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| 0641 | T'ai Tsung |  |
| Nepal begins sending tribute to China |
| 0694 | Wu Hou | |
| Buddhism ceases to be treated as a foreign religion |
| 0757 | Lushan, An | |
| Assassinated by his son as the rebels who had forced the Emperor to abdicate quarrel |
| Death of Lushan, assassinated |
| 1043 | Chung-Yen, Fan | |
| Appointed Chief Minister |
| Creates a local militia & opposes Buddhism |
| Reforms the civil service & removes corruption |
| 1514 | Zhengde | |
| Canton The 1st Portuguese arrive in China |
| 1520 | Zhengde | |
| Peking 1st Portuguese mission at Peking |
| 1522 | Jiajing | |
| Peking The Portuguese are expelled from Peking |
| 1873 | T'ung Chih | |
| Receives the Ambassador of Britain at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of France at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of Holland at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of Japan at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of Russia at court without the traditional kowtow |
| Receives the Ambassador of USA at court without the traditional kowtow |
| 1898 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Appointed Adviser to the Emperor |
| 1901 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Pohai Appointed Viceroy of Pohai |
| 1907 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Appointed Grand Councillor |
| 1908 | Shih-kai, Yuan | |
| Appointed President of China, at the head of a republican government |
| Appointed Prime Minister of China, to suppress the Nationalist rebellion |
| Forms a republican government |
| 1908 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Exiled after the death of the Emperor |
| 1909 | Chidong, Chang | |
| 2nd Jan Death of Chang Chidong |
| 2nd Jan Death of Shihkai & Chidong, power is passed to the Manchus |
| 1909 | Shihkai, Yuan | |
| 2nd Jan Death of Shihkai & Chidong, power is passed to the Manchus |
| 1912 | Yat-Sen, Sun | |
| Appointed Director of the National Railways |
| 1913 | Shikai, Yuan | |
| 6th Oct Appointed President of the Republic of China |
| 1st Nov Outlaws the Kuomindang Party |
| 5th Nov China recognizes the autonomy of Outer Mongolia |
| 5th Nov Declaration by Russia & China of Outer Mongolian autonomy under Chinese suzerainty |
| 1913 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Abolishes the Kuomanting Party |
| Yunnan declares its independence from the central Government |
| 16th Sep Japan sends a flotilla to the Yangtzi because China fails to honour reparations |
| 6th Oct Appointed President of all China after the resignation of Sun Yat-Sen in the South |
| 1914 | Shikai, Yuan | |
| 11th Jan Governs China without Parliament |
| 1914 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| Attempts to restore the monarchy but is prevented by the foreign powers |
| 11th Jan Dismisses Parliament & becomes a dictator |
| 1915 | Chingling, Soong | |
| Marries Sun Yetsen |
| 1915 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| The monarchy is restored |
| 1916 | Feng, Kuo-Chang | |
| Appointed Vice President of China |
| 1916 | Yuan, Shih-Kai | |
| 6th June Death of Shih-Kai Yuan, China plunges into chaos |
| 1916 | Yuanhong, Li | |
| Appointed President of China |
| 1917 | Feng, Kuo-Chang | |
| Appointed Acting President of China |
| 1917 | Guozhang, Feng | |
| Appointed President of China, northern government |
| 1918 | Shichang, Xu | |
| Appointed President of China, northern government |
| 1922 | Yuanhong, Li | |
| Appointed President of China, northern government |
| 1923 | Kun, Cao | |
| Appointed President of China, northern government |
| 1923 | Yat-Sen, Sun | |
| Canton Installed in power at Canton with Russian assistance |
| 1924 | Chang, Tsolin | |
| Appointed Head of State for China |
| 1924 | Qirui, Duan | |
| Appointed President of China, northern government |
| 1925 | Jingwei, Wang | |
| Appointed President of China, northern government |
| 1927 | Hanmin, Hu | |
| Appointed President of China |
| 1927 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 1st Jan Establishes a KMT government at Hankow |
| 1st Jan Hankow Helps found the Nationalist (KMT) Government |
| 15th April Sets up a nationalist government in Hankow |
| 1928 | Chang, Hsueh-Liang | |
| Appointed Head of State for China, after the assassination of his father |
| 1928 | Chang, Tsolin | |
| 4th June Death of Tsolin Chang |
| 4th June Mukden His train is mined, organized by 2 Japanese Colonels to secure Manchuria for Japan |
| 1928 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Nanking Appointed head of the Nationalist Republic, with Nanking as its capital |
