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125,000 BCE
First men appear in Dao County
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611 BCE
The Four Gates Pagoda was completed.
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220 BCE
Construction began on the Great Wall of China
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210 BCE
Terracotta Army building was finished
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200 BCE
First Buddhist monastery constructed
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1225
Conquest of Mongoles
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Period: 1403 to 1424
The reign of the Yongle emperor is marked by 5 expeditions against the Mongols to the north
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1406
Construction of forbidden city
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1517
The first European people arrive to China
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White Lotus Rebellion
Armed rebellion caused by wanting to reestablish the Ming Dynasty -
The Bible was first published in Chinese
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The Daoguang Emperor became emperor of the Qing dynasty.
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Emperor Daoguang sends a commission to stop the trafficking of opium
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Opium War between Great Britain and China
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Period: to
Treaty Ports
China gave up Hong Kong to Britain as a colony -
Treaty of Nanking
Great Britain acquired Hong Kong -
Treaty of Wanghia
Stated that United States was granted most favoured nation status and extraterritoriality was granted to its citizens resident in China. -
Taiping rebellion
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Third plague pandemic
A plague pandemic began in Yunnan which killed hundreds of thousand people in China -
Second Opium War
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Treaty of Aigun,
The Qing dynasty gave to Russia the land north of the Amur River. -
Treaty of Tianjin
Diverse documents signed to end the first opium war -
Convention of Peking
A treaty signed to put an end to the Opium War -
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Self-Strengthening Movement
Institutional reforms started by the events of military defeats and concessions to foreign powers. -
Nian Rebellion
The last of the rebel armies was destroyed. -
Guangxu Emperor became emperor of the Qing dynasty,
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First Sino-Japanese War
War was officially declared between Japan and the Qing dynasty. -
Treaty of Shimonoseki
The Qing dynasty signed it recognizing the independence of Joseon -
The boxer rebellion
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The Guangxu Emperor was removed from the imperial palace in a coup organized by the Viceroy of Zhili.