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| 0630 | T'ai Tsung |  |
| The Tang armies capture northern China as far as the Gobi desert |
| Hami The Tang armies move westward & capture Hami |
| 1360 | Yuan-Chang, Chu | |
| Nanking Captures Nanking where a native Chinese government is established |
| Po Yang Extends power over China & defeats rival rebels at Po Yang |
| 1363 | Yuan-Chang, Chu | |
| Yang Defeats the rival rebels under Ch'en Yu-Liang |
| 1367 | Chang, Shih Ch'eng | |
| Nanking Flees to Nanking after being defeated by Chu & takes his own life |
| 1510 | Zhengde | |
| Sichuan Commencement of 2 years rebellion & banditry in Sichuan |
| 1921 | Yat-Sen, Sun | |
| Manchuria Allies with Manchurian warlord Chang Tso-lin who is defeated in battle by Wu P'ei-fu |
| 1923 | Peng, Dehuai | |
| Appointed Commander of a Nationalist Brigade under Ho Chien |
| 1923 | Yat-Sen, Sun | |
| Agrees an alliance with Communist Party of China against the Warlords |
| 1926 | Ho, Long | |
| Commands a Division under during the KMT's Northern Expedition, July 1926-June 1928 |
| 1926 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Chinese Revolutionary Party |
| Hankow & Wuchang are captured & the National Government moves from canton to Hanko |
| Canton The Canton National Government sends its army under Kai-Shek nth to unify the country |
| The KMT & the Communist Party of China join forces to defeat the warlords |
| Hanko The National Government moves from Canton to Hanko |
| Mar Kai-Shek accuses Communists within the KMT of violent revolt |
| Mar Kai-Shek begins the Northern Expedition for the conquest of China |
| 24th Mar Launched to extend nationalist strength in the sth to the nth & defeat local war lords |
| 24th Mar Nanking is captured by the Nationalists |
| 24th Mar Russia gives military aid to Chiang Kai-Shek's Northern Expedition |
| 12th April Shanghai is seized by the Nationalists, trade union leaders & Communists are killed |
| 18th April After criticism from Hankow establishes a separate National Government |
| July Heads the KMT's Northern Campaign, July 1926-May 1927 |
| 6th Sep Hankow Captures Hankow |
| Oct Wuchang Captures Wuchang & establishes it as his seat of power |
| 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 | Chuanfang, Sun | |
| Feb Shanghai Puts down a worker's strike in Shanghai |
| Mar Jiangsu The Nth Expeditionary forces capture Jiangsu |
| Mar Zhejiang The Nth Expeditionary forces capture Zhejiang |
| Mar Shanghai The Nth Expeditionary forces isolate Shanghai & Chuanfang flees |
| 1927 | Chuh, Teh | |
| Appointed Commander of the 4th Red Army |
| 1927 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Divides the 28,000 communist soldiers into 2 army corps, they only have 9,000 rifles |
| Helps found the People's Liberation Army |
| 22nd Feb Shanghai Calls off the strike in Shanghai |
| 20th Mar Shanghai Leads a rebellion in Shanghai |
| 20th Mar Shanghai Proclaims a "provisional people's government" of Shanghai |
| 26th Mar Shanghai Chiang Kaishek asks the Shanghai government to be placed under his control |
| 26th Mar Shanghai Chou En-Lai & the workers refuse to be placed under Chiang Kai-shek's control |
| 7th April Shanghai Holds a meeting of the Worker's Committee & refuses to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek |
| 11th April Shanghai Chiang Kai-shek's & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers |
| 12th April Shanghai Arrested by the forces under Chiang Kai-Shek in Shanghai |
| 12th April Wuhan Drafts a telegram to the Politburo in Wuhan to denounce Chian Kai-shek after his death |
| 13th April Shanghai Escapes from his captors |
| 18th July Nanchang Formulates a plan to capture of Nanchang which is accepted by the Politburo |
| 1st Aug Nanchang Forms a committee of the Revolutionary Guomindang Party after capturing Nanchang |
| 1st Aug Nanchang Nanchang is captured by Chou En-Lai |
| 4th Aug Nanchang The Guomindang Government recapture Nanchang & Chou En-Lai moves South toward Shantou |
| 24th Sep Shantou Leads Communist forces which capture the port of Shantou |
| 1927 | Ho, Long | |
| Aug Nanchang Closely invlved in the Communist uprising at Nanchang |
| 1927 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Breaks with the Russian & Chinese Communists |
| Hunan Defeats the Communists & their allies |
| Nanjing Establishes a National revolutionary government, communist & left wing excluded |
| Marries Soong Mei-ling |
| Hankow Overthrows the leftist Government in Hankow |
| Resigns from all Government posts |
| Splits from the Communists & from 1927-36 adopts a policy of Civil War against them |
