Mao

Mao Zedong

By natalie1985

  • Mao Zedong is born

    Mao born to farmer family at Shaoshan, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province

  • Mao gets married

    Teenaged Mao is married to a woman from the Luo clan; they live together for several years, but she dies at 21.

  • Mao sees terrible famine in Hunan Provinince

  • Revolution

    Mao fights on revolutionary side in Changsha against Qing Dynasty
  • Mao meets future second wife, Yang Kaihui

    Mao meets future second wife, Yang Kaihui

  • Mao marries Yang Kaihui

    Mao marries Yang Kaihui

  • Mao introduced to Marxism working at library of Peking University

  • Mao leads Autumn Harvest Uprising in Changsha, Hunan

    Mao leads Autumn Harvest Uprising in Changsha, Hunan

  • KMT sends five waves (more than 1 million soldiers) against rising communist power led by Mao

  • Mao and others establish Soviet Republic of China in mountains of Jiangxi

  • Mao becomes Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

    Mao becomes Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

  • Meets with Chiang Kai-Shek and George Marshall for discussions in Chongqing; no peace deal

    Meets with Chiang Kai-Shek and George Marshall for discussions in Chongqing; no peace deal

  • Final phase of Chinese Civil War

  • Mao becomes President of PRC