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| 1887 | Birth |  |
| 31st Oct Chekiang Birth of Chiang Kai-Shek to a prosperous rural family Chekiang |
| 1905 | T'ung meng hui | |
| Appointed Member of the T'ung-meng-hui, led by Sun Yat-sen |
| 1910 | Kuomintang, The | |
| Appointed Member of the Kuomtang in Tokyo |
| 1911 | Rebellion | |
| 5th Nov Chekiang Leads an uprising in Chekiang |
| 1913 | Exile of Kai Shek | |
| Flees to Japan after an unsuccesful rebellion against General Yuan Shi-kai |
| 1913 | Rebellion | |
| Takes part in a rebellion against General Yuan Shi-k'ai's dictatorial rule |
| 1916 | Green Gang | |
| Appointed Member of a secret society called the Green Gang |
| 1916 | Revolution | |
| Returns to China & helps prevent Yuan Shi-kai from becoming Emperor |
| 1918 | Chief of Staff | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff to Ch'en Chiung-ming during his alliance with Sun Yat-sen |
| 1923 | Head Whampoa Kai Shek | |
| Appointed Head of the Whampoa Military Academy of the KMT |
| 1923 | Kuomintang, The | |
| Appointed Member of the Kuomintang (KMT) or Nationalist Party |
| 1923 | Major | |
| Appointed Major-General of the Kuomintang |
| 1924 | Constitution | |
| 12th Jan The Kuoamintang allows communists to join it |
| 1924 | Head Whampoa Kai Shek | |
| Appointed Head of the Whampoa Military Academy |
| 1924 | Head Whampoa Military Acad Kai Shek | |
| Appointed Head of the Whampoa Military Academy |
| 1924 | Whampoa | |
| Helps found the Whampoa Military Academy with Soviet help |
| 1925 | Generalissimo | |
| Appointed Generalissimo of the Kuomintang Army after Sun's death |
| 1925 | Kuomintang, The | |
| Oct Sun dies of cancer and leadership of the KMT passes to Chiang Kaishek/Jiang Jieshi |
| 1925 | Party Leader | |
| Oct Appointed Party Leader of the KMT |
| 1926 | Capture of Hankow | |
| 6th Sep Hankow Captures Hankow |
| 1926 | Capture of Wuchang KMT | |
| Oct Wuchang Captures Wuchang & establishes it as his seat of power |
| 1926 | Congress of Kuomtang | |
| Nanjing 5th Congress of the Kuomintang |
| Oct 2nd Congress of the Kuomintang |
| 1926 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Establishes the Kuomintang Government at Wuchang |
| 1926 | Kuomintang, The | |
| The Kuomintang prepare plans to fight the warlords and reunify China |
| 1926 | Northern Expedition | |
| 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 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 |
| 1926 | Party Leader | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Chinese Revolutionary Party |
| 1926 | Rebellion | |
| Mar Kai-Shek accuses Communists within the KMT of violent revolt |
| 1926 | Unification | |
| The Kuomintang prepare plans to fight the warlords and reunify China |
| 1927 | Alliance | |
| 5th April Stalin claims Chiang Kai-Shek will turn the army against the Imperialists |
| 1927 | Capture of Nanchang | |
| 4th Aug Nanchang Recaptures Nanchang from the Communists under Zhou En-Lai |
| 1927 | Capture of Nanjing | |
| Mar Nanjing Shanghai & Nanjing are captured during the Northern Expedition |
| 1927 | Capture of Shanghai | |
| Mar Shanghai 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 |
| 1927 | Capture of Shantou | |
| 28th Sep Shantou Recaptures Shantou from the Communists under Zhou En-Lai |
| 1927 | Constitution | |
| 1st Jan Hankow Helps found the Nationalist (KMT) Government |
| 18th April Hankow The Kuomintang splits between Nationalists & Radicals |
| 1927 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Nanjing Establishes a National revolutionary government, communist & left wing excluded |
