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| 1898 | Birth |  |
| 5th Mar Birth of Chou En-Lai
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| 1919 | Awareness Society | |
| 6th Sep Founds the "hard core" Awareness Society due to "demonstration fatigue"
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| 1919 | Demonstrations | |
| 4th May Tiananmen Sqr Leads a student protest against the Versailles Peace Conference
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| 10th May Nankai Arrives in Nankai University to organize student rebellion against western imperialism
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| 22nd Aug Beijing En-Lai organizes a demonstration in Beijing
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| 1919 | Editor | |
| Appointed Editor of the "Tianjin Student" which sells 20,000 copies every 3rd day
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| 1919 | Rebellion | |
| Tianjin Organizes Students Union "to struggle against the warlords & against imperialism"
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| 22nd Aug Tianjin The magazine "Tianjin Student" is closed down by the police
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| 1924 | Whampoa | |
| Appointed Head of the Poltical Department at the Whampoa Military Academy
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| 1927 | Arrest | |
| 12th April Shanghai Arrested by the forces under Chiang Kai-Shek in Shanghai
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| 13th April Shanghai Escapes from his captors
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| 1927 | Capture | |
| 18th July Nanchang Formulates a plan to capture of Nanchang which is accepted by the Politburo
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| 1st Aug Nanchang Forms a committee of the Revolutionary Guomindang Party after capturing Nanchang
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| 1st Aug Nanchang Nanchang is captured by Chou En-Lai
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| 4th Aug Nanchang The Guomindang Government recapture Nanchang & Chou En-Lai moves South toward Shantou
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| 24th Sep Shantou Leads Communist forces which capture the port of Shantou
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| 1927 | Long March | |
| Divides the 28,000 communist soldiers into 2 army corps, they only have 9,000 rifles
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| 1927 | Massacre | |
| 11th April Shanghai Chiang Kai-shek's & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers
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| 1927 | Military Affairs Commission | |
| Appointed Head of the Military Affairs Commission
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| 1927 | PLA | |
| Helps found the People's Liberation Army
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| 1927 | Politburo | |
| 18th July Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1927 | Rebellion | |
| 20th Mar Shanghai Leads a rebellion in Shanghai
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| 20th Mar Shanghai Proclaims a "provisional people's government" of Shanghai
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| 26th Mar Shanghai Chiang Kaishek asks the Shanghai government to be placed under his control
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| 26th Mar Shanghai Chou En-Lai & the workers refuse to be placed under Chiang Kai-shek's control
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| 7th April Shanghai Holds a meeting of the Worker's Committee & refuses to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek
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| 11th April Shanghai Chiang Kai-shek's & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers
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| 12th April Wuhan Drafts a telegram to the Politburo in Wuhan to denounce Chian Kai-shek after his death
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| 1st Aug Nanchang Forms a committee of the Revolutionary Guomindang Party after capturing Nanchang
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| 1927 | Strike | |
| 22nd Feb Shanghai Calls off the strike in Shanghai
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| 1928 | Congress of CP, 6th | |
| Moscow Attends the 6th Party Congress in Moscow
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| 1928 | Te Ke | |
| Founds the Te Ke, "special department", to control the Communist Party
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| 1930 | Cultural Revolution | |
| Claims the Chinese Revolution will go through many stages & introduces gradualism
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| 1930 | Gradualism | |
| Claims the Chinese Revolution will go through many stages & introduces gradualism
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| 1931 | Military Dept | |
| Jan Appointed Head of the Military Dept
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| 1931 | Peace | |
| Seeks an armistice after the Japanese invasion
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| The "Internationalists" forbid any comprimise with Kai-Shek
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| 1931 | Politburo | |
| Jan Shanghai Appointed Member of the Politburo
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| 1931 | Secretary | |
| Dec Appointed Party Secretary of the Communist Party
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| 1935 | Expulsion Communist Party | |
| Expelled for backing Mao in the Long March by the rival faction led by Zhang Guotao
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| 1936 | Alliance | |
| Oct Chang Hsueh-Liang signs a secret non-aggression pact with Chou En-Lai
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| 1936 | Arrest | |
| 12th Dec Xian Chiang Kaishek is captured in Xian & detained in the HQ of General Yang
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| 1936 | Long March | |
| Dec Xian Reaches Xian where Chiang Kaisek's forces are defeated
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| 1936 | Peace | |
| Makes a peace offer to create national unity
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| Proclaims a Communist offensive against the Japanese
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| 1936 | Rebellion | |
| 9th Dec Xian Organizes a demonstration of 15,000 students in Xian demanding to fight Japan
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| 1936 | Reinstatement | |
| Reinstated into the Communist Party after Zhang Guotao is defeated & joins Mao
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| 1936 | Xinnhua | |
| Founds the Xinhua or the New China News Agency
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| 1937 | Liaison Officer | |
| Appointed CP Liaison Officer
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| 1937 | Peace | |
| April Promises Chiang Kaishek will join a government of national defense against Japan
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| 1945 | Declaration of War | |
| 14th Aug Issues "Directive no 1" to march the PLA into former Japanese territory
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| 1946 | Constitution | |
| 10th Jan Makes an appeal for a coaltion Government at the People's Political Council
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| 1946 | Diplomacy | |
| Meets George Marshall to discuss peace & shows Communists are independent of Russia
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| Meets George Marshall to discuss peace & show the Communists are independent of Russia
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| 1949 | Minister | |
| 21st Sep Appointed Foreign Minister
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| 1949 | Prime Minister | |
| 21st Sep Appointed Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China
