Pearl S. Buck By hmnunez Jun 26, 1892 Birth Pearl S. Buck was born Hillsboro, West Virginia. Jan 1, 1900 Beginnning of Boxer Uprising Jul 1, 1901 Sydenstrikers sail The Sydenstrikers sail from Shanghai for San Fransico. Jan 1, 1909 Pearl S. Buck enrolls at Miss Jewell's School in Shanghai Sep 1, 1910 Buck is admitted to Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Virginia Feb 12, 1912 The last emorer, Pu-Yi, is abdicated in favor of a republic. Jan 1, 1917 Pearl Buck and Lossng married Jan 1, 1920 Buck moves to Nanking May 6, 1925 Sun Yat-sen dies Mar 1, 1927 The battles reached Nanking. Jan 1, 1935 Buck files for Divorce Jan 1, 1949 Chinese Communists take over China Mar 6, 1973 Death Pearl S. Buck died in Danby, Vermont of lung cancer.