China By SharonDeng 1840 First Opium War 1850 Taiping Rebellion 1910 Beijing Nanyuan Airport May 4, 1919 May Fourth Movement Apr 12, 1927 Shanghai Massacre Aug 1, 1927 Nanchang uprising Aug 1, 1927 CivilWar Oct 26, 1934 Start of the Long march Nov 27, 1934 XiangRiver Battle Jan 15, 1935 Zunyi Conference Oct 15, 1936 LongMarch Dec 12, 1937 NanjingMassacre Oct 1, 1949 PRC Founding Oct 6, 1950 Incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of China May 16, 1958 Great Leap Forward May 16, 1966 Cultural Revolution Jul 27, 1976 Tangshan earthquake Sep 9, 1976 Mao Died Sep 25, 1979 One Child Policy Jul 1, 1997 Handover of Hong Kong Dec 20, 1999 Transfer of sovereignty over Macau May 12, 2008 Sichuan earthquake