Location:
China
Coordinates:
39.9042, 116.4074
Events at Beijing (8)
1211
ID: 4736
Mongols invade Jin Dynasty China - begin systematic conquest using Chinese siege engineers
ID: 4736
1215
ID: 4715
Genghis Khan captures Beijing - Mongols destroy Jin Dynasty capital
ID: 4715
1271
ID: 4716
Kublai Khan founds Yuan Dynasty - Mongols rule all China, Marco Polo visits
ID: 4716
1420
ID: 4718
Forbidden City completed - Yongle Emperor moves capital from Nanjing to Beijing
ID: 4718
1644
ID: 4721
Manchus establish Qing Dynasty - last imperial dynasty begins 268-year rule
ID: 4721
1644
ID: 5720
Snuff tobacco becomes elite fashion in Qing court - ornate snuff bottles become art form, smoking considered vulgar
ID: 5720
1900
ID: 4724
Boxer Rebellion - anti-foreign uprising, Eight-Nation Alliance invades Beijing
ID: 4724
1912
ID: 4726
Puyi abdicates - last emperor of China ends Qing Dynasty, Republic proclaimed
ID: 4726