China - Notable Historical Events
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China - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
202 |
Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China |
141 |
Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han Dynasty of China. Rules for 54 years |
BC AD | |
185-12-07 |
Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52) |
607-08-01 |
Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date: July 3, 607). |
618-06-18 |
Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries of the Tang Dynasty's rule over China. |
626-07-02 |
In fear of assassination, Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Incident at Xuanwu Gate. On September 4, Shimin's father abdicates in his favour and Shimin becomes Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China. |
631-06-11 |
Emperor Taizong of Tang of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk to persuade release of Chinese prisoners captured during transition from Sui to Tang from northern frontier; succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women. |
706-07-02 |
In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang has the remains of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, his wife and recently-deceased ruling empress Wu Zetian, her son Li Xian, her grandson Li Chongrun, and granddaughter Li Xianhui all interred in a new tomb complex outside Chang'an known as the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang. |
755-12-16 |
An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion during the Tang Dynasty of China. |
765-12-31 |
Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China |
960-02-04 |
The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. |
971-01-23 |
In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops. The Southern Han state is forced to submit to the Song Dynasty, ending Southern Han rule, also first regular war elephant corps employed in Chinese army |
1200-07-01 |
In China, sunglasses are invented |
1228-11-05 |
Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China |
1260-05-21 |
Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire sends his envoy Hao Jing and two other advisors to the Song Dynasty court of Emperor Lizong of Song; while attempting to negotiate with the Song in order to resolve their conflict, Hao Jing and his fellow emissaries are imprisoned by order of the high Chancellor of China, Jia Sidao. |
1271-12-18 |
Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan Dynasty of China. |
1276-06-14 |
While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song. |
1279-03-19 |
A Mongolian victory at the naval Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. |
1280-07-27 |
Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China |
1290-09-27 |
Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000 |
1368-01-23 |
In a coronation ceremony, Zhu Yuanzhang ascends to the throne of China as the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China that would last for three centuries. |
1384-08-16 |
The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong, hears a case of couple who tore paper money bills while fighting over them (equal to act of destroying stamped government documents - by law necessitated one hundred floggings). However Hongwu Emperor decides to pardon them. |
1524-01-17 |
Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China. |
1556-01-23 |
Shaanxi Earthquake - deadliest ever recorded kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China |
1644-04-29 |
Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking |
1689-09-08 |
China & Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul) |
1784-02-22 |
1st US ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from NY |
1786-06-10 |
A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China. |
1790-11-11 |
Chrysanthemums are introduced to England from China |
1837-09-21 |
Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores |
1839-08-23 |
British capture Hong Kong from China |
1839-09-05 |
The First Opium War begins in China. |
1841-01-20 |
China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War |
1842-08-29 |
Great Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war |
1845-05-03 |
Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton, China |
1856-09-02 |
Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China. |
1857-03-03 |
Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China. |
1858-06-29 |
Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia |
1868-03-31 |
Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China |
1875-01-12 |
Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. |
1881-02-24 |
China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty. |
1886-07-24 |
China takes British protectorate of Burma |
1887-09-28 |
Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million |
1893-11-29 |
Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government. |
1894-03-17 |
US & China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering US |
1894-06-30 |
Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid |
1894-09-15 |
Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang |
1894-11-19 |
1st mushroom on a stamp (China 1 & 5 Ap) |
1895-05-08 |
China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki |
1898-06-09 |
China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years |
1898-06-16 |
China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei |
1898-09-21 |
Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China, imprisoning the Guangxu Emperor. |
1900-01-02 |
John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. |
1900-01-27 |
Foreign diplomats in Peking, China, write formal notes of protest demanding that the Chinese Government stop the Boxes and other groups leading attacks on Westerners and Christians. |
1900-03-20 |
US Secretary of State John Hay announces that all nations to whom he sent notes calling for an 'open door' policy in China have essentially accepted his stand. |
1900-05-17 |
In China, three villages within 100 miles of Peking are burned by Boxers and 60 Chinese Christians killed. |
1900-05-28 |
In China, rioters provoked by Boxers burn the Fengtai Railway Station, where many Belgians work |
1900-06-06 |
In China, Boxers cut off all railroad links between Peking and Tientsin, main port city of Peking |
1900-06-09 |
In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege. |
1900-06-10 |
In China, a relief column of some 2000 men set out from Tientsin to relieve foreigners trapped in Peking. |
1900-06-13 |
In China, Baron von Kettler, the German minister to China, beats two young Boxers with his walking stick; when word of this circulates, rioting and arson spread throughout Peking during the night. |
