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Timeline of Chinese history

The following is a timeline of the history of China: For a summary table of the dynasties in Chinese history and their dates, check here.\n
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Table of contents
1 Ancient China
2 Imperial China
3 Modern China
4 See also
5 Mnemonics
6 External links

Ancient China

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DateRuling entityKingEventsOther people/events
2500 BCSanhuangwudi This period is part of the Chinese mythology 
-2205  
Xia Dynasty   
-1806   
-1523Shang Dynasty First records of Chinese characters 
-1027   
-1122Zhou DynastyKing Wu of Zhou  
-771 End of Western Zhou 
-770 Beginning of Eastern Zhou 
-722 Spring and Autumn Period 
-551  Lao Zi
-551 Confucius
-481 
-479  
-403 Warring States Period 
-260 Battle of Changping
-256  

Imperial China

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DateRuling entityEmperorEventsOther people/events
-255Qin Dynasty  
-246Qin Shi Huang Di 
-221Start of construction of the Great Wall
-210Burial of the Terracotta Army 
-207   
-202Han Dynasty
(Western Han)
Han Gao Zu  
-195  
9   
Xin DynastyWang Mang  
24  
25Han Dynasty
(Eastern Han)
   
105  Cai Lun, inventor of paper
106Han Shangdi  
184 Yellow Turban Rebellion 
200 Battle of Guandu 
208 Battle of Red Cliff 
220   
Three Kingdoms   
222Cao Pi (Wei)
Liu Bei (Shu)
Sun Quan (Wu)
Battle of Yi Ling 
234Battle of Wuzhang Plain 
250Introduction of Buddhism in China 
252  
265   
Jin Dynasty   
291 War of the Eight Princes 
306  
383 Battle of Feishui 
420   
Southern and Northern Dynasties   
475 Bodhidharma arrives in China 
589   
581Sui Dynasty   
618   
Tang Dynasty   
627Li Shi Min  
635First Christian missionaries arrive in China: Nestorian \n monks from Asia Minor and Persia, building Daqin Pagoda. 
649  
684Wu Ze Tian  
705  
756 An Lushan Rebellion 
763  
845 Mass persecution of Buddhism 
907   
Five Dynasties
and Ten Kingdoms
   
960   
Song Dynasty   
1214 Battle of Beijing 
1254  Marco Polo
1260Kublai Khan 
1271Yuan Dynasty 
1273Battle of Xiangyang
1279Battle of Yamen
1289Franciscan friars begin mission \n work in China
1294 
1323  
1368   
Ming DynastyHongwu  
1371 Zheng He
1398 
1399Jianwen 
1402 
1403Yongle 
1406Construction of the Forbidden City begins
1424 
1435  
1449 Battle of Tumu Fortress 
1516 First Portuguese settlement in Macau 
1556 Earthquake in Shaanxi and Gansu. 850,000 casualties 
1582 Jesuits begin mission work in China 
1616 Nurhaci founds the Qing Dynasty in Manchuria 
1619 Battle of Sarhu 
1627 First Manchu expedition to Korea 
1637 Second Manchu expedition to Korea 
1644   
Qing DynastyShunzhi  
1661  
1662Kangxi  
1680First Portuguese governor in Macau 
1711The British East India Company establishes a trading post in Guangzhou 
1722  
1723Yongzheng  
1735  
Qianlong  
1793Lord Macartney, first British envoy to Beijing 
1796  
Jiaqing  
1814First recorded Chinese convert to Christianism 
1820  
1821Daoguang  
1839First Opium War 
1842Treaty of Nanjing
1850  
1851XianfengTaiping Rebellion 
1854 
1856Second Opium War 
1858Treaties of Tianjin
1860Beijing Convention
1861  
1862Tongzhi  
1874  
1875Guangxu  
1876Chefoo Convention 
1884Franco-Chinese War 
1885Battle of Foochow
1894First Sino-Japanese WarBattle of Yalu River
1895Treaty of Shimonoseki
1898Hundred Days' ReformCoup by Empress Dowager Cixi
1900Boxer Rebellion 
1908  
Pu-yi  
1911Wuchang Uprising 

