China Time Line from 1600 BC to Year 2012 Important Events

China Time Line from 1600 BC to Year 2012 Important Events

1600 BC - 220 AD

1600 - 1050BC
First Chinese state, the Shang Dynasty, united most of north central China

1600BC
Shang Dynasty mastered bronze production

1045 - 770BC
Shang Dynasty replaced by Zhou Dynasty

770BC
Zhou state collapsed, became loose association of warring states known as Eastern Zhou

222BC
Kingdom fell to Ch'in; royal family slaughtered

221 - 206BC
Qin Shi Huangdi unified China, became first emperor

220BC
Construction of Great Wall of China began

214BC
Lingqu Canal engineered by Shi Lu

210BC
Terracotta Army, featuring over 8,000 terracotta statues, was buried

206BC - 220AD
Han Dynasty era, governed all of China, brought in the "golden age", grew economy, promoted Confucianism as the state philosophy

220 - 1650

220 - 589
After fall of Han Dynasty, competing dynasties divided China, development began in southern China

618 - 907
Tang Dynasty reunited China

960 - 1279
Chinese classical culture flourished during Song Dynasty, Neo-Confucianism adopted as official state ideology

1271 - 1368
Mongols conquered China, established Yuan Dynasty, founded by Kublai Khan, Beijing became capital

1368
Ming Dynasty overthrew Mongols, established agricultural economy, strengthened military, created central bureaucracy

1368
Great Wall completed

1644
Manchu Qing Dynasty drove Ming out. Chinese empire annexed Tibet, Mongolia, Xinjiang

1700 - 1800

1711
British East Indian Company established trading post at Guangzhou

1839 - 1842
First Opium War fought between United Kingdom and Qing Dynasty over diplomatic relations, trade, administration of justice

1842
Treaty of Nanking ended First Opium War

1850 - 1864

Taiping Rebellion - Civil war led by Christian, Hong Ziuquan, against Qing Dynasty. About 20 million died

1855
Third Pandemic of Bubonic plague killed more than 12 million people in India and China

1856 - 1860
Second Opium War with British and French against Qing Dynasty

1887
Huang Ho River flooded, killed about 900,000

1900

1900
Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Chinese Christians erupted, led by Chinese secret society, "The Righteous, Harmonious Fists", and aided by Empress Dowager Ci Xi

1900
Empress Douairisre ordered the Boxers to kill all foreigners

1900
United States announced it would send troops to fight against Boxer Rebellion

1900
European Allies recaptured Tientsin from Boxers

1900
International forces from eight nations entered Beijing to stop Boxer Rebellion

1901
Boxer Rebellion leaders, Chi-Hsin and Hsu-Cheng-Yu, were publicly executed

1901
Peace of Peking ended Boxer Rebellion

1908
Zxuan Tong, age 2.5 years, ascended the throne, became China's last Emperor

1910
Slavery was abolished

1910
Plague struck An-Hul province, 2.5 million victims

1911
England and China signed treaty making opium main trading commodity

1911
Qing Dynasty overthrown, Sun Yat-sen elected first president of Republic of China

1911
Yangtze River overflowed, 100,000 people killed

1912
China adopted Gregorian calendar

1912
Yuan Shih-kai became president

1913
Kuomintang Party leader, Sun Yet San, called for revolt against President Yuan Shikai

1917
China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I

1920
Earthquake in Gansu and Shanxi provinces caused landslides, killed between 100,000 to 200,000

1925
Sun Yat-sen died

1926
Chiang Kai-shek appointed to national-revolutionary supreme commander, broke with Communists, confirmed Kuomintang as a nationalist party

1931
Huang He River flooded more than 40,000 square miles, killed more than one million people

1931
Japanese invaded Manchuria

1932
Japanese attacked Shanghai, declared martial law

1934 - 1935
During Communist party's "Long March" to Shaanxi Province, Mao Zedong emerged as new leader

