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1521
China: Battle of Tunmen
China: In 1521, Battle of Tunmen. Ming imperial navy defeated a Portuguese fleet led by Diogo Calvo. Because the Portuguese kidnapped child slaves along the Chinese coast to sell in Portuguese Malacca, occupied Tunmen and traded without permission. -
1526
GA: The First Settlement in Georgia Which Connected to the World.
GA: In 1526, “Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon, a financial backer of these slave raids, tried to establish a permanent settlement on the Georgia coast called San Miguel de Gualdape. ” It ended after six weeks because of the death of de Ayllon, disease, starvation, fights between people. It was the first settlement in Georgia which connected to the world. -
1539
USA: Hernando De Soto landed in Florida
USA: In 1539. Hernando De Soto landed in Florida and then explored all the way to the Mississippi River. https://photos.state.gov/libraries/amgov/30145/publications-english/learner_english.pdf -
1580
China: Single Whip Law/Single Whip Reform
China: The Chief Grant Secretary, Zhang Juzheng, was the engineer of these reforms. His first major measure simplified land classifications. The second measure combined land taxes. Third, both land and labor taxes were computed. Finally, the government established uniform tax collection dates to reduce the possibility of tax fraud and evasion.
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GA: Dare Stones
GA: In 1587, attempt to establish British colony at Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina. They wrote a series of inscribed messages on Dare Stones. Brenau University retains the Dare Stones and makes the entire collection available for legitimate research or reasonable media inquiry.
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USA: The first Filipinos in North America land in Morro Bay
USA: In 1587, the first Filipinos in North America land in Morro Bay, near San Luis Obispo, California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1587 -
China: Rebellion in Ming dynasty.
In1628, "severe famine and widespread banditry lead to rebellion in several regions, further weakening the crumbling Ming dynasty". https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/09/eac.html -
GA: King Charles I grants Sir Robert Heath a territory called Carolina.
GA: "1629, King Charles I grants Sir Robert Heath a territory called Carolina. Charles I grants a charter to Sir Robert Heath which includes all territory between 31 and 36 degrees N Lat. and extended from sea to sea. Approximately from Albemarle Sound in North Carolina to Jekyll Island off the coast of Georgia. Delivery of this charter is a matter of dispute". http://www.ereferencedesk.com/resources/state-history-timeline/georgia.html -
USA: The Massachusetts Bay Colony is given a royal charter.
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China: Invasion and Conquest of Manchu.
China: 1644, Manchu military forces complete invasion and conquest of China. Found Manchu ruling house, the Qing.
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USA: The New England Confederation sign a peace treaty with the Narragansett Indians.
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GA: Cherokee Nation had successfully migrated southward.
GA: 1650, Cherokee Nation had successfully migrated southward, occupying more than 40,000 square miles in the southern Appalachian Mountains. The Cherokee people are believed to have settled into their ancestral homeland in the southeastern United States sometime before 1,500 years ago. They slowly developed an extensive system of villages covering much of present-day western North and South Carolina, north Georgia, and eastern Tennessee, with a population estimated at 22,500 by 1650. -
USA: English Seize New Amsterdam.
USA: 1664, English seize New Amsterdam (city and colony) from the Dutch and rename it New York (Sept.).
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GA: Treaty of peace between England and Spain.
GA: 1670, July 18, Treaty of peace between England and Spain, who claims the entire eastern half of North America, signed at Madrid, Spain provides that actual possession of land would determine ownership. This is approximately the latitude of Port Royal (Santa Elena), South Carolina or about fifty miles north of Savannah.
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USA: King Philip's War.
USA: 1675-1678, King Philip's War. Begins because Metacon was trying to keep his land from the English, but in 1675 they all banded together to get it (except Rhode Island). Metacon was killed and the English won.
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GA: Spanish Abandon St. Catherines Island.
GA: Spanish abandon St. Catherines Island and move the garrison to Sapelo Island. It will show the movement and the choosing of places about the Spanish colonization of the United States.
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China: The Imperial Kilns are Rebuilt.
China: The imperial kilns are rebuilt at Jingdezhen, leading to a renaissance in the production of high-quality porcelain.
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China: The Island of Taiwan Added to the Qing Empire.
