History and chronology of Abdication in China

General

Government Provisional
House Ch'ing
House Tang
Revolution

Biographies

Ai Ti
Chao Tsung
Hsuan Tsung
Hsuan T'ung
P'u-i
Shun Tsung
Wu Hou
Yat-Sen, Sun
Zhongzhong

Places

Nanking

Abdication History of China


0684	Zhongzhong
Deposed after less than a year in power
0705	Wu Hou
Forced to abdicate after Confucian officials are alienated by her support for Buddhism
0756	Hsuan Tsung
Forced to abdicate after Chang'an is captured by An Lushan
0805	Shun Tsung
Abdicates after suffering from a stroke leaving him nearly mute
0900	Chao Tsung
Forced to abdicate by the eunuchs
0904	Ai Ti
The Tang Dynasty is brought to an end after a northern invasion of China
1911	Hsuan T'ung
10th Oct A KMT revolt under Sun Yat-Sen overthrows the last Emperor of the Manchu Dynasty
1912	Hsuan T'ung
12th Feb Brings an end to the Manchu Dynasty
1912	P'u-i
Abdicates after the establishment of the Republic
1912	Yat-Sen, Sun
12th Feb Nanking The Emperor abdicates