с. 500,000 В.С.Е |
Peking Man hominid fossils |
с. 10,000 В.С.Е |
Domestication of rice in Jiangxi |
с. 4600 В.С.Е |
Neolithic village cultures in northern China |
с. 2100 В.С.Е |
Xia “dynasty” in Yellow River valley |
с. 1500 В.С.Е |
Shang state on North China Plain |
1045 В.С.Е |
Zhou Conquest |
722-481 В.С.Е |
Spring and Autumn period |
480-221 В.С.Е |
Warring States period |
207 В.С.Е |
Fall of Qin dynasty |
202 В.С.Е.-220 С.Е |
Han dynasty |
141-87 В.С.Е |
Reign of Wudi |
81 В.С.Е |
Debate on Salt and Iron |
9-23 С.Е |
Usurpation of Wang Mang |
С. 100 С.Е |
First Buddhist temple in China |
182 С.Е |
Yellow Turban uprising |
220-280 |
Three Kingdoms period |
с. 310 |
Turkic migrations into northern China begin |
581-618 |
Sui dynasty |
618-906 |
Tang dynasty |
684-705 |
Reign of Empress Wu Zetian |
713-756 |
Reign of Xuanzong |
755-763 |
An Lushan rebellion |
768-824 |
Han Yu |
845 |
Official suppression of Buddhism |
907-960 |
Five Dynasties period |
907-1125 |
Liao dynasty of the Khitan people |
960-1127 |
Northern Song dynasty |
1126-1234 |
Jin dynasty of the Jurchen people |
1127-1279 |
Southern Song dynasty |
1130-1200 |
Zhu Xi |
1206 |
Mongol qurillai elects Temujin as Great Khan |
1260-1368 |
Mongol Yuan dynasty |
1272-1290 |
Marco Polo in China |
1313 |
Mongols restore Confucian examinations |
1340s |
Great plague in Yangzi River valley |
1368-1644 |
Ming dynasty |
1402 |
Zhu Di usurps the throne |
1405-1435 |
Ming voyages of exploration |
1572-1620 |
Reign of Wanli emperor |
с. 1580 |
“Single Whip” tax reforms |
1626 |
Nurhaci inaugurates Manchu language use |
1636 |
Qing dynasty proclaimed by Manchus |
1644 |
Fall of Ming dynasty and Manchu invasion |
1661-1722 |
Reign of Kangxi |
1673-1681 |
Rebellion of the Wu Sangui |
1712 |
Kangxi’s tax edict |
1723-1735 |
Reign of Yongzheng |
1736-1795 |
Reign of Qianlong |
1793 |
British trade mission to China |
1813 |
Secret society rebellion against Qing |
1839-1842 |
Opium War |
1850-1864 |
Taiping Rebellion |
1864-1895 |
Self-Strengthening Movement |
1894-1895 |
Sino-Japanese War |
1898 |
100 Days Reforms |
1899-1900 |
Boxer Rebellion |
1905 |
Confucian examinations abolished |
October 11, 1911 |
Wuhan mutiny sets off revolution |
February 12, 1912 |
Abdication of last emperor |
February 15, 1912 |
Yuan Shikai becomes president |
1916 |
Yuan Shikai tries to become emperor |
May 4, 1919 |
Student demonstration in Beijing |
July 1921 |
Founding of Chinese Communist Party |
1922-1927 |
First United Front of Communists and Nationalists |
1926 |
Northern Expedition of Chiang Kaishek |
April 1927 |
Split between CCP and GMD |
1929-1934 |
Jiangxi period of Chinese Communists |
September 18, 1931 |
Japanese invade Manchuria |
October 1934-October 1935 |
Long March |
December 1936 |
Xian incident: Chiang “arrested” |
1937-1945 |
Second United Front |
July 7, 1937 |
Marco Polo Bridge incident: Japanese invasion |
1945 |
End of war with Japan |
1945-1949 |
Civil war between Communists and Nationalists |
1948 |
Nationalists massacre Taiwanese |
1949 |
Nationalists withdraw to Taiwan |
October 1, 1949 |
Mao proclaims People’s Republic of China |
1949-1952 |
Land reform |
1950 |
Marriage law |
1958-1959 |
Great Leap Forward |
August 1959 |
Lushan Plenum: Peng Dehuai purged, Mao retreats from daily leadership |
1962 |
Socialist Education Movement |
1966-1969 |
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution |
1976 |
Death of Mao Zedong |
1978-1994 |
Leadership of Deng Xiaoping |
1989 |
Tiananmen student movement, suppressed June 4 |
1999 |
China and the United States agree on WTO membership |