1900-06-16 |
In China, a fire is set by Boxers, virtually destroying the Western Quarter and spreading to engulf many Chinese landmarks |
1900-06-20 |
In China, most foreigners in the Peking legations now accept that they are under siege by Boxers |
1900-06-22 |
In China, practically the whole foreign community in Peking, including many Chinese Christians, retreat to British compounds |
1900-06-29 |
The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against the foreigners in China and blames hostilities on them, giving license to Boxers for even greater ferocity |
1900-07-16 |
A report appears in London that all foreigners in Peking, China, have been massacred. Although soon exposed as false, the report helps mobolize support for relief of foreigners |
1900-08-04 |
An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French and American troops, sets off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down Boxer rebellion |
1900-08-15 |
In China, the Empress and some of her family, the court, and retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to put down the Boxer Rebellion |
1900-10-16 |
Great Britain and Germany sign the Anglo-German Treaty, in which they agree to maintain the territorial integrity of China and support the 'open door' policy called for by US secretary of State |
1900-11-09 |
China has resumed nominal control of Manchuria, but in a secret agreement the Chinese governor of Manchuria grants Russia such rights as keeping troops along the railroad lines and controlling civil administration |
1900-12-24 |
Foreign powers present the Chinese Empress with their list of 'irrevocable conditions' before their nations will withdraw troops from China |
1901-09-07 |
Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China |
1902-01-30 |
Britain and Japan sign a treaty after months of negotiating which commits each country to supporting an independent China and Korea, although it acknowledges Japan's 'special interest' in Korea |
1902-02-01 |
China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet |
1902-02-01 |
US Secretary of State Hay protests granting Russia exclusive privileges in China, on ground that it runs contrary to the 'open door' policy granting all nations equal rights there |
1902-03-20 |
France and Russia issue a joint declaration that approves the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, but stipulates that they have the right to protect interests in China and Korea |
1902-04-08 |
Russia and China sign the Convention of Evacuation under which Russia agrees to evacuate Manchuria within 18 months |
1906-11-21 |
China prohibits opium trade |
1907-06-10 |
France and Japan sign an agreement to maintain the independence and integrity of China, equality for all nations in trading with China, and the status quo in the Far East |
1907-07-30 |
Russia and Japan sign an agreement guaranteeing freedom of China while recognizing each other's special interests |
1908-11-30 |
The US Secretary of State and Japan's ambassador to the US exchange notes in what becomes known as the Root-Takahira Agreement: they affirm support for an independent China with an 'open door' policy and for the status quo in the Pacific |
1909-10-26 |
Itō Hirobumi, Resident-General of Korea, and former Japanese Prime Minister, shot and killed by Korean nationalist in Harbin, China |
1910-03-10 |
China ends slavery |
1911-12-29 |
Sun Yat-sen becomes the first President of the Republic of China. |
1911-12-30 |
Sun Yat-sen elected 1st pres of Republic of China |
1912-01-01 |
The Republic of China is established. |
1912-02-12 |
China adopts Gregorian calendar |
1912-02-12 |
Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates |
1912-04-02 |
Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang Party in China |
1912-12-06 |
China votes for universal human rights |
1913-04-08 |
Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing) |
1913-04-26 |
Sun Yet San calls for revolt against pres Yuan Shikai in China |
1913-10-10 |
Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China |
1914-02-21 |
White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China |
1914-03-01 |
The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union. |
1914-03-18 |
White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China |
1914-05-01 |
China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification |
1915-01-15 |
Japan claims economic control of China |
1915-01-18 |
Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia. |
1916-06-06 |
With the death of Yuan Shikai, who has ruled much of China since 1912, the central government virtually collapses in the face of warlords who assert themselves, including Sun Yat-Sen |
1917-08-14 |
China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I |
1917-11-02 |
Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China |
1920-07-16 |
China joins the League of Nations |
1920-12-16 |
8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000 |
1921-03-13 |
Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China |
1921-03-18 |
Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000 |
1921-07-01 |
The Communist Party of China is founded. |
1921-07-11 |
Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) |
1922-08-02 |
China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die |
1923-05-31 |
China & USSR exchange diplomats |
1924-09-03 |
Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai) |
1925-05-30 |
In China protests erupt against the Great Powers infringing on Chinese sovereignty. |
1926-03-06 |
China asks for a seat in the Security council |
1926-05-22 |
Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China |
1927-01-19 |
British government decides to send troops to China |
1927-03-05 |
1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property |
1927-04-18 |
Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-government in China |
1927-05-22 |
8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed |
1927-11-09 |
Giant Panda discovered, China |
1927-12-02 |
Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black announces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') |
1928-02-03 |
Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports his findings on the ancient human fossils found at Zhoukoudian, China in the journal Nature and declares them to be a new species he names 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') |
1928-05-03 |
Japanese atrocities in Jinan, China. |
1928-06-04 |
President of the Republic of China Zhang Zuolin is assassinated by Japanese agents. |
1928-09-27 |
The Nationalist Republic of China is recognised by the United States. |
1928-10-06 |
