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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 |