| 1st Jan Establishes a KMT government at Hankow |
| Mar Nanjing Shanghai & Nanjing are captured during the Northern Expedition |
| 21st Mar Shanghai Decisive in Chiang's defeat of the northern local warlords |
| 21st Mar Shanghai The Nationalist Army captures Shanghai |
| 26th Mar Shanghai Asks the Shanghai provisional government to be placed under his control but it refuses |
| April Shanghai The Communist Party is suppressed during street fighting with Nationalist soldiers |
| 5th April Stalin claims Chiang Kai-Shek will turn the army against the Imperialists |
| 11th April Shanghai Chiang Kai-shek's & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers |
| 14th April Expelled from the KMT after his massacre of workers in Shanghai |
| 15th April Sets up a nationalist government in Hankow |
| 18th April Hankow The Kuomintang splits between Nationalists & Radicals |
| Aug A series of communist rebellions are defeated |
| 4th Aug Nanchang Recaptures Nanchang from the Communists under Zhou En-Lai |
| 8th Aug Resigns to allow peace & reconcilliation with the KMT |
| 28th Sep Shantou Recaptures Shantou from the Communists under Zhou En-Lai |
| 14th Dec China & Russia break off diplomatic relations |
| 15th Dec Shanghai Exiles the Russians from Shanghai following an attempted coup at Guangzhou |
| 1927 | Lie, Su | |
| 12th April Shanghai Arrests Chou En-Lai in Shanghai |
| 1927 | Lung, Ho | |
| 31st July Nanchang Named by Zhou En-Lai as the Commander to lead the insurrection in Nanchang |
| 1927 | Mei-ling, Soong | |
| Marries Chiang Kai-shek |
| 1927 | Peng, Dehuai | |
| KMT Gathers a 8,000 in 4 regiments after Chiang Kai-shek moves against the KMT leftists |
| Jinganshan Joins up with Mao Tse-tung at Jinganshan |
| 1927 | Teh, Chu | |
| Kiangsi Forms the Kiangsi Soviet with Mao Tse-Tung |
| Aug Nanchang Mutinous troops are dispersed & Teh is forced to retreat into the mountains of Kiangsi |
| Aug Nanchang Participates in a Communist rebellion sparking off a national communist uprising |
| 1st Aug Birth of the Red Army |
| 1st Aug Considerred by the Communists to be the 1st day of the civil war |
| 1927 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Hunan Sent by the party leadership to start the Autmun Harvest Revolt in east Hunan |
| 1927 | Yinung, Lo | |
| 8th Feb Shanghai Leads a strike in Shanghai which is put down by the warlords |
| 1928 | Chang, Tsolin | |
| Manchuria Forced to withdraw from Peking into Manchuria & is abandoned by the Japanese |
| Resists the advance of the Nationalist's Northern Expedition |
| 1928 | Chu, Teh | |
| From 1928-31 helps Mao in forming the Red Army |
| 1928 | Ho, Long | |
| Honan Hupei Founds the 2nd Red Army, fights against the KMT's supression of communist bandits |
| 1928 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Chiang Kai-Shek becomes the sole nationalist leader leader of the Kuomintang |
| 6th Jan Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the KMT |
| 6th Feb Peking 50,000 flee as Communists raid Peking |
| 7th April Resumes the Northern Campaign |
| 3rd May Ji'nan Japan defeats the Guomindang at Ji'nan & occupies the Shandong Peninsular |
| 4th June Peking Captures Peking, unifying most of China |
| 8th June Shanghai Bejing is captured during the Northern Expedition |
| 8th June Beijing Captures Beijing & renames the city Peiping, "Northern Peace" |
| 1928 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Changsha Takes part in the attacks at Changsha led by Chiang Kai-shek |
| 1928 | Yinung, Lo | |
| April Shanghai Betrayed & then executed in Shanghai |
| April Shanghai Death of Lo Yinung, executed |
| 1929 | Peng, Dehuai | |
| Jan Changsha Drives Ho out of Changsha |
| 1929 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Chiangshi Mao & his troops invade Chiangshi |
| Fu chien Mao & his troops invade Fu-chien |
| 1930 | Hsi-chan, Yen | |
| 2nd Sep Peking Rebels take power in Peking under Yen Hsi-chan |
| 1930 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Ruijing Launches a failed attack Mao Tsetung's military base |
| 10th July Hankow Communist armed forces attack Hankow |
| 2nd Sep Peking Rebels take power in Peking under Yen Hsi-chan |
| 1930 | Peng, Dehuai | |
| Jan Changsha Forced to retreat from Changsha after workers fail to rally to the Communists |
| 1930 | Shoudao, Wang | |
| Changsha Establishes a communist government at Changsha |
| 1930 | Teh, Chu | |
| 28th July Ch'ang sha The Communists capture Ch'ang-sha but the Nationalists soon retake it |
| 1930 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Appointed President of the Workers & Peasants Revolutionary Committee |