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China |
1928-10-22 |
China expels all Russian instructors & civil servants |
1929-05-19 |
General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek government |
1929-07-17 |
USSR breaks diplomatic relations with China |
1931-08-12 |
Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China |
1931-09-18 |
To create a pretext for the invasion of Manchuria, China, a railway explosion is faked by the Japanese. |
1931-12-28 |
Lin-Sen succeeds Chiang Kai-shek as president of Nanjing-China |
1932-02-20 |
Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China |
1932-05-05 |
Japan & China sign a peace treaty |
1932-06-19 |
Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China |
1932-06-29 |
USSR & China sign non-aggression treaty |
1932-12-12 |
USSR & China resume diplomatic relations |
1932-12-25 |
7.6 magnitude earthquake ravages Qansu, China, kills 275 |
1933-09-25 |
5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China |
1935-06-09 |
Ho-Umezu Agreement: the Republic of China, under KMT administration, recognizes Japanese occupations in Northeast China. |
1935-10-20 |
Communist forces end their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China bringing Mao Zedong to prominence |
1935-11-21 |
First commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) |
1935-11-22 |
China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight |
1936-06-28 |
The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China. |
1936-12-18 |
Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to US from China, arrives in SF |
1937-07-15 |
Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China |
1937-08-14 |
China declares war on Japan |
1937-12-12 |
Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized & eventually paid US $2.2M in reparations) |
1938-06-17 |
Japan declares war on China |
1938-09-27 |
League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China |
1940-09-26 |
Japanese troops attack French Indo-China |
1941-07-24 |
FDR demands Japanese troops out of Indo-China |
1941-07-27 |
Japanese forces land in Indo-China |
1941-12-09 |
China declares war on Japan, Germany & Italy |
1941-12-20 |
World War II: First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China. |
1943-01-11 |
US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China |
1943-09-13 |
Chiang Kai-shek became president of China |
1943-10-10 |
Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China |
1944-04-24 |
1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump" |
1944-05-27 |
Japanese advance in Hangkhou China |
1944-06-19 |
Japanese troops conquer Changsha China |
1945-01-12 |
US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea |
1945-01-28 |
Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell & truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China |
1945-03-09 |
Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China |
1945-07-26 |
Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the Japanese surrender during WWII |
1945-09-09 |
Japanese in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies |
1945-11-27 |
Gen George Marshall named special US envoy to China |
1946-10-08 |
Kwo-less-shrew selects Gen Chiang Kai-shek as president of China |
1947-03-07 |
The Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War. |
1947-07-10 |
200 die when train derailed & fell into a river in Canton, China |
1947-12-25 |
The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect. |
1948-04-07 |
A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead. |
1948-04-19 |
Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China |
1948-05-18 |
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking. |
1948-09-01 |
Communist form North China People's Republic |
1948-10-15 |
China's Red army occupies Chinchov |
1948-12-03 |
Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea killing 1,100 |
1948-12-04 |
SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die |
1949-01-27 |
Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China |
1949-09-02 |
Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) |
1949-09-03 |
Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives |
1949-09-21 |
Chinese Communist leaders proclaim People's Republic of China |
1949-10-01 |
People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Zedong (National Day) |
1949-10-01 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa |
1949-10-02 |
USSR recognizes People's Republic of China |
1949-11-29 |
Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa |
1949-12-17 |
Burma recognizes People's Republic of China |
1949-12-30 |
India recognizes People's Republic of China |
1950-01-01 |
Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China |
1950-01-06 |
Britain recognizes Communist government of China |
1950-01-14 |
US recalls all consular officials from China |
1950-02-14 |
USSR & China sign peace treaty |
1950-02-27 |
General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China |
1950-03-01 |
Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa |
1950-03-27 |
Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China |
1950-04-23 |
Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island |
1950-05-01 |
New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic of China |
1950-05-02 |
Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People's Republic |
1950-09-19 |
UN reject membership of China's People Republic |
1950-11-26 |
China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River |
1950-11-30 |
US President Harry Truman threatens China with atom bomb |
1951-01-17 |
China refuses ceases-fire in Korea |
1951-02-01 |
UN condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea |
1953-06-05 |
US Senate rejects China People's Republic membership to UN |
1953-09-29 |
US government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China |
1954-04-07 |
US President Eisenhower in news conference first to voice fear of a "domino-effect" of communism in Indo-China |
1954-05-20 |
Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China |
1954-07-20 |
Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North & South |
1954-08-24 |
International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China |
1954-09-03 |
China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy |
1954-12-01 |
Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement |
1956-05-16 |
Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China |
1958-05-23 |
Mao Zedong starts "Great leap forward" movement in China |
1958-08-23 |
China PR resumes fire on Quemoi & Matsoe |
1959-03-28 |
11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama |
1959-03-31 |
Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India |