| Establishes a National revolutionary government, communist & left wing excluded |
| Hankow Overthrows the leftist Government in Hankow |
| 1927 | Diplomacy | |
| Breaks with the Russian & Chinese Communists |
| 14th Dec China & Russia break off diplomatic relations |
| 1927 | Exile of Kai Shek | |
| 15th Dec Shanghai Exiles the Russians from Shanghai following an attempted coup at Guangzhou |
| 1927 | Expulsion Kai Shek | |
| 14th April Expelled from the KMT after his massacre of workers in Shanghai |
| 1927 | Government | |
| 1st Jan Establishes a KMT government at Hankow |
| 15th April Sets up a nationalist government in Hankow |
| 1927 | Marriage | |
| Marries Soong Mei-ling |
| 1927 | Massacre Shanghai | |
| April Shanghai The Communist Party is suppressed during street fighting with Nationalist soldiers |
| 1927 | Northern Expedition | |
| Mar Shanghai & Nanjing are captured during the Northern Expedition |
| Aug A series of communist rebellions are defeated |
| 1927 | Rebellion | |
| Splits from the Communists & from 1927-36 adopts a policy of Civil War against them |
| 26th Mar Shanghai Asks the Shanghai provisional government to be placed under his control but it refuses |
| 11th April Shanghai Chiang Kai-shek's & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers |
| Aug A series of communist rebellions are defeated |
| 15th Dec Guangzhou Exiles the Russians from Shanghai following an attempted coup at Guangzhou |
| 1927 | Reform | |
| 18th April Hankow The Kuomintang splits between Nationalists & Radicals |
| 1927 | Resignation | |
| Resigns from all Government posts |
| 8th Aug Resigns to allow peace & reconcilliation with the KMT |
| 1927 | Siege of Hunan | |
| Hunan Defeats the Communists & their allies |
| 1927 | Siege of Nanchang | |
| Nanchang Defeats the Communists & their allies |
| 1928 | Battle of Ji'nan | |
| 3rd May Ji'nan Japan defeats the Guomindang at Ji'nan & occupies the Shandong Peninsular |
| 1928 | Capital | |
| Oct Nanking Nanking becomes capital of China |
| 1928 | Capture of Beijing | |
| 8th June Shanghai Bejing is captured during the Northern Expedition |
| 8th June Beijing Captures Beijing & renames the city Peiping, "Northern Peace" |
| 1928 | Capture of Peking | |
| 4th June Peking Captures Peking, unifying most of China |
| 1928 | Capture of Shandong | |
| 3rd May Shandong Japan defeats the Guomindang at Ji'nan & occupies the Shandong Peninsular |
| 1928 | Chairman KMT | |
| 6th Jan Appointed Chairman of the Central Executive Council of the KMT |
| 1928 | Commander | |
| 6th Jan Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the KMT |
| 1928 | Constitution | |
| Nanking Establishes a Nationalist Republic at Nanking |
| 1928 | Diplomacy | |
| 19th July China annuls the "unequal treaties" with European powers |
| 20th Dec Nanking Britain recognizes the Kuomintang government of China |
| 1928 | Head of State | |
| Nanking Appointed head of the Nationalist Republic, with Nanking as its capital |
| 1928 | Northern Expedition | |
| Chiang Kai-Shek becomes the sole nationalist leader leader of the Kuomintang |
| From 1926-28 establishes Nationalist Control over most of China |
| 7th April Resumes the Northern Campaign |
| 8th June Beijing Bejing is captured during the Northern Expedition |
| 1928 | President | |
| 6th Oct Appointed President of China |
| 1928 | Siege of Peking | |
| 6th Feb Peking 50,000 flee as Communists raid Peking |
| 1930 | Capture of Peking | |
| 2nd Sep Peking Rebels take power in Peking under Yen Hsi-chan |
| 1930 | Diplomacy | |
| Weiheiwei Great Britain returns Weiheiwei to China |
| 1930 | Siege of Hankow | |
