalu, and begins influencing the Czar to adopt a bolder policy in Manchuria
1897
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1897
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1897
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1897
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1898
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1898
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Russia yields its dominant position in Korea to Japan
1899
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Britain recognizes all of China north of the wall as being within the Russian sphere of influence
1899
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1900
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1901
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1901
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1901
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1902
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1902
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1902
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Russia recognizes Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria and agrees to a phased troop withdrawal to be completed in eighteen months
1902
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1903
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1903
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1903
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1903
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1903
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1903
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1903
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1903
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1990
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1990
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1990
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1990
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1990
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1991
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The ultranationalist Black Dragon Society with links to the Japanese government, military, and industrialists, is formed to prepare for a war with Russia