Modern Chinese History | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Jun 28, 1840 to Aug 29, 1842

First Opium War
Period: Jan 11, 1851 to Jul 19, 1864

Taiping Rebellion
Period: 1861 to 1895

Self-Strengthening Movement
Period: Jul 25, 1894 to Apr 17, 1895

First Sino-Japanese War
Jun 11, 1898

Hundred Days' Reform
Jun 20, 1900

Boxer Rebellion & Allied Invasion
Oct 9, 1911

Xinhai Revolution
Jan 1, 1912

Republic of China founded
May 4, 1919

May Fourth Movement
Jul 23, 1921

Founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Period: 1926 to 1927

Northern Expedition
Sep 17, 1931

Mukden Incident
Period: Jul 7, 1937 to Aug 15, 1945

Second Sino-Japanese War
Period: Jul 26, 1946 to Oct 1, 1949

Chinese Civil War
Oct 1, 1949

Founding of the People's Republic of China