Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Napoleonic Wars

May 18, 1803

Emperor Daoguang Reign

Period: Oct 3, 1820 to Feb 26, 1850

Lily's Birth

Jun 5, 1823

King George IV of England died and William IV ascended to the throne

Jun 26, 1830

Lily's Footbinding Begins

Aug 24, 1830

Lily Meets Snow Flower

Apr 20, 1831

Beautiful Moon Dies

1839

Start of Opium Wars

Sep 4, 1839

Britain wanted to make more money from China because China makes more money out of Britain. In response to this, Britain started to trade opium, a very addictive drug, to the Chinese which was a way for Britain to make money. China did not like this, so they banned opium from China but this didn't stop Britain from secretly trading opium into China. As a result, the Opium problem got worse and China declared war.

Lily's Gets Married

1841

Lily's Gives Birth to First Born

1844

Treaty of Wanghia

Jul 3, 1844

Widespread European Revolution

1848

Lily In the Mountains During the Taiping Rebellion

1850

Taiping Rebellion

1850

The Taiping Rebellion started after the emperor Daoguang died. More explantion

Jintian Uprising

1850

Xianfeng Emperor Reign

Period: Mar 9, 1850 to Aug 22, 1861

Japan opens its borders

1854

Third Plague Pandemic

1855

Lily and Snow Flower Stop Talking

1856

Tongzhi Emperor Reign

Period: Nov 11, 1861 to Jan 12, 1875

Dungan Revolt

1862

Emperor Guangxu Regin

Period: 1875 to 1908

Snow Flower Dies

1879

Battle of Fuzhou

Aug 23, 1884

Yellow River flood

1887

First Sino-Japanese War

Jul 25, 1894

Treaty of Shimonoseki

Apr 17, 1895

Titanic Sails

Apr 10, 1912