China: 1683, The island of Taiwan is added to the Qing empire. Long a refuge for Ming loyalists, Taiwan had been under the control of the pirate Zheng Chenggong (known in Western sources as Koxinga, ca. 1624–1662) and his sons since their defeat of Portuguese and Dutch traders in the middle of the century.
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China: Ban of Christian missions
Chinese Rites controversy: The Kangxi Emperor banned Christian missions in China.
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USA: The Building of the Old South Meeting House
The Old South Meeting House is built in Boston. It will become a key meeting place for revolutionaries and was where the Boston Tea Party meetings occurred.
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GA: The Lord Proprietors’ Surrender of Rights.
Seven of the lord proprietors surrender their rights to George II. Lord, John, Carteret later Earl of Granville, retains his one eighth interest in the soil creating a minor legal problem with title to the land. A strip of land in North Carolina called the Granville district is laid off as Lord Carteret's one eighth share of Carolina.
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USA: The Hat Act
USA: 1732, The Hat Act is passed by parliament banning hats to be imported from one American colony to another in an attempt to help London hatmakers.
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GA: First Meeting of the Trustees
GA: 1732, July 20, twelve trustees attend the first meeting of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America at Old Palace Yard, Westminster. A total of 72 trustees will serve during the life of the charter. Six of the original Trustees will still be serving when the charter is surrendered. The Trustees are not allowed to hold office, own land or profit from Georgia in any way.
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China: Death of the Yongzheng Emperor
China: 1735, The Yongzheng Emperor died. He was succeeded by his son the Qianlong emperor.
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China: Establishment of the Canton System
China: The Canton System was established, under which the Chinese merchants operating in the Thirteen Factories were organized into a guild, the Cohong, and given an official monopoly.
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GA: End of the Seven Years War
GA: 1763, February 10, Treaty of Paris terminates the Seven Years War. France cedes Canada and all territory east of the Mississippi to Great Britain and West Louisiana to Spain. Spain cedes all territory east of the Mississippi, with the exception of New Orleans, to Great Britain.
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USA: The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is passed by the British, forbidding American importation of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items.
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GA: Boycott of British Goods
Jonathan Bryan leads in a vote by citizens of Savannah to boycott British goods. It clearly to show people’s dissatisfaction with the British colonists, and they prefer to resist colonization of British by certain measures.
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USA: Boston Massacre
USA: 1770, March 5. British troops fire into a rioting mob killing five men and wounding six. Three men die instantly and two die later of wounds. The British Captain and his men are tried for murder and acquitted. The prosecutor is Robert Treat Paine and the defense attorneys are John Adams and Josiah Quincy.
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China: The Putuo Zongcheng Temple was completed.
It is located near the Chengde Mountain Resort, which is south of the Putuo Zongcheng. Along with the equally famed Puning Temple, it is one of the Eight Outer Temples of Chengde.
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China: Building of the Wenjin Chamber
The Wenjin Chamber was built. The Wenjin Chamber is an imperial library built in 1773 by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty inside the Mountain Resort in Chengde, China.
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GA: The Continental Congress about Georgia
St. John Parish ratifies the acts of the Continental Congress and attempt to secede from Georgia and join South Carolina. St. Johns elects its own delegate, Lyman Hall, to the Continental Congress. The Continental Congress banned all intercourse with Georgia except for St. John Parish.
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USA: Start of the American War of Independence
USA: 1775. The American War of Independence begins. Paul Revere makes his midnight ride through Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, on April 18.
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GA: Invention of Cotton Gin
- Eli Whitney, 27, invents a gin capable of handling short stapled upland cotton at Mulberry Grove Plantation in Georgia. First improvement to the cotton gin since 300 BC. It revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States, but also led to the growth of slavery in the American South as the demand for cotton workers rapidly increased. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_gin
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China: White Lotus Rebellion
China: 1796. White Lotus Rebellion: The White Lotus Rebellion was a rebellion initiated by followers of the White Lotus movement during the Qing dynasty of China. The rebellion began in 1794, when large groups of rebels claiming White Lotus affiliations rose up within the mountainous region that separated Sichuan province from Hubei and Shaanxi provinces.
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USA: The Kentucky Resolution.
USA: 1799, Jefferson’s Kentucky Resolutions, written a year after the Virginia Resolution, was a response to both the Alien and Sedition Acts and the resounding rejection of the Virginia Resolution by the other states.