1936
Chiang Kai-shek declared war on Japan

1941
U. S. government froze Japanese and Chinese assets

1943
Britain and the U. S. signed treaties with China, relinquished extraterritorial rights

(1943
Chiang Kai-shek became president of China

1945
Soviet Union declared war against Japan, launched surprise attack against Japanese forces in northern China and Korea

1949 - 1965

1949
Mao Zedong, Communist Party leader, established Communist People's Republic of China

1949
Nationalists sent up government on island of Taiwan

1950
During Korean War, China helped North Korea

1950
Tibet became part of People's Republic of China

1958 - 1961
"Great Leap Forward" five year economic plan was introduced, included collectivised farming, labor-intensive industry. Plan failed and millions died of starvation

1959
Revolt in Tibet suppressed by Chinese forces

1959
Liu Shaoqi named president

1959
Oil reserves discovered in northern basin of Songhua, Liao Rivers, ending dependence on Soviet's supplies

1961
China used first nuclear reactor

1962
Border dispute with India over Himalayan border resulted in brief conflict

1964
China detonated first atomic bomb

1965
Tibet became autonomous region of China

1966 - 1990

1966 - 1976
Mao's "Cultural Revolution" - campaign to revive revolutionary spirit resulted in massive social, political, economic upheaval, over one million people were killed or committed suicide

1968
President Liu Shaoqi ousted

1970
People's Republic of China accepted into membership by UN General Assembly

1972
U.S. President, Richard Nixon, visited China

1974
Terracotta Warriors found on east side of tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang

1975
Typhoon caused enormous rain storms, 62 dams failed in one night, including two major dams, over 200,000 killed

1976
Mao Tse-Tung died. "Gang of Four", Mao's widow, three associates arrested and convicted of crimes against the state

1976
Tangshan Earthquake killed between 240,000 to 255,000, city was devastated

1977
Deng Ziaoping named vice-premier, led far-reaching economic reforms

1978
Chinese "boat people" who had left or been expelled from Vietnam, died after drifting at sea for weeks

1979
Diplomatic relations with U.S. established

1979
Family planning policy limiting families to one child enacted to help curb population growth

1984
Communist Party announced economic reforms: lifting of government price subsidies, relaxing of party control over businesses

1986
500,000 Chinese students gathered in People's Square in Shanghai, called for democratic reforms, including freedom of the press

1986 - 1990
"Open Door Policy" encouraged foreign investment, development of a market economy, private sector businesses

1989
Protests at Tiananmen Square resulted in over 200 deaths as troops opened fire

1989
U.S. and European Union imposed arms embargo on China in protest of post-Tiananmen clampdown

1989
Stockmarkets in Shanghai and Shenzhen opened

1900
Shanghai became autonomous municipality

1991
Widow of Mao Tse-Tung, Jiang Qing, committed suicide while in prison

1992
China and South Korea established diplomatic ties

1992
China and Russia signed declaration to restore friendly ties

1992
International Monetary Fund (IMF) ranked China's economy third largest in the world - behind Japan and U.S.

1993
Jiang Zemin became president

1993
Construction began on Three Gorges dam

1994
Official renminbi currency exchange rate abolished, floating rate fixed

1994
Internet was introduced in China

1994
Fire broke out in theater in Karamay where 1,000 teachers and children were visiting. Ordered to remain seated while Communist Party officials walked out first, 288 children died

1995
In order to intimidate Tawian during presidential elections, China tested missiles, held military exercises in Taiwan Strait

1996
In list established by international business people, China included in top-ten of most corrupt countries

1996
Shanghai Five (China, Russia , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan ) met in Shanghai and agreed to cooperate to combat ethnic and religious tensions in each others' countries

1997
Rioting broke out in Yining, Zinjiang following death of Deng Ziaoping. Bombs planted on buses killed nine, injured 74

1997
China regained control of Hong Kong , after 99 years of British rule

1997
Russia signed agreement to build a $3 billion dollar nuclear power plant in China

1998
Zhu Rongji became premier

1998
New reforms announced, including continued deceleration of economy, restructuring of state-owned businesses through amalgamations, shared flotations and bankruptcies, four million civil service jobs to be eliminated

