The Rise and Fall of the Qing Dynasty

MANCHU CONQUEST

Period: Mar 23, 1600 to Mar 24, 1650

Nurhaci breaks from Ming

Mar 23, 1610

East India Company begins trade with China

Mar 23, 1635

"Qing" declared

Mar 23, 1636

The Ming Dynasty Falls

Mar 23, 1644

Yangzhou Massacre

Mar 23, 1645

PAX MANJURICA

Period: Mar 23, 1660 to Mar 24, 1730

Emperor Kangxi

Period: Mar 23, 1661 to Mar 24, 1722

Treaty of Nerchinsk

Mar 23, 1689

First Russo-Chinese Treaty

HIGH QING + LOCAL GOVT

Period: Mar 23, 1720 to Mar 24, 1800

Emperor Yongzheng

Period: Mar 23, 1723 to Mar 24, 1735

Emperor Qianlong

Period: Mar 23, 1735 to Mar 24, 1799

WESTERN BARBARIANS

Period: Mar 23, 1750 to Mar 24, 1815

OPIUM WARS + DREAMS

Period: Mar 23, 1790 to Mar 24, 1860

Macartney Mission

Mar 23, 1793

Qianlong Abdicates

Mar 23, 1796

RELIGION, REBELLION, + TAIPINGS

Period: Mar 23, 1820 to Mar 24, 1870

First Opium War

Period: Mar 23, 1840 to Mar 24, 1842

Treaty of Nanjing

Mar 23, 1842

Hong fails for the last time and interprets his visions

Mar 23, 1843

“Heavenly Kingdom” declared

Mar 23, 1851

Taipings Hold Nanjing

Period: Mar 23, 1853 to Mar 24, 1864

Second Opium War

Mar 23, 1858

SELF-STRENGTHENING

Period: Mar 23, 1860 to Mar 24, 1900

Taiping Rebellion End

Mar 23, 1864

Chinese Education Mission first dispatched

Mar 23, 1872

CEM recalled and disbanded

Mar 23, 1881

Sino-French War, Qing defeated by France over Vietnam

Mar 23, 1885

FALL OF THE QING

Period: Mar 23, 1890 to Mar 24, 1912

Sino-Japanese War, Qing defeated by Japan over Korea

Mar 23, 1895

100 Days Reforms

Mar 23, 1898

Boxer movement spreads, drought begins

Mar 23, 1899

Boxer Uprising

Mar 23, 1900

Late Qing Reforms

Mar 23, 1901

Wuchang Uprising

Mar 23, 1911

End of the Qing

Mar 23, 1912