| Futian A section of the Red Army rises up against Mao |
| Chiang Kai-shek executes Mao's wife |
| Ruijing Defeats 1st attempt by Chiang Kai-Shek to overrun the Communist military base |
| Nanchang Leads a Communist army which nearly captures Nanchang |
| Changsha Ordered to capture Changsha the capital of Hunan Province by Li Lisan but fails |
| Purges 4,400 men from the Red Army on charges of being anti-Party rebels |
| 1931 | Chai-tong, Chan | |
| May Canton Helps innaugurate a new government calling itself the Nationalist Government of China |
| 14th May Canton Disarms 2 regiments loyal to Chiang Kai-shek at the Whampoa Military Academy |
| 1931 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Seeks an armistice after the Japanese invasion |
| The "Internationalists" forbid any comprimise with Kai-Shek |
| 1931 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Peking Accepts the failure of his passive policy against the Japanese invasion |
| Jehol After capturng Manchuria the Japanese capture Jehol |
| Peking After capturng Manchuria the Japanese capture Peking |
| Manchuria Chiang Kai-Shek adopts a very unpopular passive policy |
| Manchuria Chiang Kai-Shek wants the League of Nations to act & wants to defeat the communists |
| Kiangsi Launches 3 "Encirclement Campaigns" against the communists by the KMT |
| Ruijing Launches a 2nd failed attack on Mao Tse-Tung's military base |
| Ruijing Launches a 3rd failed attack on Mao Tse-Tung's military base |
| Manchuria Manchuria is captured by the Japanese & becomes the independent state of Manchukio |
| 7th Jan A doctrine issued to China & Japan about non-recognition of agreements won by force |
| 29th July Captain Nakamura, Japanese officer, is killed by Chinese soldiers of the Mukden Army |
| Aug Anti-Chinese riots in the Japanese province of Korea, 100 Chinese are killed |
| 18th Sep Mukden Japanese troops guarding the Sth Manchurian Railway are sent into Mukden |
| 18th Sep Manchuria The Japanes attack Manchuria attacking both the communists & nationalist separatists |
| 18th Sep Mukden The Japanese commander moves his HQ into the city |
| Oct Tsitsihar The Japanese occupy Tsitsihar |
| 1931 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Announces a strategy to "pit 1 against 10" |
| Claims the government is a national government |
| Ruijing Defeats 3rd attempt by Chiang Kai-Shek to overrun the Communist military base |
| Ruijing Defeats a 2nd attempt by Chiang Kai-Shek to overrun the Communist military base |
| Helps found a soviet government in accordance with Russian policy |
| Kills 3,000 communists after criticism he should act in the interests of the peasants |
| Kills 3,000 communists after criticism he should in the interests of the peasants |
| Changsha Leads the Communists out of Changsha towards the end of the year |
| 1931 | Xiaoping, Deng | |
| Guangxi Xiaoping's military base in Guangxi is captured, he joins Mao's base in Ruijing |
| 1932 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Shanghai Kai-Shek wants "internal pacification first before external resistance" |
| Ruijing Launches a 4th attack on the Communist military base with 400,000 men |
| Shanghai Protesters demand action against the Japanese |
| Ruijing Signs a truce with Japan |
| Jan Shanghai The Japanese begin to attack Shanghai |
| April Tangku Agrees to the Truce of Tangku with the Japanese |
| 1932 | Tingkai, Tsai | |
| Ruijing Ordered by Chiang Kai-Shek to attack the Communist base at Ruijin |
| 1933 | Chen, Yun | |
| Jiangxi Joins Mao Tsetung & the Red Army in their mountain base in Jiangxi Province |
| 1933 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Fujian Nationalists in Fjuian province rebel against Kai-Shek, it collapses after 2 months |
| 1934 | Chen, Yun | |
| 16th Oct Ruijing 80,000 communists troops are pursued by 400,000 strong army of nationalists |
| 16th Oct Ruijing The Ruijing base is abandoned & the Long March begins |
| 1934 | Ho, Long | |
| Joins forces with the Commander of the 6th Red Army led by Xiao Ke |
| 1934 | Hsueh-Liang, Chang | |
| Returns to China & commands his exiled Manchurian in support of Chiang Kai-Shek |
| 1934 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Kashgar Kashgar is recaptured by forces loyal to the nationalists |
| Suppresses a Communist rebellion with German help |
| The Bank of China announces that a farmer's income accounts for 80% of his subsistence |
| 17th April Japan forbids any outside help for the nationalists |
| 22nd April Japan forbids any government to deal with the nationalists without it's agreement |