1999
Nato bombed Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)

1999
China assumed formal sovereignty over Macau after 442 years of Portuguese control

2000's

2000
China reached market-opening trade deal with European Union

2000
Bomb explosion in Urumqi, Xinjiang killed 60

2001
Five members of Falun Gong set themselves on fire to protest unfair treatment of Falun Gong by government

2001
Mid-air collision over Hainan Island between U.S. Navy plane and People's Liberation Army Navy fighter jet resulted in international dispute between U.S. and China

2001
Shanghai Cooperation Organization launched to fight ethnic, religious militancy and promote trade and investment

2001
Uzbekistan joined Shanghai Five

2001
China joined World Trade Organization

2002
Hu Jintao named head of ruling Communist Party

2003
Hu Jintao elected president

2003
Hong Kong and China hit with SARS virus. Strict quarantine enforced

2003
Filling of the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam began

2003
China, India reached agreement over status of Tibet and Sikkim in cross-border trade agreement

2003
500,000 people marched in Hong Kong protesting Article 23, an anti-subversion bill, two Hong Kong government officials resigned, bill was shelved

2003
China's first manned spacecraft launched with Astronaut Yank Liwei aboard

2004
Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Jiang Zemin retired, three years ahead of schedule

2004
Trade agreement with 10 southeast Asian countries could have potential of uniting 25% of world's population in free-trade zone

2005
Anti-Secession Law enacted formalizing policy of using "non-peaceful means" against Taiwan independence movement

2005
Relations with Japan deteriorated due to Japanese textbook that said China glossed over Japan's World War II record

2005
Lien Chan, Taiwan's National Party leader, visited China for first meeting between Nationalist and Communist Party leaders since 1949

2005
Russia, China held first joint military exercises

2005
Second manned space flight with two astronauts circled Earth

2005
Water supplies to millions of people cut off after explosion at chemical plant poisoned Songhua River

2006)
Three Gorges Dam, world's largest hydropower project, completed

2006
Tibet Railway Line, world's highest train route, began operations

2006
China-Africa summit held in Beijing with African heads of state, China promised billions of dollars in loans and credits

2006
Government announced China's environment has been reduced to a critical level, due to pollution

2007
In Chinese Slave Scandal, thousands of Chinese people, including children, had been forced to work as slaves in illegal brickyards

2007
Food and Drug Agency chief, Zheng Xiaoyu, executed for corruption and possible tainted products

2008
Worst winter storms in half a century caused extensive damages, transportation disruption, 129

2008
Tens of thousands killed by massive earthquake in Sichuan province

2008
2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing

2008
China, Russia signed treaty ending 40-year-old border dispute

2008
Milk and infant formula found adulterated with melamine

2008
Government announced $586 billion stimulus package due to global financial crisis and effect on China

2009
Protests in Xinjiang region turned violent, many killed, hundreds injured

2009
Officials in Shanghai encouraged parents to have second child to combat effect of aging population

2010
China posted increase in exports, overtook Germany as world's largest exporter

2010
Google ended compliance with China's internet censorship, redirected searches to Hong Kong

2010
Japan arrested Chinese trawler in disputed East China Sea, diplomatic row erupted

2010
Japan freed trawler crew, rejected China's demand for an apology

2010
Jailed dissident, Liu Xiaobo, awarded Nobel Peace Prize. Beijing lodged official protests

2011
China overtook Japan to become world's second-largest economy

2011
Police killed seven Ulghurs suspect of initiating attacks in Horan and Kashgar

2012
For the first time, city residents outnumbered rural population

2012
Imports and exports dipped

2012
Bo Xilai, Chongqing Communist Party leader, dismissed in country's largest political scandal in years. His wife placed under investigation for death of British businessman, Neil Heywood

2012
China upped limit for yuan currency to 1% instead of 0.5% against US dollar

2012
Blind activist, Chen Guangcheng, fled house arrest in Shandong and into protection of US diplomats

2012
China agreed to allow Chen Guangcheng to study in U.S.

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