Index

The rape of nanking

By Hanygure11

  • Ruan Yuan (1764–1849)

    • 1823 Ruan Yuan (1764–1849) publishes Nanbei shupai lun (Discussion of the Calligraphy Schools in the South and the North) and Beipai nantei lun (Discussion of the Stelae in the North and Model Books in the South), which lay down the theoretical foundation for the Stele School.
  • Period: to

    CHINA TIMELINE 1839-1939

    THIS TIMELINE COVERS MANY EVENTS WHICH HAPPENS DURING THE TIME 1839-1939 INCLUDE THE RAPE OF NANKING.
  • Opium War -

    Opium War -

    Opium War -- British defeat China in South China and force terms of "Treaty of Nanjing"

  • Taiping Rebellion

    Taiping Rebellion

  • The Miao Rebellion

    1854–1873: The Miao Rebellion in China.

  • YUAN SHIIKAI

    YUAN SHIIKAI INTO POWER 16/SEP/1856-1916

  • BOXER REBELLION

    TWO MONTHS OF ATTACKS INCLUDEDS BURNING CHURCHES AND KILLING CHRISIAN CONVERTS.

  • End of Confucian Examination System

    by 1905 confucian examination system

  • WUCHANG UPRISING

    THE WUCHANG UPRISING
  • Republican Revolution

    Republican Revolution

    breaks out in military barracks in Wuchang -- meets little resistance in near-bloodless ouster of Manchu dynasty

  • Establishment of Republic of China

    Establishment of Republic of China
  • KMD/GMD

    KMD/GMD

    Sun Yat-sen establishes the "National People's Party" (the Kuo-min-tang [KMT], or Guomindang [GMD])

  • WARLORD ERA

    WAR LORD ERA 1916-1928

  • Yuan Shikai dies

    Yuan Shikai dies

  • WWI

    WORLD WAR ONE BEGINS
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles ending World War I signed in France
  • death of of Sun Yat-sen

    death of of Sun Yat-sen

    death of of Sun Yat-sen

  • The "Nanjing Decade

    The "Nanjing Decade" -- KMT in control; capital in Nanjing

  • Shanghai massacre,

    1927: Shanghai massacre, beginning of the Chinese Civil War

  • Northern Expedition

    Northern Expedition Purge of CCP by KMT

  • : end of the Northern Expedition,

    1928: end of the Northern Expedition, Flag of the Republic of China "Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth" flag adopted as the nation's official flag.

  • Great Depression

    Era of woldwide Great Depression 1929-1934

  • The Long March

    KMT "encirclement campaigns" vs. CCP, leads to The Long March
  • The War of Resistance Against Japan

    The War of Resistance Against Japan

    The War of Resistance Against Japan (World War II in East Asia) begins with Marco Polo Bridge Incident (7/7/37) 1937-45 // RAPE OF NANKING

  • japan invade china

    1937: Japan invades China and captures Nanking During this period hundreds of thousands of Chinese civilians and disarmed soilders were murdered by soilders of the Imperial Japenese Army.

  • "Liberation''

    "Liberation" -- KMT forces retreat to Taiwan Establishment of the People's Republic of China

  • Cultural Revolution

    1966-1970

  • Death of Mao Zedong

    Death of Mao Zedong (9/9)

  • Tiananmen Incident

    Tiananmen Incident

  • burn of Yuanming Yuan,

    1860 French and British troops burn Yuanming Yuan, a Western-style imperial garden and a symbol of Qing splendor completed by Emperor Qianlong.