| 1934 | Teh, Chu | |
| Kiangsi 4,000 communist soldiers are killed during the communist withdrawal from Kiangsi |
| Shensi Teh's 1st Front Army marches 6,000 miles over 13 months from Kiangsi to Shensi |
| 16th Oct Shensi Commander-in-Chief of the Communist forces |
| 1934 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Kiangsi 4,000 communist soldiers are killed during the communist withdrawal from Kiangsi |
| The alliance between Soviet backed Kuomintang & the Chinese Communist Party breaks up |
| Jan Ruijing Supports Russia & its achievements & says the communist army will be victorious |
| 16th Oct Shensi Begins a withdrawal after defeats by the Nationalists to the province of Shensi |
| 16th Oct Yennan Mao begins a 12 month long march to establish a new base in northern China at Yennan |
| 1935 | Kang, Kao | |
| 30th Oct Shensi Mao reaches the nth Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang |
| 1935 | Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| 12th June Mouking The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| Aug Mouking The Red Army begins its march across eastern Tibet at Mao's suggestion |
| Sep Mouking Takes a different route to Mao across the eastern Tibetan grasslands |
| 1935 | Lung, Ho | |
| Nov Leads the 1st Front Army on its Long March route |
| 1935 | Teh, Chu | |
| 12th June Mouking The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| 1935 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Bases a new government on peasants rather than the working class |
| Leads the Red Army against Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-Shek |
| Reaches Shensi & establishes a new government at Yenan |
| 30th May River Tatu The Red Army crosses the Tatu River |
| 12th June Moukung The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| 12th June Great Snow Mnts The Red Army crosses the Great Snow Mountains |
| Aug Moukung The Red Army begins its march across eastern Tibet at Mao's suggestion |
| 18th Sep Kansu Province Defeats nationalist troops in Kansu Province |
| 30th Oct Shensi Mao reaches the nth Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang |
| 30th Oct Shensi The end of the Long March for the 1st Front Army |
| 1936 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| Oct Chang Hsueh-Liang signs a secret non-aggression pact with Chou En-Lai |
| 1936 | Ho, Long | |
| 30th June Aba The 2nd & 4th Red Armies join forces with the 4th Red Army |
| 1936 | Hsueh-Liang, Chang | |
| Xian Arrests Chiang Kai-Shek |
| Oct Chang Hsueh-Liang signs a secret non-aggression pact with Chou En-Lai |
| 7th Dec Xian Arrests Chiang Kai-Shek to force him into a temporary alliance with Chou En-Lai |
| 7th Dec Xian Forces Chiang Kai-Shek to end the civil war & unite against Japan |
| 1936 | Hucheng, Yang | |
| Dec Xian Helps arrest Chiang Kai-Shek |
| 1936 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Suiyuan Japan invades the northern province of Suiyuan |
| Oct Yenan The Red Army gathers forces of about 100,000 during the Long March at Yenan |
| 12th Dec Xian Captured by the Red Army & his own troops under Marshal Chang |
| 12th Dec Xian Held at General Chang's HQ |
| 25th Dec Xian Forced to end the civil war against the communists & form a united front against Japan |
| 25th Dec Xian Released fron Xian in order to unite Communists & Nationalists against the Japanese |
| 1936 | Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| May Succeeds in crossing the eastern Tibetan grasslands at the 3rd attempt |
| 1936 | Lung, Ho | |
| May Chuten Reaches Chuten |
| Oct Ssuuchuan Joins forces with the nth Shensi 1st Front Army |
| 1936 | Xueliang, Zhang | |
| Dec Xian Helps arrest Chiang Kai-Shek |
| 1937 | En-Lai, Chou | |
| April Promises Chiang Kaishek will join a government of national defense against Japan |
| 1937 | Ho, Long | |
| Appointed Commander of the 120th Division of the Red Army |
| 1937 | Hsueh-Liang, Chang | |
| Hsueh-Liang releases Chiang Kai-Shek & has himself put under Chiang Kai-Shek's arrest |
| Placed under house arrest for 50 yrs |
| 1937 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Placed under house arrest for 50 yrs |
| Mar Sends a high ranking general to negotiate with Zhou En-Lai in Xian |
| 1937 | Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| May Shensi Frced to seek safety with Mao in nth Shensi |
| 1938 | Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| Defects to the nationalists |
| Expelled from the Communist Party |
| 1945 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| 14th Aug </ |
