| 1825 | King Minh Mang outlaws teaching of Christianity in Vietnam |
| 1830 | Dutch institute Culture System in Indonesia |
| 1839–1842 | Opium War |
| 1851–1864 | Taiping Rebellion in China |
| 1853 | Commodore Perry opens Japanese ports to foreign trade |
| 1857 | Great Mutiny / Great Revolt by Indian sepoys against British rule |
| 1858 | British Parliament begins to rule India |
| 1859–1885 | Vietnam becomes a colony of France |
| 1867 | Meiji Restoration in Japan |
| 1869 | Suez Canal opens |
| 1872 | Universal public schools established in Japan |
| 1885 | Foundation of Indian National Congress |
| 1894–1895 | Japan defeats China in Sino-Japanese War and gains control of Taiwan |
| 1898 | United States takes control of Philippines from Spain |
| 1900 | Boxer Rebellion in China |
| 1904 | Japan attacks Russia and starts Russo-Japanese War |
| 1910 | Korea becomes a province of Japan |
| 1912 | China’s monarchy is replaced by a republic |