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China: The Canton Register First published.
It was one of China's first English-language newspapers. The Canton Register was an English language newspaper founded by Scottish merchants James Matheson and his nephew Alexander together with Philadelphian William Wightman Wood, the first editor. First published in Canton on November 8, 1827, and printed every two weeks. Le Pichon 2006, Footnote to p. 67. -
GA: Georgia Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in several places, and when the news became known, thousands of prospectors rushed into North Georgia. It started in 1829 in Lumpkin County and began spreading rapidly. One of the first public accounts was on August 1, 1829, when the Georgia Journal (a Milledgeville newspaper), ran the following notice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Gold_Rush#1828_Georgia_Discovery -
USA: The birth of Democratic Party.
USA: 1828. Democratic Party. The world's oldest political party. The Democratic Party evolved from the Jeffersonian Republican or Democratic-Republican Party organized by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in opposition to the Federalist Party of Alexander Hamilton and John Adams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)#1828–1860 -
GA: Indian Removal Act.
GA: 1830. Indian Removal Act. Cherokee were to be removed from Georgia by force. It resulted in the transplantation of several American Indian tribes and in the Trail of Tears. -
USA: The Panic of 1837-
It was a financial crisis in the United States that touched off a major recession that lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up. -
China: Destruction of Opium at Humen.
China: Destruction of opium at Humen began on 3 June 1839 and involved the destruction of 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) of illegal opium seized from British traders under the aegis of Lin Zexu, an Imperial Commissioner of Qing China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_of_opium_at_Humen -
China: Treaty of Wanghia
China: 1844, 3 July. The Qing dynasty and the United States signed the Treaty of Wanghia, according to which the United States was granted most favoured nation (MFN) status and extraterritoriality was granted to its citizens resident in China.
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GA: Split of the Methodist Episcopal Church
The Methodist Episcopal Church in America splits into northern and southern conferences after Georgia Bishop James O. Andrews resists an order to give up his slaves or resign his Bishopric. Many northern Methodists were appalled that someone with the responsibilities of a general superintendent of the church could also own slaves.
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USA: The Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. It pitted a politically divided and militarily unprepared Mexico against the expansionist-minded administration of U.S. President James K. Polk, who believed the United States had a “manifest destiny” to spread across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
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China: Second Opium War
China: 1860, 18 October. Second Opium War: British and French forces looted and burned down the Old Summer Palace in the Qing capital Beijing.
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GA: Georgia’s Secession Convention
GA: 1861. The Georgia Secession Convention of 1861 represents the pinnacle of the state's political sovereignty. With periodic interruptions, the convention met in Milledgeville from January 16 to March 23, 1861, and voted to secede the state from the Union. Politically the convention was a watershed event that hastened the Civil War and dramatically changed the course of Georgia history. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/georgia-secession-convention-1861 -
USA: The Civil War
USA: 1861. The result of a long-standing controversy over slavery, the American Civil War broke out in April 1861, when Confederates attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina, shortly after President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated. The war was effectively over with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865
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China: Tianjin Massacre
China: 1870, June, Tianjin massacre: A riot took place in Tianjin in which some sixty people, including foreigners and Chinese Christians, were killed. It’s one of the most important "missionary incidents" of the late Qing dynasty, involved attacks on French Catholic priests and nuns.
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USA: The 15th Amendment to the Constitution
USA: 1870, March 30. The 15th Amendment to the Constitution is declared ratified by the Secretary of State. It gave the right to vote to black Americans. Race would officially no longer be a ban to voting rights.
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GA: Georgia Readmitted to the Union
GA: 1870, July 15, Georgia is permanently readmitted to the Union, and become the last of the former Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union. In 1870 the troops were withdrawn and the Georgia Congressional delegation seated, when the Georgia legislature agreed to sit blacks.
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China: Battle of Fuzhou.
China: 1884, 23 August. Battle of Fuzhou: A French fleet destroyed the Qing Fujian Fleet at the mouth of the Min River. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Chinese_history -
GA: Coca-Cola Company Founded.
“The registered trademark of this multinational soft drink firm represents arguably the most widely recognized consumer product on the face of the earth. Many people associate the taste of this carbonated cola drink with American culture”. It represented the globalization of U.S. business and industry in the twentieth century and an international symbol of freedom during the cold war. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/coca-cola-company -
USA: The Statue of Liberty Dedicated.
