Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong is born

Dec 26, 1893

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

Mao gets married

Oct 4, 1908

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

Jan 1, 1910

Revolution

Mar 11, 1911

Mao fights on revolutionary side in Changsha against Qing Dynasty

Mao meets future second wife, Yang Kaihui

Dec 11, 1915

Mao marries Yang Kaihui

Dec 11, 1920

Mao introduced to Marxism working at library of Peking University

Dec 11, 1921

Mao leads Autumn Harvest Uprising in Changsha, Hunan

Dec 11, 1927

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

Dec 11, 1930

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

Dec 11, 1931

Mao becomes Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party

Dec 11, 1943

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

Oct 17, 1945

Final phase of Chinese Civil War

Dec 11, 1946

Mao becomes President of PRC

Sep 27, 1954