1899-1901
The Boxer Uprising
1902-1911
The Self-Strengthening Reforms
November 1908
The Empress Dowager Cixi Dies
October 1911
The 1911 Revolution
1912
The Establishment of the RoC
June 1916
The Warlord Era Begins
May 1919
The May the Fourth Movement
October 1919
The Re-creation of the GMD
July 1921
The Creation of the CCP
1924
The First United Front
July 1926
The Northern Expedition
April 1927
The Shanghai Massacre
1930-34
The Extermination Campaigns
September 1931
The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria
November 1931
The Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviet
October 1934
The Long March
January 1935
The Zunyi Conference
September 1936
The Establishment of the Yanan Soviet
July 1937
The Start of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War
December 1937
The Rape of Nanjing
September 1945
The End of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War
July 1946
The Continuation of the Chinese Civil War
October 1949
The Establishment of the PRC
1950
The Agrarian Land Reform
February 1950
The ToF & AMA
May 1950
The Marriage Law
1951
Mao’s Thought Reform
December 1951
The 3 Antis Campaign
January 1952
The 5 Antis Campaign
1953
The First Five Year Plan
1951-53
Mutual Aid Teams (MATs)
1953-55
Agricultural Production Cooperatives (APCs)
1955-57
Advanced APCs
May 1956
The Hundred Flowers Campaign
1958
The Great Leap Forward
1959
Mao’s Great Famine
1962
The Sino-Soviet Split
1966
The Cultural Revolution
1967
Mao Attempts to Regain Control
September1971
Lin Biao Dies
January 1976
Zhou Enlai Dies
September 1976
The Death of Mao
1976
The Fall of the Gang of Four
1978
Deng Xiao Ping becomes the Leader of China
1979
The Democracy Wall Movement
April 1989
The Tiananmen Square Protests
4th June 1989
The Tiananmen Square Massacre