| Nanking Establishes a Nationalist Republic at Nanking |
| From 1926-28 establishes Nationalist Control over most of China |
| 19th July China annuls the "unequal treaties" with European powers |
| Oct Nanking Nanking becomes capital of China |
| 6th Oct Appointed President of China |
| 20th Dec Nanking Britain recognizes the Kuomintang government of China |
| 1930 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Weiheiwei Great Britain returns Weiheiwei to China |
| 1931 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Manchukuo Manchuria is captured by the Japanese & becomes the independent state of Manchukuo |
| Puts up a reward of 100,000 silver dollars for the capture of Zhou En-Lai |
| 12th May Nanking Based on the liberty of the person, freedom of the press & right of association |
| 12th May Canton Canton declares its independence |
| 1931 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Claims the government is a national government |
| Helps found a soviet government in accordance with Russian policy |
| 1933 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Peking A buffer state is set up under the Peking Political Council |
| The British under Frederick Leith-Ross reform China's currency |
| Shanghai The Japanese bomb the Chinese quarter of the city |
| 1935 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Adopts a policy of placating the Japanese |
| Appointed Chairman of the Executive of the Yuan National Government, 1st term |
| Appointed Head-of-State for China |
| Appointed Party Leader of the KMT |
| 1935 | Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Bases a new government on peasants rather than the working class |
| Reaches Shensi & establishes a new government at Yenan |
| 1936 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Changes appeasement toward Japan to one of opposition, in alliance with the Communists |
| Sian Kidnapped at Sian, released after 2 weeks |
| Nationalists & Communists form an alliance against the Japanese |
| Stalin joins Chiang Kai-shek against fascism in Europe & imperialism in Japan |
| 1939 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Executive of the Yuan National Government, 2nd term |
| 1940 | Ching-wei, Wang | |
| April Nanking Appointed Head of State for China |
| April Nanking Heads a Japanese puppet government at Nanking |
| 1941 | Fa-kwei, Chang | |
| Arrests Ho Chi-Minh in order to strengthen his own influece in north Vietnam |
| 1942 | Fa-kwei, Chang | |
| Releases Ho Chi-Minh |
| Sets up Ho Chi-Minh as head of the Vietnam Revolutionary League |
| 1943 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Appointed President of the Executive Council, October |
| 1945 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Persuaded by the USA to accept the independence of the People's Republic of Mongolia |
| Roosevelt offers China Indochina but Kai-Shek refuses because it cannot be assimilated |
| Moscow Signs the Treaty of Friendship & Alliance with Stalin |
| 28th Aug Chongqing Holds peace talks with Zhou En-Lai & Mao Tse-Tung in Chongqing |
| 1946 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| China recognizes Mongolia but not Tibet nor Xinjiang |
| The Americans decide to blockade their supply of arms to Chiang Kai-Shek |
| 1949 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Appointed Head of the emigre Nationalist Party regime in Taiwan |
| Nanking The Nationalist Government is forced to move to Nanking by the Communists under Mao |
| 7th Dec Taiwan Chiang and his KMT government flee to Taiwan while Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China (1.2 million have died in three years) |
| 7th Dec Taiwan The Nationalist Government leaves the mainland of China for Taiwan |
| 1949 | Mao, Dun | |
| Appointed Minister of Culture |
| 1952 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 5th Aug Taiwan & Japan resume diplomatic relations |
| 1955 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 18th Jan Yikiang Chinese Communists capture the island of Yikiang from the Nationalists |
| 1960 | Ching, Chiang | |
| Appointed Minister of Culture |
| 1972 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Feb Shanghai The Shanghai Communique paves the way for relations between Communists & Nationalists |
| 1975 | Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| 5th April Death of Kai-Shek |
| 2003 | Xuenong, Meng | |
| 19th Jan Beijing Appointed Mayor of Beijing |
| 2003 | Yuqun, Han | |
| 12th Jan Shandong Appointed Governor of Shandong, acting |