USA: The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
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China: The Boxer Rebellion.
China: The Boxer Rebellion. It also called Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement. It was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty. -
GA: Atlanta Race Riot.
GA: 1906. Atlanta race riot. A racist pogrom in Atlanta began the evening of September 22. "Officially" at least 25 African Americans along with two confirmed European Americans. The discrimination was obvious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_race_riot -
USA: The Establishment of Bureau of Investigation (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
The establishment of Bureau of Investigation (Federal Bureau of Investigation). It is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency. -
GA: Boll Weevil
Boll Weevil
"The boll weevil is an insect whose larva feeds on the cotton plant. By 1915 it had migrated to Georgia and drastically reduced the state’s cotton crop" (Georgia Department of Education). https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Documents/Social-Studies-8th-Grade-Teacher-Notes.pdf
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China: National Protection War
National Protection War started and symbolized the beginning of the separation between the North and the South after the establishment of the Republic of China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Protection_War -
GA: The Large National Army Cantonment.
The large national army cantonment at Camp Gordon, which opened in July 1917, was located in Chamblee, northeast of Atlanta, and was the training site of the famous Eighty-second All-American Division. It confirmed that Georgia contributed to the war. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-i-georgia -
USA: Entered World War I.
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USA: First Red Scare.
Widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism. “At its height in 1919–1920, concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and the alleged spread of communism and anarchism in the American labor movement fueled a general sense of concern if not paranoia”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Red_Scare -
China: The May Fourth Movement.
China: May 4, 1919.China: May 4, 1919. The May Fourth Movement. “The movement was initiated mainly by university students, who were angry at China’s treatment at the hands of Western powers after World War I”. http://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/may-fourth-movement/ It was a turning point in Chinese history that deomonstrated the advanced spirit can against traditonal spirits. -
USA: The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in US history. It began in 1929 and did not abate until the end of the 1930s. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-7/apush-great-depression/a/the-great-depression -
China: 1929. Sino-Soviet Conflict.
China: 1929. Sino-Soviet conflict. “It was an armed conflict between the Soviet Union and Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang of the Republic of China over the Chinese Eastern Railway”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_conflict_(1929) -
GA: Roosevelt and Agricultural Adjustment Administration
“In 1933, Roosevelt created the Agricultural Adjustment Administration during his first 100 days in office as an attempt to raise crop prices by lowering agricultural production”. It changed the employment of Georgia and more people find jobs in manufacturing from rural eras to cities. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/georgia-history-overview#Jim-Crow -
GA: 1942. The Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation secured a contract to construct 36 Liberty ships.
GA: 1942. “The Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation secured a contract to construct 36 Liberty ships at a site on the Savannah River, just east of Savannah. Over the next three years, the company employed more than 15,000 people and built a total of 88 ships”. It increased the rate of employment in Georgia. Georgians enjoyed ever-increasing standards of living.http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/world-war-ii-georgia -
China: Famine of 1942
The Chinese famine of 1942–43 occurred mainly in Henan province. 2 to 3 million people died of starvation or disease and upwards of 4 million fled Henan. Micah S. Muscolino (2011). 'Violence against people and the land: The environment and refugee migration from China's Henan Province, 1938-1945.' Environment and History (17), pp. 301-302. -
USA: Office of War Information
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USA: Entered the Korean War.
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China: Joined the Korean War.
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China: Hundred Flowers Campaign.
China: The Hundred Flowers Campaign. was a period in 1956 during which the Communist Party of China encouraged its citizens to openly express their opinions of the communist regime. Differing views and solutions to national policy were encouraged. -
GA: Lake Lanier Was Created.
GA: 1956. Lake Lanier. “A reservoir in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia, was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River. It is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. US Congress had authorized the construction of Buford Dam in the mid-1940s”. It is comfortable to have a trip there at weekends. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lanier -
GA: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
GA: In 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights advocates formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta. They had great contributions to the equal rights using nonviolent attainment for African Americans. It triggered a heated debate on social justice issues in the U.S. -
USA: American civil rights movement.
USA: American civil rights movement. ‘Mass protest movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern United States that came to national prominence during the mid-1950s“. https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement
