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Benyu, Qi
Biao, Lin
Chai-tong, Chan
Chang, Hsun
Chang, Shih Ch'eng
Chang, Tsolin
Chen, Yun
Ching, Chiang
Chingling, Soong
Chu Ch'i-Chen
Chu Ch'i-Yu
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Ho Ti
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Huan Ti
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Ling Ti
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Quing, Jiang
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Shikai, Yuan
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Teh, Chu
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T'ung Chih
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0044
Kuang Wu Ti
Suppresses a rebellion in Vietnam
0091
Ho Ti
Enlists the eunuchs to rid himself of the Empress 's Dou clan
0107
Ho Ti
Defeats the Qiang in the nth west
0153
Huan Ti
Plagues of locusts lead to widespread rebellion
0168
Xian, Dou
Attempts to rid the court of eunuch domination
0184
Ling Ti
A sect following Zhang Zhue take over Eastern China
0659
Kao Tsung
Defeats the rebellion of the Western Turks & captures the Khan
0705
Zhongzhong
Empress Wu is deposed by her Ministers
0763
Tai Tsung
The An Lushan rebellion is brought to an end
0814
Hsien Tsung
Launches a campaign to suppress rebellion in the provinces
0819
Hsien Tsung
Has succesfully suppressed rebellion in the provinces
1352
Chu Yuan-Chang
Chu Yuan Cha Joins the rebel forces of Kuo Tzu-Hsing
1353
Chang, Shih Ch'eng
Leads a rebellion against the Mongol Yuan Dynasty
1353
Hongwu
Joins the Read Turbans, one of the major groups contesting Mongol rule
1355
Chu Yuan-Chang
Chu Yuan Cha Leads the Kuo Tzu-Hsing rebels
1359
Hongwu
Nanjing Leads the Red Turbans in Nanjing
1399
Yongle
Rebels against Chu Yun-Wen
1457
Chu Ch'i-Chen
Chu Ch'i-Yu falls ill & Chu Ch'i-Chen resumes powers for a 2nd time
1457
Chu Ch'i-Yu
Peking Overthrown by a coup d'etat during an illness
1506
Zhengde
Officials challenge the eunuchs but the latter gain control of the government
1510
Zhengde
Ningxia A Prince in Ningxia rebels against Zhengde
1868
T'ung Chih
Suppresses the northern bandits
1873
T'ung Chih
Guizhou Suppresses a tribal rebellion in Guizhou
Yunnan Suppresses a tribal rebellion in Yunnan
1895
Yat-Sen, Sun
Leads an abortive Nationalist rebellion in Canton
1900
Yuan
21st May Peking Foreign diplomats call on China to suppreess anti-foreigner activities of the Boxers
1908
Shih-kai, Yuan
Comes out of retirement to suppress the rebellion
1911
Chun
Hanoi Imperial soldiers Capture Hanoi
Hanoi Imperial soldiers refuse to put down a revolt in Hanoi & sack the Governor's residence
6th Dec The Regent Prince resigns after the rebellion of the Imperial Army
1911
Hsuan T'ung
Canton A republican government is declared in Canton
River Yangtse The naval commander in the Yangtse transfers his loyalties & fleet to the republicans
Shanghai The republicans capture the garrison at Shanghai
Oct Parliament will control treaties & budgets
Oct The Emperor agrees to a constitution as demanded by the republican National Assembly
Oct The Emperor's sole power will be to appoint a Prime Minister
10th Oct A KMT revolt under Sun Yat-Sen overthrows the last Emperor of the Manchu Dynasty
10th Oct Wuhan A rebellion begins in Wuhan against the Manchu Dynasty
1911
Kai-Shek, Chiang
5th Nov Chekiang Leads an uprising in Chekiang
1911
Shikai, Yuan
Appointed Prime Minister of China after the Assembly is recalled
1911
Teh, Chu
Helps overtrow the Manchu Dynasty
1911
Tse-Tung, Mao
Participates in the Republican overthrow of the Manch Dynasty
1911
Yat-Sen, Sun
Wuchan The South & North West of China are in now rebel hands
Wuchan The Wuchan mutiny spreads throughout the Yangtze Valley
25th Dec Shanghai Returns from 14 years of exile to lead the republican revolution
1913
Shikai, Yuan
20th Mar Shanghai Has Sung Chiao-jen assassinated, provokes the Chinese 2nd Revolution
12th July The Chinese 2nd Revolution breaks out
1st Sep Nangking Yuan's forces capture Nangking from the Nationalist Kuomintang
1913
Yat-Sen, Sun
Leads a failed rebellion & flees to Japan
1913
Yuan, Shih-Kai
River Yangtze Stops revolution by bringing the Yangtze Valley under the control of the Northern Army
1914
Shikai, Yuan
Jan Appointed President of China for life by a council of his own selection
Jan Yuan closes Parliament
1916
Kai-Shek, Chiang
Appointed Member of a secret society called the Green Gang
Returns to China & helps prevent Yuan Shi-kai from becoming Emperor
1916
Teh, Chu
Participates in the revolt against Yuan Shih-k'ai
1917
Chang, Hsun
Peking A coup in Peking forces Hsun to seek refuge in the Dutch legation
Helps the 11 year old P'u Yi resume full authority as Emperor
1919
En-Lai, Chou
22nd Aug Tianjin The magazine "Tianjin Student" is closed down by the police
1923
Yat-Sen, Sun
Agrees an alliance with Communist Party of China against the Warlords
1926
Kai-Shek, Chiang
Establishes the Kuomintang Government at Wuchang
Mar Kai-Shek accuses Communists within the KMT of violent revolt
1927
Chen, Yun
Shanghai Helps organize the Communist Rebellion in Shanghai
1st Aug Nanchang Takes part in the Nanchang rebellion in support of Chou En-lai
1927
En-Lai, Chou
20th Mar Shanghai Leads a rebellion in Shanghai
20th Mar Shanghai Proclaims a "provisional people's government" of Shanghai
7th April Shanghai Holds a meeting of the Worker's Committee & refuses to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek
12th April Wuhan Drafts a telegram to the Politburo in Wuhan to denounce Chian Kai-shek after his death
1st Aug Nanchang Forms a committee of the Revolutionary Guomindang Party after capturing Nanchang
1927
Ho, Long
Aug Nanchang Closely invlved in the Communist uprising at Nanchang
1927
Kai-Shek, Chiang
Establishes a National revolutionary government, communist & left wing excluded
26th Mar Shanghai Asks the Shanghai provisional government to be placed under his control but it refuses
15th Dec Guangzhou Exiles the Russians from Shanghai following an attempted coup at Guangzhou
1927
Peng, Dehuai
KMT Gathers a 8,000 in 4 regiments after Chiang Kai-shek moves against the KMT leftists
1927
Teh, Chu
Aug Nanchang Mutinous troops are dispersed & Teh is forced to retreat into the mountains of Kiangsi
1927
Tse-Tung, Mao
Hunan Sent by the party leadership to start the Autmun Harvest Revolt in east Hunan
1928
Chang, Tsolin
Resists the advance of the Nationalist's Northern Expedition
1930
En-Lai, Chou
Claims the Chinese Revolution will go through many stages & introduces gradualism
1931
Chai-tong, Chan
14th May Canton Disarms 2 regiments loyal to Chiang Kai-shek at the Whampoa Military Academy
1933
Kai-Shek, Chiang
Fujian Nationalists in Fjuian province rebel against Kai-Shek, it collapses after 2 months
1945
Kai-Shek, Chiang
Decides to fill the void in nth China & Manchuria left by the Japanese defeat
Despite USAsupport is defeated
Potsdam The USA& Britain & Nationalist China threaten Japan with "prompt & utter destruction"
1958
Tse-Tung, Mao
The Kampas wipe out a Chinese garrison of 3,000 men
1964
Tse-Tung, Mao
Mao sets up a Cultural Revolution team headed by Peng Zhen to purge culture
1964
Zhen, Peng
Mao sets up a Cultural Revolution team headed by Peng Zhen to purge culture
12th Feb A report submitted to the party seeks the "annihilation of the bourgeois"
1966
Benyu, Qi
16th May Appointed Member of the Cultural Revolution Team
1966
Biao, Lin
Becomes one of the Wang-Guan-Lin trio of extremists supporting the Cultural Revolution
1st Oct Makes a speech condemning the "all the od culture & habits"
1966
Ching, Chiang
Shanghai Plays a leading role in the Cultural Revolution as a member of the "Gang-of-Four"
1966
Chingling, Soong
Red Guards break ino the home of Sun Yatsen's widow, Zho stops them beheading her
1966
Chunqiao, Zhang
16th May Appointed Member of the Cultural Revolution Team
1966
En-Lai, Chou
27th Sep Peking Advises the State Council that the Party must keep control & not pass to the mob
Nov Peking Presides over a rally of 20,000 in honour of Sun Yatsen's birthday
1966
Feng, Guan
16th May Appointed Member of the Cultural Revolution Team
1966
Li, Wang
16th May Appointed Member of the Cultural Revolution Team
1966
Qing, Jiang
16th May Appointed Member of the Cultural Revolution Team
1966
Quing, Jiang
Becomes one of the Wang-Guan-Lin trio of extremists supporting the Cultural Revolution
1966
Shaoqi, Liu
Targeted as a "capitalist roader"
1966
Tse-Tung, Mao
Calls for the removal of western influence
Factional rivalry results in overthrow of the Communist Party hierarchy
Leads 1 million Red Guards who assemble in Peking with the slogan "to rebel is right"
Mao launches the "Cultural Revolution" (call upon students to form units of "Red Guards" and rebel against authority: millions people die in the next three years, the Great Wall is destroyed, Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiao Ping are ousted)
Political leaders are paraded with dunce caps
Sets up a Central Cultural Revolutionary Committee
16th May Mao abolishes the Cultural Revolution Team & sets up a new one
18th Aug Tiananmen Sqr Address es a crowd of 1 million at Tiananmen Square
1966
Wenyuan, Yao
16th May Appointed Member of the Cultural Revolution Team
1966
Yaobang, Hu
Accused of being a capitalist roader
1967
Shaoqi, Liu
Shaoqi's books on Marxist theory are burned in Tienanmen Square
1968
En-Lai, Chou
Announces "the great victory of the proletarian Cultural Revolution" is completed
26th Feb Calls for a return to order & discipline
1968
Tse-Tung, Mao
The Red Guard divides & in-fighting follows
1969
Tse-Tung, Mao
Puts an end to the cultural revolution
1971
Tse-Tung, Mao
1st Oct The annual celebration of the revolution is cancelled because of the death of Lin Biao
1975
Guanhua, Qiao
Peking Sides with the Gang of Four against Deng Xiaoping
1976
Ching, Chiang
As a leading member of the Gang-of-Four carries out a failed attempt to win power
12th Oct Mao's widow is arrested

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