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| 1893 | Birth China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 26th Dec Shaoshan Birth of Mao Tse-Tung, Shaoshan in Hunan Province, year of the snake |
| 1898 | Birth China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| 5th Mar Birth of Chou En-Lai |
| 1909 | Education China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Hsiangtan Mao enrols at Hsiangtan School |
| 1913 | Education China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Changsha Mao enrols at Changsha School |
| 1915 | Secretary Tse Tung China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Appointed Secretary of the Association of Students |
| 1919 | Awareness Society China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| 6th Sep Founds the "hard core" Awareness Society due to "demonstration fatigue" |
| 10th May Nankai Arrives in Nankai University to organize student rebellion against western imperialism |
| 22nd Aug Beijing En-Lai organizes a demonstration in Beijing |
| 1919 | Demonstrations China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Peking Student riots in Peking |
| 1919 | Editor China Dazhao, Li |  |
| Appointed co-editor of "New Youth", a student Marxist magazine |
| 1919 | Editor China Duxiu, Chen |  |
| Appointed co-editor of "New Youth", a student Marxist magazine |
| 1919 | Editor China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Appointed Editor of the "Tianjin Student" which sells 20,000 copies every 3rd day |
| Tianjin Organizes Students Union "to struggle against the warlords & against imperialism" |
| 22nd Aug Tianjin The magazine "Tianjin Student" is closed down by the police |
| 1919 | Study Society China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Founds the New People's Study Society |
| 1920 | League of Socialists Youths China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Hunan Mao Tse-Tung founds the League of Socialists Youths |
| Mao Tse-Tung organises a "Library of Culture" |
| Mao Tse-Tung marries Yang K'ai-hui |
| 1921 | Communist Party China Guotao, Zhang |  |
| A founder of the Chinese Communist Party |
| 1921 | Communist Party China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Shanghai 1 of 13 in Shanghai who form the Chinese Communist Party |
| Hunan Forms a local branch of the Communist Party & a Marxist study group |
| 1921 | Exile of Hosen China Hosen, Tsai |  |
| Deported from France |
| 1921 | Secretary CCP Tse Tung China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Appointed Secretary of the CCP |
| 1921 | Socialist Youth China Hosen, Tsai |  |
| Founds the Socialist Youth League |
| 1922 | Alliance China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 1st Aug The CCP decides to collaborate with the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party of China |
| 1922 | Comintern China Duxiu, Chen |  |
| The Chinese Communist Party joins the Comintern |
| 1922 | Communist Party China Hosen, Tsai |  |
| Founds a branch of the Communist Party in France |
| 1922 | Communist Party China Teh, Chu |  |
| Appointed Member of the Chinese Communist Party |
| 1922 | Congress of ccp China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 1st July Shanghai CCP Congress in Shanghai, Mao is absent |
| 1922 | Party Leader China Duxiu, Chen |  |
| Shanghai Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party |
| 1922 | Strike China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 13th Sep An Yuan Mao leads An-Yuan miners on strike |
| 1923 | Alliance China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| July Mao co-ordinates the co-ordination between the CCP & Kuomintang |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee of the CCP |
| 1923 | Congress of CP, 3rd China Duxiu, Chen |  |
| Canton 3rd Congress of the Communist Party |
| 1923 | Congress of KMT China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| July Mao attends the 1st Congress of the Kuomintang |
| Appointed Member of the Executive Committee of the Kuomintang |
| 1924 | Head Whampoa Pol Dept En Lai China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Appointed Head of the Poltical Department at the Whampoa Military Academy |
| 1925 | CCP Chen China Chen, Yun |  |
| Appointed Member of the Chinese Communist Party |
| 1925 | Congress of CP, 4th China Duxiu, Chen |  |
| Shanghai 4th Congress of the Communist Party |
| 1925 | Marriage China Deng, Yingchao |  |
| April Marries Chou En-Lai |
| 1926 | Exile of Teh China Teh, Chu |  |
| Expelled from Germany while attending the University of Gottingen |
| 1926 | Guangxi Base China Xiaoping, Deng |  |
| Establishes a military base in Guangxi Province unnder orders from Zhou En-Lai |
| 1927 | Alliance China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| July Rupture between the Kuomintang & CCP |
| The KMT issue an arrest warrant against Mao |
| A young Communist leader, Mao Tse-Tung, organizes the Autumn Harvest Uprising, which fails |
| Mao is excluded from the Central Committee |
| 1927 | Head Military Affairs Comm En Lai China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Appointed Head of the Military Affairs Commission |
| 1927 | Peasant Base China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Mao founds the 1st Communist peasant base |
| 1927 | Politburo China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| 18th July Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1927 | Reform China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Mao founds the 1st Communist peasant base |
