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1115 BC Zhou cheng wang becomes king of the Zhou Dynasty of China. (Alternately: 1111 BC)
1079 BC Death of Zhou cheng wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
1078 BC Zhou kang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
1053 BC Death of Zhou kang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
1052 BC Zhou zhao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
1027 BC Traditional date for the end of the Shang Dynasty in China, and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.
1002 BC Death of Zhou zhao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
1001 BC Zhou mo wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
947 BC Death of Zhou mo wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
946 BC Zhou gong wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
935 BC Death of Zhou gong wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
934 BC Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
910 BC Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
909 BC Zhou xiao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
895 BC Death of Zhou xiao wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
894 BC Zhou yi wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
879 BC Death of Zhou yi wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
878 BC Zhou li wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
827 BC Zhou xuan wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
782 BC Death of Zhou xuan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
781 BC Zhou you wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
780 BC The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
771 BC End of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China as "western" barbarian tribes sack the capital Hao. The King Zhou you wang is killed. Crown Prince Ji Yijiu escapes and will reign as Zhou ping wang.
770 BC Beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China as Zhou ping wang becomes the first King of the Zhou to rule from the new capital of Chengzhou (today Luoyang).
743 BC Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power.
722 BC Spring and Autumn Period of China's history begins as King Zhou ping wang of the Zhou Dynasty reigns in name only.
719 BC Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou Dynasty becomes ruler of China.
697 BC Death of Zhou huan wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
696 BC Zhou zhuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
682 BC Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
681 BC Zhou li wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
677 BC Death of Zhou Li Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
676 BC Zhou Hui Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
651 BC Zhou xiang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
632 BC In the Battle of Chengpu, the Chinese kingdom of Jin and her allies defeat the kingdom of Chu and her allies.
619 BC Death of Zhou xiang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
618 BC Zhou qing wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
613 BC Death of Zhou qing wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
612 BC Zhou kuang wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
607 BC Death of Zhou Kuang Wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. Jerusalem's destruction according to some interpretations. Historians commonly believe the fall to be 587/586 BC.
606 BC Zhou Ding Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
586 BC Death of Zhou ding wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
585 BC Zhou jian wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
572 BC Death of Zhou jian wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
571 BC Zhou ling wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
558 BC The Chinese state of Jin defeats its rival Qin in battle.
544 BC Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
520 BC Zhou dao wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China but dies before the end of the year.
519 BC Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
514 BC King Helu of Wu establishes "Great City of Helu", the ancient name for Suzhou, as his capital in China.
1 Buddhism is introduced into China.
2 The first census is taken in China, final numbers show a population of 57 million.
6 Accession of Ru Zi Ying of the Han Dynasty in China and start of ''Jushe'' era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
6 Candidates for political office in China must take civil-service examinations.
8 Start of Chushi era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
8 Wang Mang seizes power in China and establishes the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
22 Beginning of Later Han Dynasty in China.
39 The Trung Sisters resist the Chinese influences in Vietnam.
40 The Vietnamese Trung sisters rebel against the rule of the Chinese Emperor Guangwu of Han
42 The Chinese General My Yuan represses the rebellion of the Trung sisters in Tonkin.
45 Expedition of Chinese general Ma Yuan against the Xiongnu and the Xianbei (in Manchuria).
48 The emperor of China, Guang Wudi (Kouang Wou-Ti), restores Chinese domination of Inner Mongolia. The Xiongnu are made confederates and guard the Northern border of the empire.
58 Ming-Ti, new emperor of China, introduces Buddhism to China and the West Indus Valley.
58 Ming-Ti, new emperor of China, introduces Buddhism to China and the West Indus Valley.
65 In China, first official reference to Buddhism.
68 Construction of a bridge suspended by iron chains in China.
68 Buddhism officially arrives in China with the building of the White Horse Temple.
75 Revolt against the Chinese in Tarim: Cachera and Turfan are besieged. Luoyang orders the evacuation of Tarim. Ban Chao makes the rebels retreat towards Khotan. At the same time, the Chinese army of Ganzhou reconquers Turfan in Northern Xiongnu. Ban Chao convinces the emperor of the need to control Central Asia in the fight against Xiongnu.