1959-04-27 |
Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China People's Republic |
1959-04-27 |
The last Canadian missionary leaves the People's Republic of China. |
1960-06-09 |
Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600 |
1960-08-13 |
USSR withdraws advisors from China |
1961-02-16 |
China uses its 1st nuclear reactor |
1961-10-05 |
China & Nepal sign treaty |
1964-10-16 |
China becomes world's 5th nuclear power |
1965-04-20 |
People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid |
1965-09-07 |
China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border. |
1965-09-09 |
Tibet is made an autonomous region of China |
1965-11-17 |
General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR |
1966-05-09 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1966-10-27 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1966-12-28 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1967-06-17 |
China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power |
1967-08-21 |
China reports downing of 2 US bombers |
1967-12-24 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1968-10-16 |
China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji |
1968-12-27 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1969-04-23 |
Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province China |
1969-09-22 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1969-09-29 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1970-04-24 |
China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red" |
1970-07-12 |
Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway |
1970-11-20 |
UN General Assembly accepts membership of China PR |
1971-04-10 |
US table tennis team arrives in China PR |
1971-04-14 |
President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China |
1971-06-11 |
US ends ban on China trade |
1971-07-09 |
Henry Kissinger visits China PR |
1971-07-15 |
Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China |
1971-10-25 |
Belgium & China PR establish diplomatic relations |
1971-10-25 |
General Meeting of UN agrees to admit China PR |
1971-10-25 |
UN votes to expel Chinese Nationalist-ruled Taiwan & admit Red China |
1971-10-26 |
UN votes to replace Taiwan with China |
1971-11-10 |
US table tennis team arrived in China |
1971-11-18 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1971-11-23 |
China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council |
1972-01-01 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1972-02-17 |
President Nixon leaves Washington DC for China |
1972-02-21 |
Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China |
1972-02-28 |
Pres Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China |
1972-03-18 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1972-04-16 |
Two giant pandas arrive in US from China |
1972-05-17 |
Neth & China PR exchange ambassadors |
1972-09-28 |
Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations |
1972-09-29 |
Japan & People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations |
1972-11-22 |
US ends 22 year travel ban to China |
1973-02-22 |
US & China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing & Wash DC |
1973-07-01 |
1st US-China basketball game, US collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61 |
1974-08-01 |
China's People's Liberation Army Navy, put into service ChangZheng 1, their first nuclear-powered submarine |
1975-02-04 |
Haicheng earthquake, M 7.3, occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. |
1975-08-03 |
500 drown when 2 river boats collide & sink in China's West River |
1975-10-26 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1975-12-01 |
US President Gerald Ford visits China PR |
1976-01-06 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1976-02-08 |
Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR |
1976-03-08 |
1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China |
1976-07-28 |
242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake |
1976-07-28 |
8.2 & 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die) |
1976-08-23 |
Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die |
1976-09-26 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1976-10-17 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1976-10-24 |
Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader |
1976-11-17 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1977-09-17 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1978-02-11 |
China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, & Dickens |
1978-03-15 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1978-04-03 |
European market & China signs trade agreement |
1978-07-13 |
Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR |
1978-08-12 |
China & Japan sign peace treaty |
1978-10-14 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1978-10-23 |
China & Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension |
1978-12-14 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1978-12-16 |
Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR |
1979-01-01 |
US & China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations |
1979-02-17 |
China invades Vietnam, marking the start of the Sino-Vietnamese War |
1979-03-08 |
China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam |
1979-03-14 |
A Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, China, killing at least 200. |
1979-04-08 |
People's Republic of China joins IOC |
1979-09-13 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1979-11-26 |
Intl Olympic Committee votes to readmit China after 21 years |
1980-05-18 |
China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket |
1980-10-16 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1981-02-28 |
China PR throws out Neth ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan |
1981-06-29 |
Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR |
1981-06-30 |
China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Zedong's policy |
1981-09-19 |
Satellites China 10 & 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket |
1982-10-05 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1982-10-27 |
China announces its population at 1 billion people plus |
1982-11-30 |
US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea |
1982-12-04 |
China adopts its constitution |
1983-01-25 |
China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life |
1983-05-04 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1983-06-06 |
Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR |
1983-06-11 |
Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 |
1983-09-22 |
Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" |
