Mao Zedong By Jmoon16 Dec 26, 1893 Birth Birth of Mao Zedong Jul 1, 1921 attend Chinese Communist Party Oct 1, 1941 Proclaim republic of China Jan 1, 1949 great leap foward Period: Jan 1, 1966 to Dec 31, 1966 Proletarian Cutural revolution Sep 9, 1976 Mao's death