79 In China, a commission of scholars canonizes text of works of Confucius and his school.
86 Ban Gu (Pan Kou) and his sister Ban Zhao (Pan Tchao) compose a History of China.
97 Chinese troops reach the Caspian Sea.
97 Chinese general Ban Chao has his lieutenant, Gan Ying, establish regular relations with the Parthians.
100 The Temple of the God of Medicine is built in Anguo, China.
101 The Chinese (Tibetans) introduce their Buddhist Religion into Indonesia.
102 Having organised the territories of the Tarim basin, Chinese general Ban Chao retires to Luoyang, and dies shortly thereafter.
105 The Chinese refined papermaking from Cai Lun in China, paper had been excavated in China dated from 2nd-century BC.
107 A Japanese prince sends 160 slaves as presents to Chinese court.
138 Zhi becomes emperor of the Han Dynasty in China.
148 An Shih Kao arrives in China.
150 Paper, made in China, arrives in Turkestan.
151 First year of Yuanjia of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
154 Last (2nd) year of ''Yongxing'' era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
160 First Buddhist monks in China.
184 The Yellow Turban Rebellion breaks out in China.
190 First year of ''Chuping'' era of Chinese Han Dynasty
195 In China, the Xiongnu federation crosses the Great Wall and establishes itself in Shanxi provin
206 Born
220 Han Xiandi abdicates his throne to Cao Pi, symbolizing the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in China.
221 Liu Bei, Chinese warlord and descendant of the royal family of the Han Dynasty, proclaims himself emperor. The Shu Han Kingdom was established.
222 Kingdom of Wu is established in China.
226 Accession of Cao Rui as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China.
226 A merchant from the Roman Empire called "Qin Lun" by the Chinese, arrived in Jiaozhi (near modern Hanoi) and was taken to see Sun Quan, the Wu Emperor, who requested him to make a report on his native country and people. He was given an escort for the return trip including a present of ten male and ten female "blackish-coloured dwarfs." However, the officer in charge of the Chinese escort died on the way and Qin Lun had to continue his journey home alone. See: An annotated translation of the ''Weilue''.
245 Trieu Thi Trinh, a Vietnamese warrior, begins her three year resistance against the invading Chinese.
263 The Wei Kingdom conquers the kingdom of Shu Han, one of the Chinese Three Kingdoms.
265 Wei Yuandi abdicates, end of the kingdom of Wei in China.
290 Jin Hui Di succeeds Jin Wu Di as emperor of China
291 The War of the Eight Princes begins in China.
300 Magnetic compass for navigation is invented in China (approximate date).
304 Major Wu Hu (barbarian) uprising in China; the Hun Liu Yuan establish the Han kingdom, beginning the Sixteen Kingdoms era in China.
304 Sichuan earns its independence from China.
306 The War of the Eight Princes ends in China.
307 Jin Huai Di becomes emperor of China.
308 Kingdom of Xiongnu established in northern China.
311 Luoyang, the Jin Dynasty (265-420) capital of China, was sacked by groups of barbarians under the leadership of Huns. Jin Huai Di, emperor of China, is captured.
311 Luoyang, the Jin Dynasty (265-420) capital of China, was sacked by groups of barbarians under the leadership of Huns. Jin Huai Di, emperor of China, is captured.
318 China loses its teritories to the north of Yang-tsé-kiang to the benefit of the Xiongnu and the Xianbei.
323 Jin Ming Di succeeds Jin Yuan Di as emperor of China.
325 Jin Cheng Di succeeds Jin Ming Di as emperor of China.
334 Reign in China of the barbarian king Che Hou. His sons try to assassinate him, but are caught and executed.
342 Jin Kang Di succeeds Jin Cheng Di as emperor of China.
344 Emperor Mu succeeds Emperor Kang as emperor of China.
349 The Mou-jong (proto-mongols) take control of the North of China.
352 Earliest sighting of a supernova occurs in China.
354 Reign in Nothern China of Fu Sheng (Fou Cheng), king of the Shanxi (Chen-si).
361 Emperor Ai succeeds Emperor Mu as emperor of China.
365 Emperor Fei succeeds Emperor Ai as emperor of China.
370 Former Qin conquers Former Yan in China.
372 Emperor Fei is dethroned as emperor of China. Emperor Jianwen is installed.
372 Emperor Xiaowu succeeds Emperor Jianwen as emperor of China.
372 National academy of Chinese learning, called Taehak, established in the kingdom of Goguryeo.
377 Chinese painter Gu Kaizhi paints his work, The Goddess of the Lo River.
379 War of Feishui in China.
386 Beginning of the Northern Wei Dynasty in China when Dao Wu Di becomes its first king (see Northern dynasties)
393 Gao Zu succeeds Tai Zu as Emperor of the Later Qin Empire in China.
396 Emperor An succeeds Emperor Xiaowu as ruler of the Chinese Jin Dynasty.
397 The Xiongnu occupy the Gansu area in China.
399 Fa-Hien, a Chinese Buddhist monk, travels to India
405 First mention of the Khitan in Chinese chronicles. They wander along the boundaries of Kara-muren, and form part of the Donghu (Tong-hou) confederation.
