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1901
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9.7.1901
The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol. |
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1904
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1908
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12.2.1908
Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two |
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1911
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10.9.1911
An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
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10.10.1911
The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of Qing Dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China. |
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1912
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8.25.1912
The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. |
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1914
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1919
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1920
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12.16.1920
The Haiyuan earthquake, magnitude 8.5, rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000.
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1921
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3.13.1921
Mongolia, under Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, declares its independence from China.
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1927
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12.11.1927
Guangzhou Uprising: Communist militia and worker Red Guards launch an uprising in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet. |
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1928
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5.3.1928
Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China.
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1932
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12.25.1932
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills |
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1934
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10.16.1934
Chinese Communists begin the Long March; it ended a year and four days later, by which time Mao Zedong had regained his title as party chairman. |
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1937
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7.29.1937
Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu (China), the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
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12.12.1937
Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink US gunboat ''Panay'' on the Yangtze River in China. |
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1940
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3.30.1940
Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei. |
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1941
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12.20.1941
World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China.
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1943
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1945
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9.3.1945
Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
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1948
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4.7.1948
A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead. |
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11.1.1948
Off southern Manchuria, 6,000 people are killed as a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks. |
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1949
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10.1.1949
The People's Republic of China is declared by Mao Zedong. |
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1950
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2.15.1950
The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty. |
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11.26.1950
Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
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1951
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5.23.1951
Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China.
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1953
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1959
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3.10.1959
Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal. |
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4.27.1959
The last Canadian missionary leaves the People's Republic of China. |
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1962
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1964
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10.16.1964
The People's Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
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1965
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9.7.1965
China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border. |
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1966
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5.25.1966
The first prominent dàzìbào during the Cultural Revolution in China is posted at Peking University. |
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8.1.1966
Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official People's Republic of China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. |
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1967
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8.7.1967
Vietnam War: the People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant. |
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1970
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