| 10th July Hankow Communist armed forces attack Hankow |
| 1930 | Siege of Ruijing | |
| Ruijing Launches a failed attack Mao Tsetung's military base |
| 1931 | Arrest | |
| Puts up a reward of 100,000 silver dollars for the capture of Zhou En-Lai |
| 1931 | Assassination | |
| 29th July Captain Nakamura, Japanese officer, is killed by Chinese soldiers of the Mukden Army |
| 1931 | Capture of Jehol | |
| Jehol After capturng Manchuria the Japanese capture Jehol |
| 1931 | Capture of Peking | |
| Peking Accepts the failure of his passive policy against the Japanese invasion |
| Peking After capturng Manchuria the Japanese capture Peking |
| 1931 | Capture of Tsitsihar | |
| Oct Tsitsihar The Japanese occupy Tsitsihar |
| 1931 | Constitution | |
| 12th May Nanking Based on the liberty of the person, freedom of the press & right of association |
| 1931 | Demonstrations | |
| Aug Anti-Chinese riots in the Japanese province of Korea, 100 Chinese are killed |
| 1931 | Encirclement | |
| Kiangsi Launches 3 "Encirclement Campaigns" against the communists by the KMT |
| 1931 | Independence | |
| 12th May Canton Canton declares its independence |
| 1931 | Invasion of China | |
| 18th Sep Manchuria The Japanes attack Manchuria attacking both the communists & nationalist separatists |
| 1931 | Invasion of Manchuria | |
| 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 |
| Manchuria Manchuria is captured by the Japanese & becomes the independent state of Manchukio |
| 1931 | Rule of Manchukuo | |
| Manchukuo Manchuria is captured by the Japanese & becomes the independent state of Manchukuo |
| 1931 | Siege of Mukden | |
| 18th Sep Mukden Japanese troops guarding the Sth Manchurian Railway are sent into Mukden |
| 18th Sep Mukden The Japanese commander moves his HQ into the city |
| 1931 | Siege of Ruijing | |
| 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 |
| 1931 | Stimson Doctrine | |
| 7th Jan A doctrine issued to China & Japan about non-recognition of agreements won by force |
| 1932 | Lytton Report | |
| 4th Sep The Lytton Report on the conflict between China and Japan accuses Japan of being the aggressor |
| 1932 | Peace | |
| China & Japan sign a truce lasting 4 years |
| Kai-Shek redirects his forces against Chinese Communists |
| April Tangku Agrees to the Truce of Tangku with the Japanese |
| 1932 | Siege of Ruijin | |
| Ruijing Launches a 4th attack on the Communist military base with 400,000 men |
| Ruijing Signs a truce with Japan |
| 1932 | Siege of Shanghai | |
| Shanghai Kai-Shek wants "internal pacification first before external resistance" |
| Shanghai Protesters demand action against the Japanese |
| Jan Shanghai The Japanese begin to attack Shanghai |
| 1933 | Bombing of Shanghai | |
| Shanghai The Japanese bomb the Chinese quarter of the city |
| 1933 | Invasion of Hebei | |
| Hebei The Japanese army invades Hebei |
| 1933 | Peking Council | |
| Peking A buffer state is set up under the Peking Political Council |
| 1933 | Rebellion | |
| Fujian Nationalists in Fjuian province rebel against Kai-Shek, it collapses after 2 months |
| 1933 | Reform | |
| The British under Frederick Leith-Ross reform China's currency |
| 1933 | Siege of Hebei | |
| Hebei The Japanese army invades Hebei |
| 1933 | Siege of Shanghai | |
| Shanghai General Ueda issues an ultimatum for his troops to enter Shanghai, it is rejected |
| 3rd Mar Shanghai A truce is signed between Japan & China & fighting in Shanghai ceases |
| May Shanghai The Japanese withdraw from Shanghai |
| 1934 | Alliance | |
| Suppresses a Communist rebellion with German help |
| 1934 | |