409 Ming Yuan Di succeeds Dao Wu Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty (see Northern dynasties).
419 Emperor Gong succeeds Emperor An as ruler of the Chinese Jin Dynasty.
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420 End of the Jin Dynasty in China. Liu Yu (Emperor Wu of Liu Song) is the first ruler of the Song Dynasty.
420 Beginning of Southern Dynasties in China.
424 Song Wen Di succeeds Song Shao Di as ruler of the Chinese Song Dynasty.
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430 Feng Ba leaves office as emperor of the Northern Yan, one of the states vying for control of China. He is succeeded by Feng Hong.
440 Northern China is unified by the Northern Wei.
452 Tai Wu Di is succeeded by Nan An Wang, then by Wen Cheng Di as ruler of the Northern Wei Dynasty in China.
465 Song Qian Fei Di, then Song Ming Di become ruler of the Song Dynasty in China.
471 Xiao Wen Di succeeds Xian Wen Di as ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty.
475 Bodhidharma travels to China (approximate date).
477 Song Shun Di succeeds Song Hou Fei Di as ruler of the Chinese Song Dynasty.
478 End of the Sung dynasty in China.
478 Chinese chronicles record a memorial sent by the "King of Japan" (possibly Emperor Yuryaku), who describes himself as "Supreme Director of Military Affairs in Japan and Korea" to the Court of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Chinese Emperor responds by confirming the Japanese dynasty in those titles. This is the earliest verifiable date in Japanese history.
479 End of the Song Dynasty and beginning of the Southern Qi Dynasty in southern China. Qi Gao Di is the first ruler of the Qi Dynasty.
482 Qi Gao Di, ruler of the Chinese Southern Qi Dynasty.
494 Under Emperor Xiaowen the capital of Northern Wei, a state in China capital is moved from Datong to Luoyang.
496 The ruling Tuoba family in the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty change their family name to Yuan.
502 End of the Southern Qi Dynasty and beginning of the Liang Dynasty in southern China. Liang Wu Di succeeds Qi He Di.
507 The town of Guilin, China, is renamed Guizhou.
520 Bodhidharma arrives in China.
549 Emperor Jinwen succeeds Emperor Wu as ruler of the Liang Dynasty in China.
550 End of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and beginning of the Northern Qi Dynasty in northern China. Northern Qi Wen Xuan Di is the first ruler of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
551 Liang Yu Zhang Wang succeeds Liang Jian Wen Di as ruler of the Chinese Liang Dynasty.
557 Beginning of the Northern Zhou Dynasty in northern China. First ruler is Northern Zhou Xiao Min Di.
579 End of the Northern Qi Dynasty in China.
581 The Sui Dynasty replaces the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the last of the Northern Dynasties in China. First ruler of the Sui Dynasty is Sui Wen Di.
581 "Great City of Helu" was renamed Suzhou under Sui dynasty in China.
585 In China, Emperor Xiaojing succeeds Emperor Xiaoming as ruler of the Nan Liang Dynasty.
587 End of the Nan Liang Dynasty in China.
588 10 people killed in rural China by large meteorite impact.
595 Construction begins on Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei Province, China.
599 The Chinese win the war at Ordos.
600 Chinese-influenced sculptures of Buddha begin to be created in Japan.
615 The Turks invade China.
617 Sui Gong Di succeeds Sui Yang Di as emperor of China.
618 End of the Sui Dynasty and beginning of the Tang Dynasty in China. First emperor of the Tang Dynasty is Tang Gao Zu.
630 Chinese Buddhist monk Xuan Zang reaches India.
635 Nestorian Christianity reaches China
637 Chang'an, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Ctesiphon, capital of the Sassanid Empire.
643 The last Sassanid king of Persia flees to China.
644 The Tang dynasty of China begins invasion of Koguryo.
671 Chinese Buddhist pilgrim I-Ching visited the capital of the partly-Buddhist kingdom of Srivijaya, Palembang, Indonesia. He reported over 1000 buddhist monks in residen
