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| 1893 | Birth Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 26th Dec Shaoshan Birth of Mao Tse-Tung, Shaoshan in Hunan Province, year of the snake
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| 1898 | Birth En-Lai, Chou | |
| 5th Mar Birth of Chou En-Lai
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| 1909 | Education Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Hsiangtan Mao enrols at Hsiangtan School
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| 1913 | Education Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Changsha Mao enrols at Changsha School
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| 1915 | Secretary Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Association of Students
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| 1919 | Demonstrations Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Beijing Student riots in Peking
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| 1919 | Editor Dazhao, Li | |
| Appointed co-editor of "New Youth", a student Marxist magazine
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| 1919 | Editor Duxiu, Chen | |
| Appointed co-editor of "New Youth", a student Marxist magazine
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| 1919 | Editor En-Lai, Chou | |
| Appointed Editor of the "Tianjin Student" which sells 20,000 copies every 3rd day
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| 1919 | Rebellion En-Lai, Chou | |
| Tianjin Organizes Students Union "to struggle against the warlords & against imperialism"
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| 1919 | Study Society Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Founds the New People's Study Society
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| 1919 | Demonstrations En-Lai, Chou | |
| 10th May Nankai Arrives in Nankai University to organize studentrebellion against western imperialism
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| 1919 | Demonstrations En-Lai, Chou | |
| 22nd Aug Beijing En-Lai organizes a demonstration in Beijing
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| 1919 | Rebellion En-Lai, Chou | |
| 22nd Aug Tianjin The magazine "Tianjin Student" is closed down by the police
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| 1919 | Awareness Society En-Lai, Chou | |
| 6th Sep Founds the "hard core" Awareness Society due to "demonstration fatigue"
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| 1920 | League of Socialists Youths Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Hunan Mao Tse-Tung founds the League of Socialists Youths
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| 1920 | Library of Culture Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Mao Tse-Tung organises a "Library of Culture"
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| 1920 | Marriage Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Mao Tse-Tung marries Yang K'ai-hui
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| 1921 | Communist Party Dazhao, Li | |
| Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao shift to the Left and are among the leading founders of the 1921 Communist Party of China
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| 1921 | Communist Party Duxiu, Chen | |
| Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao shift to the Left and are among the leading founders of the 1921 Communist Party of China
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| 1921 | Communist Party Guotao, Zhang | |
| A founder of the Chinese Communist Party
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| 1921 | Communist Party Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Shanghai 1 of 13 in Shanghai who form the Chinese Communist Party
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| 1921 | Communist Party Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Hunan Forms a local branch of the Communist Party & a Marxist study group
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| 1921 | Exile Hosen, Tsai | |
Deported from France 
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| 1921 | Secretary Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Secretary of the CCP
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| 1921 | Socialist Youth Hosen, Tsai | |
| Founds the Socialist Youth League
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| 1922 | Comintern Duxiu, Chen | |
| The Chinese Communist Party joins the Comintern
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| 1922 | Communist Party Hosen, Tsai | |
| Founds a branch of the Communist Party in France
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| 1922 | Communist Party Teh, Chu | |
| Appointed Member of the Chinese Communist Party
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| 1922 | Party Leader Duxiu, Chen | |
| Shanghai Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party
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| 1922 | Congress of ccp Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 1st July Shanghai CCP Congress in Shanghai, Mao is absent
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| 1922 | Alliance Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 1st Aug The CCP decides to collaborate with the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party of China
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| 1922 | Strike Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 13th Sep An Yuan Mao leads An-Yuan miners on strike
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| 1923 | Central Committee Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee of the CCP
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| 1923 | Congress of CP, 3rd Duxiu, Chen | |
| Canton 3rd Congress of the Communist Party
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| 1923 | Kuomintang, The Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Member of the Executive Committee of the Kuomintang
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| 1923 | Alliance Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| July Mao co-ordinates the co-ordination between the CCP & Kuomintang
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| 1923 | Congress of KMT Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| July Mao attends the 1st Congress of the Kuomintang
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| 1924 | Whampoa En-Lai, Chou | |
| Appointed Head of the Poltical Department at the Whampoa Military Academy
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| 1925 | CCP Chen Chen, Yun | |
| Appointed Member of the Chinese Communist Party
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| 1925 | Congress of CP, 4th Duxiu, Chen | |
| Shanghai 4th Congress of the Communist Party
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| 1925 | Marriage Deng, Yingchao | |
| April Marries Chou En-Lai
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| 1926 | Exile Teh, Chu | |
Expelled from Germany  while attending the University of Gottingen
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| 1926 | Guangxi Base Xiaoping, Deng | |
| Establishes a military base in Guangxi Province unnder orders from Zhou En-Lai
