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Start of the First Opium War
In March 18th of 1839, Queen Elizabeth declared war against the Qing Dynasty because one of her ships were sunken down by them, and she felt insulted. This was the beginning of the first Opium War. -
End of First Opium War and signing of Nanking Treaty
Nanking Treaty, the first unequal treaty that China had signed to, gave away Hong Kong to the British Empire, and opened up various ports for free trading for British merchants. -
Taiping Rebellion
Taiping Rebellion was led by Christian belief, which had been spread out by the British. Although the Qing Dynasty ended up defeating the rebellions, it eventually led to weakening of the Qing Dynasty. -
Start of the Second Opium War
A minor conflict between the Qing Dynasty and British Empire had ignited the Second Opium War, with Britian allying with the Second French Empire. The allied forces defeated the Qing Dynasty, and had signed another unequal treaty. -
First Sino-Japanese War
A war that had been fought between Qing Dynasty and Meiji Japan over the control of the Korean peninsula. Meiji Japan defeated the Qing Dynasty even when they were outnumbered 3:1, and had assumed control over Korea and other islands that previously belonged to Qing Dynasty. -
Founding of the Chinese Nationalist Party
The Chinese Nationalist Party was founded under the vision of Sun Yat-Sen, who planned to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and build a republican government. -
Start of the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion was against the spreading of foreign imperialism and the spread of Christanity in the Qing Dynasty, and had gained the help of the Imperial army. However, the 8 allied forces crushed them, and demanded a tax heavier than the government's annual tax revenue to be paid for the next 39 years. -
Invasion of 8 Power-Allied Forces
An ally consisting of Austrian-Hungary, France, Britian, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, and United States to free the diplomatic legations in Peking, now known as Beijing -
Establishment of Republican China
Sunt Yat Sen declares the beginning of Republican China under his jurisdiction. -
End of Qing Dynasty
The end of the Qing dynasty marked the beginning of Republican china. The Qing Dynasty's demise was brought along by mass civil order at the time. The emperor of the time, Dowager Cixi, abolished the imperial examinations and created nationalist education systems. -
Death of Sun Yat-Sen
The loss of Sun Yat-Sen was a critical hit to the Nationalist party, as they lost their leader. Later, the lack of a good leader causes the defeat against the Communist party. -
May Fourth movement
The may fourth movement was a protest against the Chinese government due to a weak response to the treaty of Versailes. This resulted in the upsurge of nationalism. -
Founding of Communist Party of China
After a long civil war, the Communist party defeated the Nationalist party and assumed control over Mainland China. -
Nanchang Uprising
The first major engagement of the Nationalist party and Communist party of China had occured in order to stop the Nanchang Uprising, which was caused by a rebel Nationalist party member. -
Mukden Incident
On september 18, 1931, the japanese planted a bomb in modern day Shen Yang. When the bomb was detonated, the japanese blamed the Chinese for chaos and the Japanese quickly took over the city of Manchuria. -
Second United Front
The second united front was the treaty between the Communist Party of China and Kuomintang during the second-sino war or World War II, this brought along a cessation of the civil war from 1937 to 1946. -
Start of the Second Sino-Japanese War
To expand control in Asia, Japan tried to take over China. However, without the union of the Chinese Nationalism party, Communist party, Soviet Union and USA, China had defeated Japan and drove them out of Mainland China -
The Founding of the People's Republic of China
On October 1st 1949, Mao Ze Dong found the People's Republic of China after the calamity of the sino-civil war. -
Nationalists Move To Taiwan
When the PRC was found by Mao Ze Dong, the remaining members of the nationalist party were forced out of China and had to move to Taiwan.
