hIStOrIc dATeS Flashcards

1
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Opium War

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1839-42

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2
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Treaty of Nanjing- Hong Kong ceded to Britain

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1842

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3
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New territories ceded to Britain

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1898

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4
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Boxer Rebellion

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1899-1901

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5
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Death of Princess Dowager

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1908

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6
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Revolution overthrows Qing Dynasty

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1911

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7
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Republic of China proclaimed

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1912

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8
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Sun Yat-Sen relinquishes presidency to Yuan Shikai

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1912

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9
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Japanese twenty-one demands for control over China

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1915

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10
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May fourth movement- modern Chinese Nationalism reborn

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1919

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11
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Chinese communist party (CCP) founded

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1921

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12
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GuoMinDang (GMD) (Kuomingtang political party) reorganised

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1923

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13
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CCP and GMD cooperate in first united front

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1923

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14
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Death of Sun-Yat Sen

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1925

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15
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Northern Expedition to Unify China

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1926

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16
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CCP and GMD split after Shanghai massacre

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1927

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17
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GMD National Government in Nanjing
(The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD) or the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a major political party in the Republic of China throughout its historical periods in both the Chinese mainland as well as Taiwan.)

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1928

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18
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CCP establishes rural bases in Jiangxi province

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1929-34

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19
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Japanese invasion of Manchuria

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1931

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20
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CCP Long March to Xi’an base

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1934-36

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21
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Japanese invasion of China proper

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1937 (July)

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22
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CCP and GMD Second United Front

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1937 (September)

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23
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Japanese surrender

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1945

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24
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Civil war breaks out between CCP and GMD

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1946

25
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Peoples Republic of China founded

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1949

26
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Korean War

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1950-53

27
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Bandung Conference of non-aligned nations

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1955

28
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Hundred Flowers movement

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1956

29
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Anti-Rightist campaign

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1957

30
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Great Leap Forward and creation of People’s Communes

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1958

31
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Lushan Conferences and dismissal of of Peng Dehuai

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1959

32
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Cultural Revolution begins

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1966

33
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Ninth Communist Party Congress

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1969

34
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Death of Lin Biao

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1971

35
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US President Nixon visits China

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1972

36
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Death of Chiang Kai-shek

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1975

37
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Death of Mao Zedong

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1976 (September)

38
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Arrest of Gang of Four

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1976 (October)

39
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Third Plenum of Eleventh CCP Central Committee

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1978

40
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Reform begins under Deng Xiaoping

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1978

41
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Trial of the Gang of Four

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1980-1

42
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Hu Yaobang dismissed as CCP head

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1987

43
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Zhao Ziyang replaces Hu as CCP head

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1987

44
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Tian’anmen Square demonstrations suppressed

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1989 (4 June)

45
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Jiang Zemin replaces Zhao Ziyang as CCP head

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1989 (24 June)

46
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Deng Xiaoping retires

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1989

47
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Death of Deng Xiaoping

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1997 (February)

48
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Hong Kong returns to China

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1997 (July)

49
Q

Chinese embassy in Belgrade hit by NATO bombs

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1999 (May)

50
Q

Falungong demonstrations

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1999 (July)

51
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US fighter plane incident off Hainan island

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2001 (April)

52
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China enters the World Trade Organisation

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2001 (December)

53
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Severe Acute Respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic

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2002 (November)

54
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CCP Sixteenth Congress - Hu Jintao President

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2002 (November)

55
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Avian influenza epidemic

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2003

56
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Agricultural taxation abolished

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2006 (January)

57
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CCP Seventeenth Congress - Xi Jinping tipped as future leader

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2007 (October)

58
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Olympic games in Beijing

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2008 (August)