690 Beginning of Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty in China.
705 In a coup d'état, Chinese Chancellor Zhang Jianzhi murdered the Zhang brothers and restored Emperor Zhongzong. This marks the end of the short-lived Zhou Dynasty in China
712 Emperor Xuanzong of Tang China succeeds Emperor Ruizong of Tang China as emperor of China.
713 Kaiyuan becomes Tang dynasty emperor of China
723 The world's first mechanical clock is allegedly built in China. See celestial globe.
755 An Lushan rebellion begins in China.
758 The Chinese city Guangzhou was sacked by Arab and Persian raiders.
760 In China, Emperor Xuanzong was placed under house arrest by Li Fuguo with the support of Emperor Suzong.
775 Estimation: Baghdad, capital of the Abbasid Empire, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Chang'an, capital of China.
780 Tang De Zong becomes emperor of China.
805 Tang Shun Zong succeeds Tang De Zong as emperor of China, but does not last till the end of the year.
807 Li Ji Pu becomes Prime Minister to Emperor Xian Zong in China.
810 China demands return of territory by Tibet.
821 Tang Mu Zong becomes emperor of China
829 The Bai kingdom of Nanzhao captures the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province, China
840 Tang Wu Zong succeeds Tang Wen Zong as emperor of China.
846 Xuanzong II succeeds Wuzong as emperor of China.
853 Tuan Ch'eng-Shih publishes Miscellaneous Offerings from Yu-yang (In China)
928 Dao Kang Di succeeds Gong Hui Di and is followed in the same year by Tai Zu, all of the Dali Gu Dynasty in southeast China.
939 Vietnam, under the name Dai Co Viet, became independent from China.
942 Southern Han Dynasty ends in China
960 The Song Dynasty (960-1279) came to power in China.
983 Wood carvers commissioned by China's Song Dynasty complete a carving of the entire Buddhist canon for printing. 130,000 blocks are produced in total.
1000 Gunpowder invented in China.
1013 Estimation: Kaifeng, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Córdoba in Al-Andalus.
1045 Movable type printing is invented by Bi Sheng in China.
1107 Chinese money printed in 3 colours to stymie counterfeiting.
1115 The Jurchen establish the Jin Dynasty of China.
1116 The modern book of separate pages stitched together is invented in China
1126 Establishment of the Jin Dynasty in the north of China with the Sung Dynasty's loss at the Huang He river valley.
1127 Jurchen forces sack Song Chinese capital of Kaifeng (the tragedy of Jingkang ????), and begin more than a century of political division between north and south in China.
1127 Estimation: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Kaifeng, capital of China.
1174 Vietnam is given the official name of Annam by China.
1180 Estimation: Hangzhou, capital of Southern Song China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Fes in the Almohad Empire.
1194 Yellow River of China experienced a major course change. It took over the Huai River drainage system for the next 700 years.
1194 Emperor Guangzong of Sung China was forced to give up his throne.
1213 Jin China is overrun by Mongols under Ghengis Khan, who plunder the countryside and cities, until only Beijing remained free, despite two bloody palace coups and a lengthy siege.
1214 The Emperor of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Ghengis Khan who have been besieging Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons Northern China, heading for Kaifeng.
1215 Beijing captured and staked by Mongols, initiating the Yuan Dynasty in China.
1253 The Chinese era ''Baoyou'' begins in the Northern Song Dynasty of China.
1258 The Chinese era ''Baoyou'' ends in the Northern Song Dynasty of China.
1259 The Chinese era ''Kaiqing'' begins and ends in the Northern Song Dynasty of China.
1260 The Chinese era ''Jingding'' begins and ends in the Northern Song Dynasty of China.
1264 Kublai Khan, supreme leader of the Mongol Empire, moves the empire's capital from Karakorum in Mongolia to the Chinese city of Khanbaliq (now Beijing).
1266 Niccolo and Maffeo Polo, brother and uncle of Marco Polo reach Kublai Khan's capital Khanbaliq (now Beijing) in China, setting the stage for Marco's famous expedition starting five years later. Kublai Khan sends the Polos back with a message requesting the pope dispatch western scholars to teach in the Mongol Empire; however, this request is largely ignored.
1268 The Battle of Xiangyang, a six-year battle between the Chinese Song Dynasty and the Mongol forces of Kublai Khan, begins in what is today Hubei.