| 1928 | Birth China Peng, Li |  |
| Sichuan Birth of Li Peng, Sichuan Province |
| 1928 | Central Committee China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Appointed Member of the Central Committee |
| 1928 | Congress of CP, 6th China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Moscow Attends the 6th Party Congress in Moscow |
| 1928 | Congress of CP, 6th China Lisan, Li |  |
| Moscow 6th Congress of the Communist Party |
| 1928 | Death China Dazhao, Li |  |
| Executed under orders of Chiang Kaishek |
| Executed under orders of Chiang Kaishek |
| 1928 | Party Leader China Lisan, Li |  |
| Appointed Head of the Communist Party |
| 1928 | Red Army China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Mao organises the 1st Red Army |
| 1928 | Te Ke China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Founds the Te Ke, "special department", to control the Communist Party |
| 1928 | Wuhan China Lung, Ho |  |
| Wuhan Establishes a military base at Wuhan |
| 1930 | Cultural Revolution China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Claims the Chinese Revolution will go through many stages & introduces gradualism |
| Claims the Chinese Revolution will go through many stages & introduces gradualism |
| 1930 | Politburo China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Appointed Alternate-Member of the Politburo |
| Appointed President of the Workers & Peasants Revolutionary Committee |
| Appointed President of the Workers & Peasants Revolutionary Committee |
| 1931 | Arrest China Hosen, Tsai |  |
| Hong Kong Arrested in Hong Kong & executed |
| 1931 | Chairman CCP China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Kiangsi Provinc Appointed Chairman of Soviet Republic of China |
| Ruijing Appointed Chairman of the Soviet at Ruijing |
| Nov Russian influenced CP members proclaim a Chinese Republic to stop China joining Japan |
| Kiangsi Helps found the Soviet Republic of China |
| 1931 | Death China Hosen, Tsai |  |
| Hong Kong Death of Tsai Hosen, arrested in Hong Kong & executed |
| 1931 | Declaration of Republic China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Nov Russian influenced CP members proclaim a Chinese Republic to stop China joining Japan |
| 1931 | Execution of Hosen China Hosen, Tsai |  |
| Hong Kong Arrested in Hong Kong & executed |
| 1931 | Head Military Dept En Lai China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Jan Appointed Head of the Military Dept |
| Jan Shanghai Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| Dec Appointed Party Secretary of the Communist Party |
| 1931 | Secretary Politburo Tse Tung China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Appointed Politbureau Secretary |
| 1933 | Politburo China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1934 | Chairman Soviet Ruijing China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Ruijing Appointed Head of the Ruijin Soviet |
| 1934 | Long March China Chuh, Teh |  |
| Leads the First Front Army in the Long March |
| 1934 | Long March China Piao, Lin |  |
| Commander of a Communist Army Corps during the Long March |
| 1934 | Politburo China Chen, Yun |  |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1934 | Politburo China Chuh, Teh |  |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1934 | Politburo China Teh, Chu |  |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1935 | Conference of Zunyi China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Zunyi The Zunyi Conference establishes Mao's ascendancy within the Chinese Communist Party |
| 1935 | Expulsion Communist Party China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Expelled for backing Mao in the Long March by the rival faction led by Zhang Guotao |
| 1936 | Long March China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Dec Xian Reaches Xian where Chiang Kaisek's forces are defeated |
| Makes a peace offer to create national unity |
| Proclaims a Communist offensive against the Japanese |
| Reinstated into the Communist Party after Zhang Guotao is defeated & joins Mao |
| Founds the Xinhua or the New China News Agency |
| 1937 | Liaison Officer En Lai China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Appointed CP Liaison Officer |
| 1938 | Constitution China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Wins supremacy in the Communist Party after overcoming Wang Ming |
| 1939 | Marriage China Ching, Chiang |  |
| Marries Mao Zedong |
| 1941 | Alliance China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Pearl Harbour After Pearl Harbor the CP is forced into an Alliance with the Russian backed KMT |
| 1945 | Chairman CCP China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Appointed Party Central Committee Chairman |
| Appointed Chairman of the Military Council |
| 1945 | Commander China De, Zhu |  |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief at the 7th Congress of the Communist Party |
| 1945 | Declaration of War China En-Lai, Chou |  |
| 14th Aug Issues "Directive no 1" to march the PLA into former Japanese territory |
| 1945 | Deputy Chairman China Shaoqi, Liu |  |
| Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party |
| 1945 | Peace China Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 12th Oct Leaves the peace talks saying "difficulties remained which could be overcome" |
| 28th Aug Chongqing Attends peace talks with Chiang Kaishek in Chongqing |
| Renames the Red Army the People's |