Tibet Timeline

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  • Jan 1, 605

    Songsten Gampo was born

  • Songsten Gampo introduced the religion of Budhism to Tibet.
    Jan 1, 630

    Songsten Gampo introduced the religion of Budhism to Tibet.

  • Jan 1, 630

    Songsten Gampo has taken over land in India and China.

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Tibet has just withdrawn from Indian and Chinese territories.

  • Jan 1, 1227

    The death of Ghengis Khan

  • Mar 10, 1391

    The first Dalai Lama, Pema Dorje was born.

  • First europeans to arrive in tibet are Portuguese

  • Dalai Lama's Death

    The 5th great Dalai Lama died in 1682

  • Fifth Dalai Lama was dead and fear of Chinese invasion was alive among people at this time.

  • Dalai Lama's Death Revealed

    Dalai Lama's death revealed to greater scoiety after being held secret for 15yrs

  • China seiges tibet

    China positioned a 2000 strong force outside Lhasa, effectively putting a seige on Tibet, and placed major strain on the capitals food supply

  • China's first lie

    Chinese Emperor, K’an Hsi, pronounced that Tibet had always been a vassal of China.

  • Europeans conflict with lamas and are expelled

  • British Invade Tibet

    British Military Expedition forces it's way into Tibet

  • Collapse of Qing Dynansty- Imperial China Falls

    China overthrows it's empire after centuries of rule. Chinese seize to occupy Tibet.

  • Dalai Lama Proclaimed Tibetan Independence

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    De Facto Tibetian Independance

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  • First dalai lama, Pema Dorje was born.

  • 14th Dalai Lama is born

  • Chinese Communist Revolution

    Chinese Communist Revolution

    Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China.

  • Chinese Communist Invasion of Tibet

    84 000 Chinese troops penetrated Tibet's eastern province of Kham.
  • Tenzin Gyatso appointed 14th Dalai Lama

    Tenzin Gyatso appointed 14th Dalai Lama

    Tenzin Gyatso (current Dalai Lama) appointed Dalai Lama at the age of 15

  • People's Liberation Army arrives in Lhasa

  • Seventeen Point Agreement signed

    Leaders of China and Tibet signed an agreement promising a high degree of autonomy for Tibet under Chinese rule. Tibetans later said the agreement was signed under duress.
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    Chinese Communist Rule

  • Mao Zedong promised chineses would leave Tibet once"liberation" was completed.

  • Uprising against Chinese occupation begins in Lhasa

  • Dalai Lama flees to India. Large scale destruction of monasteries and temples follow.

  • mao zedong introduced the cultural revolution

    mao zedong introduced the cultural revolution in 1966
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    Cultural Revolution

  • this atrocity eased when mao died

  • Chinese leader Hu Yaobang claims Tibet is in shambles

    Chinese leader Hu Yaobang claims Tibet is in shambles, the communist party had "let Tibetans down" they were worse off than before due to "plain colonialism"

  • Dalai Lama makes the Strasbourg proposal

    Dalai Lama Makes Strasbourg proposal,a comprimise which called for autonomy rather then independence-chinese still wll not negotiate

  • Dalai Lama awarded Nobel Peace Prize

    Dalai Lama awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
  • Songsten Gampo gained the throne as King of Tibet.

    Songsten Gampo gained the throne as King of Tibet.

  • the religion of Buddhism has already taken over the native Bon religion of Tibet.

  • Songsten Gampo died.