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| 1927 | Arrest Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| The KMT issue an arrest warrant against Mao
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| 1927 | Autumn Harvest Uprising Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| A youngCommunist leader, Mao Tse-Tung, organizes the Autumn Harvest Uprising, which fails
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| 1927 | Expulsion Tse Tung Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Mao is excluded from the Central Committee
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| 1927 | Military Affairs Commission En-Lai, Chou | |
| Appointed Head of the Military Affairs Commission
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| 1927 | Peasant Base Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Mao founds the 1stCommunist peasant base
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| Mao founds the 1stCommunist peasant base
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| 1927 | Alliance Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| July Rupture between the Kuomintang & CCP
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| 1927 | Politburo En-Lai, Chou | |
| 18th July Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1928 | Birth Peng, Li | |
| Sichuan Birth of Li Peng, Sichuan Province
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| 1928 | Central Committee Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee
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| 1928 | Congress of CP, 6th En-Lai, Chou | |
| Moscow Attends the 6th Party Congress in Moscow
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| 1928 | Congress of CP, 6th Lisan, Li | |
| Moscow 6th Congress of the Communist Party
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| 1928 | Death Dazhao, Li | |
| Executed under orders of Chiang Kaishek
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| Executed under orders of Chiang Kaishek
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| 1928 | Party Leader Lisan, Li | |
| Appointed Head of the Communist Party
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| 1928 | Red Army Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Mao organises the 1st Red Army
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| 1928 | Te Ke En-Lai, Chou | |
| Founds the Te Ke, "special department", to control the Communist Party
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| 1928 | Wuhan Lung, Ho | |
| Wuhan Establishes a military base at Wuhan
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| 1930 | Cultural Revolution En-Lai, Chou | |
| Claims the Chinese Revolution will go through many stages & introduces gradualism
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| Claims the Chinese Revolution will go through many stages & introduces gradualism
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| 1930 | Politburo Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Alternate-Member of the Politburo
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| 1930 | President Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed President of the Workers & Peasants Revolutionary Committee
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| Appointed President of the Workers & Peasants Revolutionary Committee
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| 1931 | Arrest Hosen, Tsai | |
| Hong Kong Arrested in Hong Kong & executed
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| 1931 | Chairman CCP Tse-Tung, Mao | |
Kiangsi Provinc Appointed Chairman of Soviet  Republic of China
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| 1931 | Chairman Soviet Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Ruijing Appointed Chairman of the Soviet at Ruijing
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| 1931 | Constitution Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Kiangsi Helps found the Soviet Republic of China
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| 1931 | Death Hosen, Tsai | |
| Hong Kong Death of Tsai Hosen, arrested in Hong Kong & executed
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| 1931 | Execution Hosen, Tsai | |
| Hong Kong Arrested in Hong Kong & executed
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| 1931 | Secretary Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Politbureau Secretary
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| 1931 | Military Dept En-Lai, Chou | |
| Jan Appointed Head of the Military Dept
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| 1931 | Politburo En-Lai, Chou | |
| Jan Shanghai Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1931 | Constitution Tse-Tung, Mao | |
Nov Russian influenced CP members proclaim a Chinese Republic to stop China joining Japan 
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| Nov Russian influenced CP members proclaim a Chinese Republic to stop China joining Japan
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| 1931 | Secretary En-Lai, Chou | |
| Dec Appointed Party Secretary of the Communist Party
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| 1933 | Politburo Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1934 | Chairman Soviet Ruijing Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Ruijing Appointed Head of the Ruijin Soviet
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| 1934 | Long March Chuh, Teh | |
| Leads the First Front Army in the Long March
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| 1934 | Long March Piao, Lin | |
| Commander of a Communist Army Corps during the Long March
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| 1934 | Politburo Chen, Yun | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1934 | Politburo Chuh, Teh | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1934 | Politburo Teh, Chu | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1935 | Conference of Zunyi Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Zunyi The Zunyi Conference establishes Mao's ascendancy within the Chinese Communist Party
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| 1935 | Expulsion Communist Party En-Lai, Chou | |
| Expelled for backing Mao in the Long March by the rival faction led by Zhang Guotao
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| 1936 | Peace En-Lai, Chou | |
| Makes a peace offer to create national unity
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| 1936 | Peace En-Lai, Chou | |
| Proclaims a Communist offensive against the Japan ese
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| 1936 | Reinstatement En-Lai, Chou | |
| Reinstated into the Communist Party after Zhang Guotao is defeated & joins Mao
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| 1936 | Xinnhua En-Lai, Chou | |
| Founds the Xinhua or the New China News Agency
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| 1936 | Long March En-Lai, Chou | |
| Dec Xian Reaches Xian where Chiang Kaisek's forces are defeated
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| 1937 | Liaison Officer En-Lai, Chou | |
| Appointed CP Liaison Officer
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| 1938 | Constitution Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Wins supremacy in the Communist Party after overcoming Wang Ming
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| 1939 | Marriage |
