59 events with tag "China"
1600 BC
ID: 3608
Tang of Shang defeats tyrant Jie, founding Shang Dynasty - first historically confirmed Chinese dynasty
ID: 3608
1046 BC
ID: 4698
Battle of Muye - Zhou overthrows Shang Dynasty, introduces Mandate of Heaven concept
ID: 4698
551 BC
ID: 4699
Birth of Confucius in Qufu - will become China's most influential philosopher
ID: 4699
500 BC
ID: 261
Laozi writes Tao Te Ching (traditional date) - way of nature, wu wei (non-action), yin-yang
ID: 261
500 BC
ID: 4453
Chinese develop suanpan abacus - more advanced with 2 beads above bar and 5 below, enables hexadecimal calculation
ID: 4453
453 BC
ID: 264
Partition of Jin in China - begins intense warfare leading to Legalist philosophy
ID: 264
372 BC
ID: 305
Mencius born - develops Confucianism, human nature inherently good, mandate of heaven
ID: 305
350 BC
ID: 306
Zhuangzi writes on Taoism - butterfly dream, relativism, spontaneity, humor in philosophy
ID: 306
350 BC
ID: 319
Shang Yang's reforms in Qin - Legalist policies that will enable China's unification
ID: 319
221 BC
ID: 4700
Qin Shi Huang unifies China - ends Warring States, standardizes writing, currency, measurements
ID: 4700
214 BC
ID: 4701
Great Wall connected - Qin Shi Huang links earlier walls into unified defense system
ID: 4701
213 BC
ID: 4702
Burning of books and burying of scholars - Legalist suppression of Confucian texts
ID: 4702
210 BC
ID: 4703
Death of Qin Shi Huang - buried with 8000 terracotta warriors near Xi'an
ID: 4703
206 BC
ID: 4704
Liu Bang founds Han Dynasty - establishes 400-year dynasty, makes Confucianism state ideology
ID: 4704
139 BC
ID: 4705
Zhang Qian opens Silk Road - Emperor Wu sends envoy west, establishes trade routes
ID: 4705
108 BC
ID: 5511
Han Dynasty China conquers Gojoseon, establishes Four Commanderies of Han in northern Korea
ID: 5511
105
ID: 4706
Cai Lun invents paper - court eunuch creates paper from bark, hemp, rags
ID: 4706
220
ID: 4707
Fall of Han Dynasty - begins Three Kingdoms period (Wei, Shu, Wu)
ID: 4707
372
ID: 5515
Buddhism officially introduced to Goguryeo from Former Qin China by monk Sundo
ID: 5515
589
ID: 4708
Sui Dynasty reunifies China - ends 400 years of division since Han fall
ID: 4708
618
ID: 4709
Tang Dynasty founded - begins China's golden age of poetry, art, Buddhism
ID: 4709
645
ID: 5487
Taika Reform begins - Japan adopts Chinese-style centralized government system modeled on Tang Dynasty
ID: 5487
649
ID: 4710
Emperor Taizong dies - Tang Empire at peak, stretching from Korea to Central Asia
ID: 4710
690
ID: 4711
Wu Zetian becomes China's only female sovereign ruler - founds Zhou Dynasty briefly
ID: 4711
694
ID: 5067
Manichaeism officially arrives in China - Mihr-Ohrmazd presents Manichaean texts to Empress Wu Zetian
ID: 5067
755
ID: 4712
An Lushan Rebellion begins - kills 36 million (1/6 of world population), weakens Tang
ID: 4712
843
ID: 5069
Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution in China - also suppresses Manichaeism, Nestorian Christianity, and Zoroastrianism
ID: 5069
868
ID: 4713
Diamond Sutra printed - world's oldest dated printed book, woodblock printing
ID: 4713
960
ID: 4714
Song Dynasty founded - cultural zenith, invention of gunpowder weapons, compass, paper money
ID: 4714
1000
ID: 5070
Manichaeism survives secretly in Fujian - disguised as Buddhism, called 'Religion of Light', continues until modern times
ID: 5070
1162
ID: 4195
Dragon falls from sky in China - black dragon falls during thunderstorm in Henan province, official measurement recorded (Song Dynasty records)
ID: 4195
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: 51
Marco Polo departs for China - will return with tales of Kublai Khan
ID: 51
1271
ID: 4716
Kublai Khan founds Yuan Dynasty - Mongols rule all China, Marco Polo visits
ID: 4716
1280
ID: 5740
Marco Polo reports Java's pepper abundance - describes ships loading 6,000 baskets of pepper, Europeans dream of direct access
ID: 5740
1282
ID: 5083
Marco Polo governs Yangzhou - claims 3-year governorship, becomes Kublai Khan's trusted administrator
ID: 5083
1368
ID: 4717
Hongwu Emperor founds Ming Dynasty - expels Mongols, restores Chinese rule
ID: 4717
1405
ID: 4719
Zheng He's first voyage - massive treasure fleets reach Southeast Asia, India, Africa
ID: 4719
1405
ID: 4754
Death of Timur - dies invading China in winter, empire fragments, estimated 17 million killed in campaigns
ID: 4754
1420
ID: 4718
Forbidden City completed - Yongle Emperor moves capital from Nanjing to Beijing
ID: 4718
1433
ID: 4720
China ends naval exploration - last Zheng He voyage, China turns inward
ID: 4720
1552
ID: 3490
St. Francis Xavier dies alone on island approaching China - Final words: 'In Te, Domine, speravi' - Body found incorrupt months later
ID: 3490
1570
ID: 5712
Chili peppers reach China via Portuguese Macau and Muslim traders on Silk Road - called 'la jiao' (spicy pepper)
ID: 5712
1575
ID: 5714
Tobacco reaches China via Fujian merchants trading with Philippines - spreads inland along trade routes
ID: 5714
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
1700
ID: 5721
Chinese begin mixing tobacco with opium for smoking - creates more addictive combination, accelerates opium crisis
ID: 5721
1839
ID: 4723
First Opium War begins - Britain forces China to accept opium trade
ID: 4723
1850
ID: 4722
Taiping Rebellion begins - Hong Xiuquan claims to be brother of Jesus, 20-30 million die
ID: 4722
1899
ID: 4196
Dragon bones discovered as oracle bones - Chinese pharmacists selling 'dragon bones' revealed as Shang Dynasty oracle bones with ancient script
ID: 4196
1900
ID: 4724
Boxer Rebellion - anti-foreign uprising, Eight-Nation Alliance invades Beijing
ID: 4724
1911
ID: 4725
Xinhai Revolution - Wuchang Uprising ends 2000 years of imperial rule
ID: 4725
1912
ID: 4726
Puyi abdicates - last emperor of China ends Qing Dynasty, Republic proclaimed
ID: 4726
1923
ID: 1320
Communist China implements Darwinian materialism; nearly 39 million Chinese murdered by communist government
ID: 1320
1925
ID: 1332
Rev. Harry Ward's China work designed to 'bolster up the position of the Communist movement in China'
ID: 1332
1980
ID: 5077
Living Manichaean community discovered in Fujian - Chinese scholars find active practitioners of 'Mingjiao' (Religion of Light), direct descent from medieval Manichaeism
ID: 5077
2001
ID: 3072
BASF opens integrated Verbund site in Nanjing, China, reflecting industry's shift to Asia
ID: 3072
2022
ID: 3374
Persecution intensifies worldwide - Nicaragua imprisons bishops - China controls Church
ID: 3374