Key Dates Flashcards
When was the Boxer uprising?
1900
When do Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu die?
1908
When does Emperor Puyi ascend?
1908
When is the revolution when the republic is established?
1911
When does Yuan Shikai become the leader of China?
1912
When does Yuan Shikai die?
1916
When is the beginning of the Warlord Era
1916
When Sun Yat-sen becomes the leader of the nationalist government?
1917
When was the GMD (Guomindang) set up
1919
When is the May Fourth Movement?
4 May 1919
When did Sun Yat-sen die?
1925
When did Chiang Kai-shek succeed to the leader of the GMD?
1925
When was the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) founded?
June 1921
When was the first United Front Established?
1926
How long did the first United Front last for?
1924 - 1927
When did the British Commander form the International Settlement shoot into the crowd?
30 May 1925
When was the Northern Expedition?
1926-28
When were the Shanghai Massacres?
1927
When were the Extermination Campaigns against the Communists?
1930-1934
When did the Japanese invade and occupy Manchuria?
1931
When is the Communist Long March?
1934 - 1935
When did the Communists break out of the GMD encirclement?
/ Start of Long March
16th of October 1934
When did the Communists arrive in Yan’an?
/ End of Long March?
October 1935
When was the Sino-Japanese War?
1937 - 1945
When was the Second United Front formed?
1937
When did Nanjing happen?
December 1937
When did the Civil War between the GMD and the CCP break out?
1945 - 1949
When was the battle of Huai-Hai?
November 1948 - January 1949
When was the People’s Republic of China declared?
1 October 1949
When were the Agrarian Reform Laws passed?
1950
When was the Marriage Law Passed?
1950
When did the Chinese sign the ‘Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance’ with the Soviet Union?
1950
When was the Thought Reform?
1951
When was the Great Famine?
1958-62
When was the First Five Year Plan introduced?
1952
When was the Great Leap Forward?
1958