1271 Marco Polo departs from Venice with his father and uncle on his famous journey to Kublai Khan's China.
1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (? yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China.
1275 Nestorian monk Rabban Bar Sauma begin his pilgrimage from China towards Jerusalem
1275 Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the Sun in China on March 4.
1275 Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the Sun in China on March 4.
1276 The court of the Southern Song Dynasty of China and hundreds of thousands of its citizens flee from Hangzhou to Fujian and then Guangdong in an effort to escape an invasion by the Mongol Empire.
1277 Burma's Pagan empire begins to disintegrate after being defeated by Kublai Khan at the Battle of Ngasaunggyan, at Yunnan near the Chinese border.
1277 Some 50,000 leaders and citizens of the Southern Song Dynasty of China become the first recorded inhabitants of Macau, as they seek refuge from the invading Mongol Empire. They also stayed for a short period in Kowloon. Some hundred years later the place where they stayed became Sung Wong Toi.
1279 Kublai Khan's Mongol Yuan Dynasty defeats the Song Dynasty in the Battle of Yamen. This completes the Mongol conquest of China and exterminates the Song Dynasty.
1281 The second Mongol invasion of Japan is foiled at the Battle of Koan (or Battle of Hakata Bay) as a large typhoon — famously called a ''kamikaze'', or divine wind — destroys much of the combined Chinese and Korean fleet and forces, numbering over 140,000 men and 4,000 ships.
1283 The city of Guiyang is founded in China.
1286 In Laos, King Panya Leng is overthrown in a coup d'etat led by his son Panya Khamphong, which is likely to have been supported by the regionally dominant Mongol Empire (Yuan dynasty of China).
1289 Franciscan friars begin missionary work in China.
1290 A large earthquake strikes the Chinese province of Hebei, killing an estimated 100,000.
1291 Kaifeng is made capital of the Chinese Yuan Dynasty province of Henan.
1291 The artificial Kunming Lake is constructed as a reservoir for Beijing in Yuan Dynasty China by famous engineer and astronomer Guo Shoujing.
1294 The death of Kublai Khan allows the four khanates of the Mongol Empire (the Chagatai Khanate, the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, and the Yuan Dynasty of China) to formally become independent; they each had already been moving toward independence during Kublai's reign.
1295 Marco Polo returns to Italy from his travels to China.
1300 A census in Imperial China finds that is has roughly 60 million inhabitants. (Having lost 20 millions after nearly a century of Mongolian conquest.)
1315 Estimation: Cairo, capital of Mamluk Egypt becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian China.
1348 Estimation: Hangzhou in Mongolian China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Cairo, capital of Mamluk Egypt.
1351 The Mongolian run Yuan Dynasty of China is permanently weakened by an uprising.
1358 Estimation: Nanjing in Mongolian China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian China.
1358 Estimation: Nanjing in Mongolian China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Hangzhou in Mongolian China.
1368 Hongwu establishes the Ming Dynasty in China after the disintegration the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
1423 According to the 1421 theory, the return of Zheng He's fleets to China.
1425 Estimation: Beijing, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Nanjing in China.
1425 Estimation: Beijing, capital of China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Nanjing in China.
1433 The Ming dynasty in China disbands their navy, altering the balance of power in the Indian Ocean, making it easier for Portugal and other Western naval powers to gain dominance over the seas.
1449 Battle of Tumu Fortress - Oirat Mongols defeat the Chinese Ming Dynasty army and capture Zhengtong Emperor of China
1487 Hongzhi becomes emperor of China (Ming dynasty).
1517 First contact of organized western merchants with China.
1542 The first contact of Japan with the West occurs when a Portuguese ship, blown off its course to China, lands in Japan.
1556 The Shaanxi Earthquake, the deadliest earthquake in history, occurs with its epicenter in Shaanxi province, China. 830,000 people may have been killed.
1582 China, Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter China.
1582 China, Jesuit Matteo Ricci is allowed to enter China.
1627 Korea becomes a tributary state of China.
1643 Hong Taiji, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of the Manchu dies and is succeeded by his five year-old son, the later Shunzhi Emperor of China.
1644 A popular Chinese rebellion led by Li Zicheng sacks Beijing, prompting Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to commit suicide.