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| 1950 | Invasion of Korea | |
| 1st Oct Chou En-Lai says China will not countenance an imperialist invasion of nth Korea
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| 1953 | United Nations | |
| 5th June The US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
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| 1954 | Conference of Geneva | |
| 27th July Geneva Present at the Geneva Conference which partitions Vietnam
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| 1955 | Conference of Bandung | |
| Bandung Attends the conference of Afro-Asian states at Bandung
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| 24th April Bandung Resolutions passed include arms reduction & abolition of nuclear weapons
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| 24th April Bandung Says Asia will never forget the 1st atom bomb dropped by the USA
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| 1955 | Diplomacy | |
| Quemoy Negotiates peace with the USA, the Quemoy & Matsu islands remain Nationalist
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| 1955 | Peace | |
| Quemoy Negotiates peace with the USA, the Quemoy & Matsu islands remain Nationalist
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| 1955 | Rule of Matsu | |
| Matsu Negotiates peace with the USA, the Quemoy & Matsu islands remain Nationalist
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| 1955 | Rule of Quemoy | |
| Quemoy Negotiates peace with the USA, the Quemoy & Matsu islands remain Nationalist
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| 1966 | Cultural Revolution | |
| 27th Sep Beijing Advises the State Council that the Party must keep control & not pass to the mob
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| Nov Beijing Presides over a rally of 20,000 in honour of Sun Yatsen's birthday
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| 1966 | Diplomacy | |
| Sihanoukville Demands Cambodia let Vietcong supplies land in Sihanoukville
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| Sihanoukville Demands that the Friendship Highway be used to supply Vietcong bases
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| 1968 | Cultural Revolution | |
| Announces "the great victory of the proletarian Cultural Revolution" is completed
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| Beijing Announces "the great victory of the proletarian Cultural Revolution" is completed
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| 26th Feb Calls for a return to order & discipline
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| 1968 | Invasion of China | |
| Aug Says China will not be invaded by Russia which is "saber rattling"
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| 1968 | Trial | |
| 31st Oct Presides over a trial which finds Shaoqi guilty & expels him from the Party
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| 1969 | Alliance | |
| Sep Attends Ho Chi Minh's funeral & assures Van Dong China will provide weapons
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| 1969 | Burial | |
| Sep Attends Ho Chi Minh's funeral
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| Sep Reassures Van Dong China will continue to provide weapons
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| 1969 | Congress of CP, World | |
| The World Congress of Communist Parties rejects a proposal to expel China
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| 1969 | Congress of Moscow | |
| June Moscow A world congess of Communist parties rejects a proposal from Russia to expel China
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| 1969 | Constitution | |
| Allows 8 small non-communist parties to be re-instated to keep a "united front"
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| Reintroduces the People's Political Consultative Conference for a common united front
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| 1969 | Death | |
| 2nd Sep "he was my fiend, my teacher...I knew him since 1922 when we were together in Paris"
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| 1969 | Diplomacy | |
| Romania & Yugoslavia are China's biggest supporters at the World Communist Congress
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| The USA begins to relax its embargo of China
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| June Moscow A world congess of Communist parties rejects a proposal from Russia to expel China
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| Sep Informed Washington will open talks with China & support its admittance to the UN
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| 12th Sep En-Lai & Kosygin meet at Beijing airport to agree to discussions on border disputes
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| 20th Oct Talks begin between Russia & China at Beijing to resolve border disputes
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| 1969 | Minister | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister
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| 1969 | Political Parties | |
| Allows 8 small non-communist parties to be re-instated to keep a "united front"
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| 1969 | Prime Minister | |
| Assumes total control of the Foreign Affairs Ministry
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| 1969 | Reform | |
| Reccomends circulating military commands to prevent local power bases
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| 1969 | United Nations | |
| Sep Informed Washington will open talks with China & support its admittance to the UN
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| 1971 | Diplomacy | |
| 15th July Chou's policy of reconcilliation with the USA is rewarded
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| 15th July Richard Nixon announces his intention to visit China
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| 1972 | Diplomacy | |
| A rapproachment with the USA is concluded in the Shanghai Communique
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| Beijing Welcomes President Nixon to Peking
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| 1975 | Alliance | |
| June Tells Sihanouk, China must build up a "neutral, independent Cambodia"
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| 1975 | Congress of National People's | |
| Chou En-Lai, at the fourth Congress, outlines a program of Four Modernizations (agriculture, industry, army, science)
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| 13th Jan Delivers his last speech at the 4th National People's Congress
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| 1975 | Diplomacy | |
| June Visited by Sihanouk, Chou asserts China must build a "neutral, independent Cambodia"
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| 1975 | Economy | |
| Chou En-Lai, at the fourth Congress, outlines a program of Four Modernizations (agriculture, industry, army, science)
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| 1975 | Four Modernizations | |
| Chou En-Lai, at the fourth Congress, outlines a program of Four Modernizations (agriculture, industry, army, science)
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| 1975 | Grand Design | |
| 13th Jan Speaks of his "Grand Design" to modernize China
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| 1975 | Independence | |
| June Visited by Sihanouk, Chou asserts China must build a "neutral, independent Cambodia"
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| 1975 | Neutrality | |
| June Visited by Sihanouk, Chou asserts China must build a "neutral, independent Cambodia"
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| 1976 | Burial | |
| 8th Jan Tiananmen Sqr Forbidden to lay wreaths on the Martyr's Memorial in honour of Chou, causes disorder
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| 1976 | Death | |
| 8th Jan Death of En-Lai, age 78
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