Chinese history 1400-1915

  • Period: Mar 8, 1450 to

    Chinese traditions brought back

    Many Chinese traditions that were part of culture before were brought back .
  • Mar 8, 1456

    1456 Printing press

    Allowed a lot of writing to be spread and be transported and a good way to communicate.
  • Period: Mar 9, 1500 to

    Social structure

    The artisans and merchants were the lowest. The peasant were next. The scholars were the top of social structure.
  • Period: Mar 8, 1501 to

    Mongols again become threats

    The Mongols reemerged for a short period of time and became a partially dominant threat
  • Period: Mar 8, 1557 to

    Europeans migrate

    Portuguese have trading post under Ming dynasty
  • Period: to

    Ming and Qing try to compromise

    Ming emperor invite Qing emperor to try and deal with the uprising of peasants
  • Ming Dynasty

    Ming Dynasty
    The Ming Dynasty lost power in he year of 1644.
  • Period: to

    Fall of the Ming dynasty

    Ming dynasty falls to the Qing and their army.
  • Period: to

    Battles with Qing

    Qing empire attacked the Tungning kingdom . This made Zheng empire surrender to the Qing
  • Period: to

    Treaty of Nerchinsk

    China made a treaty with Russia. This treaty gave China more land.
  • Opium wars

    The opium wars were wars waged between Britain and China. China was forced into trade with the British, giving up silver for Opium. Agriculture decreased because of it.
  • Hong Kong and Britain

    The treaty of ports had Hong Kong as a colony to Britain.
  • Taiping rebellion

    South China largely out of Qin control and the taiping Christianity ideology spreads.
  • Sino- Japanese war

    Yuan Shikai tries to send Chinese soldiers to Korea.
  • The hundred days

    Reforms weren't working and mang flees to japan and sets or stages a loyal coup.
  • End Of Confucian system

    This ideology has been almost out of date and has been lost in interest by the people and the leaders
  • Republican revolution

    A war broke out in wuchang.
  • Chinese Republic

    The first Chinese republic and they had their first president Yuan Shiaki.
  • Sun Yat-sen establishes the National People's Party

    They had their very first democratic national election.