1661 The Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China dies and is succeeded by his son the Kangxi Emperor.
1662 The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.
1683 Fall of Kingdom of Tungning, Qing occupied present day-Kaohsiung of Taiwan and unified China.
1684 The British East India Company receives Chinese permission to build a trading station at Canton. Tea sells in Europe for less than a shilling a pound, but the import duty of 5 shillings makes it too expensive for most English people to afford
1689 China and Russia signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk.
1693 China concentrates all its foreign trade to Canton - European ships are forbidden to land anywhere else
1724 China expels foreign missionaries
1857 France and the United Kingdom declare war on China in the Second Opium War
1860 The British general Lord Elgin - with protestations from the French - ordered his forces to set fire to the huge complex of Beijing's Old Summer Palace, known as the Gardens of Perfect Brightness, which burned to the ground. It took 3,500 British troops to set the entire place ablaze and took three days to burn. Elgin justified the order as retaliation for the imprisonment, torture, and murder of several western prisoners of war, among them two British envoys who had been under protection of a flag of tru The burning of the Gardens of Perfect Brightness is still a very sensitive issue in China today.
1875 Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
1885 In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1888 First railways in China
1894 Declaration of war between the Qing Empire of China and the Empire of Japan, over their rival claims of influence on their common ally, the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. The event marks the start of the first Sino-Japanese War.
1895 The Treaty of Shimonoseki (also known as Treaty of Maguan) was signed between China and Japan. This marks the end of the first Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
1898 Association of thousands of Chinese scholars and Beijing citizens in front of the Capital Control Yuan asking for reform.
1898 Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineered a coup d'etat and it marks the end of Hundred Days' Reform. Guangxu Emperor was arrested.
1900 John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1900 Boxer Rebellion: Foreign diplomats in Peking China demand that the Boxer rebels be disciplined.
1900 Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxers
1901 The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
1905 Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China; an event which shocked the world.
1911 revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen overthrew China's Manchu dynasty.
1912 End of Qing Dynasty in China.
1912 Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party is founded.
1913 In China, province of Chungking declares independence. Chinese Republican forces crush the rebellion in a couple of weeks
1914 The capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China is moved from Guilin to Nanning.
1920 8.6 Richter scale Earthquake causes landslide in Gansu Province, China - 180.000 dead.
1921 Russian White Army captures Mongolia from China
1927 Britain sends troops to China
1928 U.S.A. recalls its troops from China
1932 1932 Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York. Japan occupies Harbin, China
1932 Japan declares Manzhouguo (Japanese name for Manchuria) formally independent from China
1932 Peace negotiations between China and Japan begin.
1932 Earthquake in the Kansu Province in China - 70,000 dead
1935 Ho-Umezu Agreement: China's Kuomintang government concedes Japanese military control of north-eastern China.
1937 Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge - Japanese forces invade China.Often seen as the beginning of World War II in Asia
1940 Guilin, China, acquires current name.
1941 World War II: China officially declares war on Japan
1943 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China.
1943 Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.
1944 The Japanese launch an offensive in central and south China.
1945 World War II: Supplies begin to reach China over the newly reopened Burma Road.
1950 Last Kuomintang troops surrender in continental China
1951 United Nations General Assembly declares that China is the aggressor in the Korean War
1953 United Nations does not accept Soviet Union's suggestion to accept China as a member
1957 The Asian Flu pandemic begins in China.
1960 June 9 — Typhoon Mary kills 1600 in the Fukien province of China.
1961 China buys grain from Canada for $60 million.
1967 China sends 3 PLA divisions to Tibet.
1967 British troops and Chinese demonstrators clash on the border of China and Hong Kong during the Hong Kong Riots.
1967 British troops and Chinese demonstrators clash on the border of China and Hong Kong during the Hong Kong Riots.
1971 June 10 – The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
1975 The first successfully predicted earthquake occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
1976 The Tangshan earthquake flattens Tangshan,China, killing 242,769 people, and injuring 164,851.
1979 In China, a Hawker-Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.
1989 Mikhail Gorbachev visits China, the first Soviet leader to do so since the 1960s.
1998 Yangtze River Floods: In China the Yangtze River breaks through the main bank; before this, from August 1-5, periphery levees collapsed consecutively in Jiayu County Baizhou Bay. The death toll exceeds 12,000, with many thousands more injured.
2002 Typhoon Sinlaku causes huge waves on the Qiantangjiang River in Sheijang Province, China.
2004 An explosion occurs in a coal mine in China. The death toll is expected to exceed 150.
2005 A blast occurs at the Xishui coal mine in Shuozhou, China, and rocks nearby Kangjiayao coal mine, killing up to 59.
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