We are currently working on 62 chronology articles. Each decade from 1850 to 1950 will have its own article with entries for each year. This page lists major events during this period of East Asian History.
| 1850s | 1860s | 1870s | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1910s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s |
| Xiánfēng 咸豐 | Tóngzhì 同治 | Guāngxù 光緒 | Year of the Republic 民國 |
| Kaei 嘉永 | Ansei 安政 | Man'en 万延 | Bunkyū 文久 | Genji 元治 | Keiō 慶応 | Meiji 明治 | Taishō 大正 | Shōwa 昭和 |