| Year | Month | Day | Event |
|---|
| 1046 BC |
|
|
Start of the Zhou Dynasty |
| 97 |
|
|
Gan Ying Expedition Reaches The Roman Empire |
| 325 |
Apr |
01 |
Crown Prince Jin Chengdi Becomes Emperor |
| 618 |
Jun |
18 |
Li Yuan Establishes Tang Dynasty Over China |
| 626 |
Sep |
04 |
Li Assumes Throne Of Tang Dynasty |
| 690 |
Oct |
16 |
Empress Ascends To Tang Dynasty Throne |
| 705 |
Feb |
22 |
Tang Dynasty Is Restored With Empress Abdication |
| 868 |
May |
11 |
Diamond Sutra First Dated Printed Book |
| 907 |
Feb |
27 |
Abaoji (Emperor Taizu) Establishes The Liao Dynasty In China |
| 1001 |
Mar |
17 |
Butuan King Sends Tribute To Song Dynasty |
| 1142 |
Jan |
27 |
Song Dynasty General Yue Fei Is Executed |
| 1279 |
Mar |
19 |
Mongolian Victories Ended The Song Dynasty |
| 1402 |
Jul |
17 |
Zhu Di Assumes Chinese Throne |
| 1409 |
Sep |
23 |
Battle Of Kherlen Significant Victory By Mongols |
| 1427 |
Dec |
29 |
End Of Chinese Domination - Ming Army Withdrawn |
| 1461 |
Aug |
07 |
Ming General Cao Qin Overthrows Emperor |
| 1701 |
Jan |
28 |
The Chinese Storm Dartsedo |
| 1769 |
Dec |
22 |
Sino-Burmese War Ended With An Uneasy Truce |
| 1789 |
Jan |
30 |
Tay Son Victorious, Liberate Thang Long |
| 1839 |
Sep |
05 |
UK Declares War On Qing Dynasty |
| 1857 |
Mar |
03 |
France And Britain Declare Opium War On China |
| 1860 |
Sep |
21 |
British, French Defeat Chinese At Palikao |
| 1875 |
Feb |
25 |
Guangxu Emperor Begins His Reign |
| 1881 |
Feb |
24 |
China And Russia Sign Ili Treaty |
| 1885 |
Mar |
02 |
French Victorious In Battle Of Hoa Moc |
| 1885 |
Mar |
23 |
Chinese Forces Won The Battle Of Phu Lam Tao |
| 1894 |
Aug |
01 |
Japan And China War Over Korea |
| 1900 |
Jun |
17 |
Allied And Japanese Forces Capture Taku |
| 1905 |
Jan |
02 |
Russia Surrenders In China In Russo-japanese War |
| 1911 |
Apr |
22 |
Tsinghua University Founded On China Mainland |
| 1912 |
Jan |
01 |
The Republic Of China Is Established |
| 1912 |
Feb |
12 |
Chinese Xuantong Emperor Abdicates |
| 1914 |
Mar |
01 |
Republic Of China Joins Universal Postal Union |
| 1914 |
Aug |
23 |
Japan Declares War, Bombs China |
| 1915 |
Jan |
18 |
Japan Issues Demands To China |
| 1921 |
Jul |
01 |
The Communist Party Of China Is Founded |
| 1927 |
Mar |
24 |
In China, Warships Defend Foreign Citizens In Nanking Incident |
| 1928 |
May |
03 |
Japanese Atrocities In Jinan, China |
| 1928 |
Sep |
27 |
Republic Of China Recognized By U.S |
| 1928 |
Oct |
10 |
Kai-shek Chairman Of China |
| 1932 |
Jan |
25 |
Chinese National Revolutionary Army Defends Harbin |
| 1932 |
Dec |
25 |
7.6 Gansu China Quake Kills 275 |
| 1936 |
Jun |
28 |
Japanese Puppet State Of Mengjiang Is Formed |
| 1937 |
Aug |
13 |
The Battle Of Shanghai Begins |
| 1945 |
Jan |
28 |
Reopened Burma Road Supplies China |
| 1945 |
Sep |
03 |
3 Day Celebration In China |
| 1945 |
Oct |
25 |
The Republic Of China Took Taiwan Administration |
| 1947 |
Dec |
25 |
Republic Of China Adopts Constitution |
| 1949 |
Apr |
23 |
People's Liberation Army Navy Established |
| 1949 |
Oct |
01 |
China Was Established And Declared By Mao Zedong |
| 1949 |
Dec |
07 |
Chinese Government Moves From Nanking To Taipei |
| 1950 |
Nov |
29 |
North Korean, Chinese Troops Force United Nations To Retreat |
| 1960 |
Feb |
19 |
China Launches T-7, First Sounding Rocket |
| 1962 |
Nov |
21 |
Chinese Army Surrenders To India |
| 1964 |
Oct |
16 |
China Detonates Its First Nuclear Weapon |
| 1965 |
May |
01 |
Dong-Yin Conflict Takes Place |
| 1965 |
Sep |
07 |
China Reinforces Troops On Indian Border |
| 1966 |
May |
16 |
China's Communist Party Issues ""May 16 Notice" |
| 1967 |
Jun |
17 |
China Announces Successful Thermonuclear Weapon Test |
| 1975 |
Feb |
04 |
7.3 Earthquake In Hicheng, Liaoning, China |
| 1978 |
Feb |
11 |
China Lifts Ban On American Authors |
| 1978 |
Aug |
12 |
Japan And China Sign Peace Treaty |
| 1979 |
Feb |
17 |
The Sino-Vietnamese War Begins |
| 1979 |
Mar |
14 |
Trident Crashes In Beijing, Kills 200 |
| 1982 |
Dec |
04 |
China Adopts Its Current Constitution |
| 1986 |
Oct |
12 |
Elizabeth II Visited China |
| 1987 |
Apr |
13 |
Agreement Between Portugal And People's Republic Of China |
| 1989 |
Jun |
03 |
Chinese Troops Descend Upon Tiananmen Square |
| 1992 |
May |
13 |
Li Hongzhi Gives Lecture On Falun Gong In China |
| 1994 |
Dec |
14 |
Yangtze River: Three Gorges Dam Construction Begins |
| 1999 |
Dec |
20 |
Macau Handed Over To China By Portugal |
| 2001 |
Dec |
11 |
China Joins The World Trade Organization |
| 2001 |
Dec |
27 |
China Granted Trade With U.S |
| 2002 |
May |
07 |
Chinese Airliner Crashes In Yellow Sea |
| 2003 |
Oct |
15 |
China's First Manned Space Mission, Shenzhou 5 |
| 2005 |
Dec |
06 |
Protesters Shot In Dongzhou, China |
| 2006 |
Jul |
01 |
First Qinghai-Tibet Railway |
| 2006 |
Jul |
06 |
Nathula Pass Re-openes After 44 Years |
| 2007 |
Nov |
05 |
China's First Lunar Satellite Orbits Moon |
| 2008 |
Sep |
25 |
China Launches Spacecraft |
| 2009 |
Dec |
26 |
Longest High-speed Rail Links Beijing And Guanzhou |
| 2013 |
Dec |
01 |
China Launches Yutu. Lunar Exploration Mission |
| 2014 |
Apr |
30 |
Urumqi Bomb Blast Kills 3 |