Modern China

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DateRuling entityHead of StateEventsOther people/events
1912Republic of ChinaSun Yat Sen  
1913  
Yuan Shikai  
1915  
1919 May Fourth Movement 
1921 Foundation Communist Party of China 
1926 Northern Expedition 
1927 Kuomintang-Communist split
 Nanchang Uprising
1928  
1931 Chinese Soviet RepublicMukden Incident
1932Lin SenJapan declares Manchukuo in Manchuria, independent from China
1934 
 Long March
1935 
1936Xian incidentJapan establishes the Mengjiang
1937Second Sino-Japanese WarMarco Polo Bridge Incident
Battle of Nanjing
1938Battle of Tai er zhuang
1940Battle of Hundred Regiments
1943  
Chiang Kai-Shek 
1945The nationalist government is one of the founding members of the UN
1947February 28 Incident 
1949Kuomintang retreats to Taiwan 
1971The PRC replaces the ROC as a permanent member of the UN Security Council 
1975  
Yen Chia-jin  
1978  
Chiang Ching-Kuo  
1979Taiwan Relations Act passed by the United States Congress 
1988  
Lee Teng-hui  
1996Large PRC military maneuvers in Taiwan StraitROC Presidential Election 1996
2000ROC Presidential Election 2000 
Chen Shui-bian  
2001Accession to World Trade Organization 
2003SARS outbreak 
2004ROC Presidential Election 2004 
1949People's Republic of ChinaMao ZedongFounding of the People's Republic of China 
1950Battle of Chosin ReservoirKorean War
1951Occupation of Tibet
1953 
1956Hundred Flowers campaign 
1957 
1958Great Leap Forward 
1959Three Years of Natural Disasters
1960
Sino-Soviet split
1961 
1962Sino-Indian War 
1964State Council decrees it is acceptable to abbreviate most characters listed in the Plan for Character SimplificationThe PRC detonates its first atomic bomb
1966Cultural RevolutionThe Little Red Book
1969Opening of the first subway line in Beijing: 17 stations
1970First satellite launch, using Long March rocket 
1971The PRC replaces the ROC as a permanent member of the UN Security Council 
1972Richard Nixon visits China. Shanghai Communiqué 
1974Discovery of the Terracotta Army 
1976Tiananmen incidentDeath of Zhou Enlai
Hua Guofeng of Deng Xiaoping Period  
1977Beijing Spring 
1978Start of Chinese economic reformsDemocracy Wall Movement
1979One child policy
USA and PRC establish full diplomatic relationsVisit of Deng Xiaoping to Washington, D.C
Border-war with Vietnam 
1980First Special Economic ZonesTrial of the Gang of Four
1981  
Hu Yaobang of Deng Xiaoping Period  
1984Margaret Thatcher in China, signs Sino-British Joint Declaration, \n to handover of Hong Kong to the PRC in 1997 
1987  
Zhao Ziyang of Deng Xiaoping Period  
1989Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 
Jiang Zemin of Deng Xiaoping Period 
1991First McDonald's restaurant in Beijing 
1996Large PRC military maneuvers in Taiwan Strait 
1997Hong Kong handover, becomes a Special Administrative RegionDeath of Deng Xiaoping
1999Macau handover 
2000The PRC passes Japan as the country with which the USA has the largest \n trade deficit 
2001Accession to World Trade OrganizationBeijing elected to hold the 2008 Summer Olympics
200216th Party Congress 
2003Hu JintaoSARS outbreakShenzhou 5, PRC's first manned space mission

See also

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History of China\n*History of the Republic of China\n*History of the People's Republic of China\n*Chinese sovereign\n*Dynasties in Chinese history\n*Table of Chinese monarchs (very long)

Mnemonics

\n:三皇五帝夏商周 sān huáng wǔ dì xià shāng zhōu\n:春秋戰國秦漢流 chūn qiū zhàn guó qín hàn liú\n:三國魏晉南北隋 sān guó wèi jìn nán běi suí\n:唐宋元明清民收 táng sòng yuán míng qīng mín shōu (Compare with British monarchs mnemonics)

External links

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Comparative timeline of Chinese, Japanese and Korean historical events\n*Chinese History and Dynasties Category:Timelines\n\n\n\nzh-cn:中国历史年表\nzh-tw:中國歷史年表\n

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