Dates Flashcards
Date: Split between CCP and GMD.
April 1927
Date: Mongol quriltai elects Temujin as Great Khan.
1206
Date: Northern Expedition of Chiang Kaishek.
1926
Date: Land reform.
1949-1952
Date: Marco Polo in China.
1272-1290
Date: Shang state on North China Plain.
c. 1045 B.C.
Date: Reign of Qianlong.
1736-1795
Date: Ming voyages of exploration.
1405-1435
Date: Secret society rebellion against Qing.
1813
Date: End of war with Japan
1945
Date: Fall of Ming dynasty and Manchu invasion.
1644
Date: Great Leap Forward.
1958-1959
Date: Northern Song dynasty
960-1127
Date: Reign of Wanli emperor.
1572-1620
Date: Jiangxi period of Chinese Communists.
1929-1934
Date: Great plague in Yangzi River valley.
1340s
Date: Reign of Empress Wu Zetian.
690-705
Date: Xian incident: Chiang “arrested.”
December 1936
Date: Three Kingdoms period.
220-280 A.D.
Date: Abdication of last emperor.
February 12, 1912
Date: Rebellion of the Wu Sangui
1673-1681
Date: Boxer Rebellion
1899-1900
Date: Nurhaci inaugurates Manchu language use.
1626
Date: Japanese invade Manchuria
September 18, 1931
Date: Tiananmen student uprising
June 4, 1989
Date: Zhu Xi
1130-1200
Date: Mao proclaims People’s Republic of China.
October 1, 1949
Date: Sui dynasty
581-618
Date: Debate on Salt and Iron
81 B.C.
Date: Socialist Education Movement.
1962
Date: Peking Man hominid fossils
c. 500,000 B.C.
Date: Long March
October 1934-October 1935
Date: Mongol Yuan dynasty
1260-1368
Date: Taiping Rebellion.
1850-1864
Date: Yellow Turban uprising
182 A.D.
Date: Turkic migrations into northern
China begin.
c. 310 A.D.
Date: Nationalists massacre Taiwanese.
1948
Date: China and the United States agree on
WTO membership.
1999
Date: Wuhan mutiny sets off revolution.
October 11, 1911
Date: Marriage law.
1950
Date: Neolithic village cultures in
northern China.
c. 4600 B.C.
Date: Founding of Chinese Communist Party.
July 1921
Date: Death of Mao Zedong.
1976
Date: Domestication of rice in Jiangxi.
c. 10,000 B.C.
Date: Mongols restore Confucian examinations
1313
Date: Han dynasty.
202 B.C. - 220 A.D.
Date: Usurpation of Wang Mang.
9-23 A.D.
Date: Self-Strengthening Movement.
1864-1895
Date: First United Front of Communists and Nationalists.
1922-1927
Date: Reign of Wudi.
141-87 B.C.
Date: Tang dynasty
618-906
Date: “Single Whip” tax reforms.
c. 1580
Date: Han Yu
768-824
Date: Qing dynasty proclaimed by Manchus.
1636
Date: Reign of Kangxi
1661-1722
Date: Yuan Shikai tries to become emperor.
1916
Date: Yuan Shikai becomes president.
February 15, 1912
Date: Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
1966-1969
Date: Confucian examinations abolished.
1905
Date: Five Dynasties period.
907-960
Date: Zhu Di usurps the throne.
1402
Date: Marco Polo Bridge incident: Japanese invasion.
July 7, 1937
Date: Xia “dynasty” in Yellow River valley.
c. 2100 B.C.
Date: Jin dynasty of the Jurchen people.
1126-1234
Date: Sino-Japanese War.
1894-1895
Date: Official suppression of Buddhism.
845
Date: Second United Front
1937-1945
Date: Civil war between Communists and Nationalists.
1945-1949
Date: Reign of Xuanzong.
713-756
Date: Lushan Plenum: Peng Dehuai purged, Mao retreats from daily leadership.
August 1959
Date: Warring States period.
480-221 B.C.
Date: British trade mission to China.
1793
Date: First Buddhist temple in China
c. 100 A.D.
Date: Spring and Autumn period.
722-481 B.C.
Date: Student demonstration in Beijing.
May 4, 1919
Date: Reign of Yongzheng.
1723-1735
Date: Liao dynasty of the Khitan people.
907-1125
Date: Kangxi’s tax edict.
1712
Date: Opium War.
1839-1842
Date: 100 Days Reforms.
1898
Date: Leadership of Deng Xiaoping.
1978-1994
Date: Ming dynasty.
1368-1644
Date: Nationalists withdraw to Taiwan.
1949
Date: Southern Song dynasty
1127-1279
Date: An Lushan rebellion
755-763
Date: Zhou Conquest.
1045 B.C.
Date: Fall of Qin dynasty.
207 B.C.
