HI BELLA By Carolina Ness Period: 1850 to 1864 Taiping Rebellion Period: Aug 1, 1894 to Apr 17, 1895 First Sino-Japanese War Period: Nov 2, 1899 to Sep 7, 1901 Boxer Rebellion Period: Oct 10, 1911 to Feb 12, 1912 Double Tenth Revolution and the establishment of the Chinese Republic 1912 Dr. Sun Yixian becomes Provisional President of the Republic. Sun resigns and Yuan Shikai declared Provisional President Mar 10, 1912 Sun Yixian dies. National government set up under leadership of GMD. Aug 25, 1912 Guomindang (GMD) formed Jan 18, 1915 Japan’s twenty-one demands 1916 Yuan Shikai dies and the warlord era begins. 1917 Sun Yixian attempts to set up republic in Guangzhou Period: Mar 8, 1917 to Nov 7, 1917 Russian Revolution Period: Jan 18, 1919 to Jan 21, 1920 Paris Peace settlement May 4, 1919 May Fourth Movement Jul 1, 1921 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) formed 1923 First United Front established between GMD and CCP 1928 Jiang controlled Beijing, declared China united Jun 4, 1928 Assassination of Zhang Zoulin Dec 12, 1936 Zhang Xueliang and the Xian Incident