1983-10-06 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1984-02-01 |
China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations |
1984-04-26 |
President Reagan visits China |
1984-06-10 |
Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m) |
1984-09-19 |
Britain & China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997 |
1984-09-26 |
Britain & China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 |
1984-12-19 |
China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang & British PM Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty |
1984-12-19 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1984-12-19 |
UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 |
1985-02-19 |
Mickey Mouse welcomed in China |
1985-05-27 |
Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 |
1985-11-23 |
Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China |
1986-10-12 |
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China |
1987-01-01 |
China's rudimentary civil code in effect |
1987-04-13 |
Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999) |
1987-11-24 |
Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR |
1988-01-18 |
Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board |
1988-09-29 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1988-10-12 |
Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations |
1988-10-29 |
China announces a herbal male contraceptive |
1988-11-08 |
900 die as earthquake hits China |
1988-11-10 |
China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938 |
1988-12-26 |
Anti African student rebellion in China PR |
1989-04-23 |
Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts |
1989-04-24 |
10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China |
1989-04-27 |
Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China |
1989-05-13 |
Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China |
1989-05-20 |
China declares martial law in Beijing |
1989-05-29 |
Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty |
1990-01-10 |
China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) |
1990-01-14 |
11th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the events in Beijing, China |
1990-04-26 |
126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China |
1990-05-26 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1990-08-16 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1990-08-25 |
Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8½") |
1991-01-04 |
Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal |
1991-12-29 |
Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei |
1992-04-23 |
McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China |
1992-05-13 |
Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. |
1992-05-21 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1992-08-24 |
Diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and South Korea. |
1992-09-25 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1992-11-24 |
Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141 |
1993-02-14 |
Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79 |
1993-03-27 |
Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China. |
1993-07-23 |
China Northwest Airlines BAe146-300 crashes at Yinchuan, 55 killed |
1993-08-28 |
Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed |
1993-10-05 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1993-10-07 |
Massive Moslem demonstrate in Xining China PR, 12 killed |
1993-12-13 |
Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed |
1994-05-01 |
-3] Tornado & hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed |
1994-06-06 |
Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed |
1994-06-10 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1994-08-02 |
Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed |
1994-10-07 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1994-11-27 |
Fire in disco in Fuxin, North-China, 233 killed |
1994-12-08 |
Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed |
1994-12-14 |
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam, China |
1995-02-15 |
Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion |
1995-05-15 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1995-08-17 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1996-06-08 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1997-01-03 |
The People's Republic of China announces it will spend $27.7 billion USD to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow river valleys. |
1997-02-24 |
Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th) |
1997-06-10 |
Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful |
1997-07-01 |
Britain hands Hong Kong and the New Territories - ceded in 1841 - to the People's Republic of China. |
1997-08-21 |
Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China |
1997-11-16 |
After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. |
1997-12-29 |
Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China |
1998-10-28 |
An Air China (Mainland China) jetliner is hijacked by disgruntled pilot Yuan Bin and flown to Taiwan. |
1999-01-20 |
The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés. |
1999-02-24 |
A China Southern Airlines Tupolev TU-154 airliner crashes on approach to Wenzhou airport in eastern the People's Republic of China, killing 61. |
1999-05-25 |
The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People's Republic of China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades. |
1999-07-20 |
Falun Gong is banned in the People's Republic of China, and a large scale crackdown of the practice is launched. |
1999-11-19 |
Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft. |
1999-12-20 |
Portugal returns Macau to China |
2001-04-11 |
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released. |
2001-06-14 |
China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. |
2001-12-11 |
The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization. |
2001-12-27 |
The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States. |
2002-04-15 |
An Air China Boeing 767-200, flight CA129 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 128. |
2002-05-07 |
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people. |
2002-05-25 |
China Airlines Flight 611: A Boeing 747-200 breaks apart in mid-air and plunges into the Taiwan Strait killing 225 people. |
2002-11-15 |
Hu Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist Party of China. |
2003-03-15 |
Hu Jintao takes over presidency for the People's Republic of China. |
2003-06-01 |
The People's Republic of China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam. |
2003-10-15 |
China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. |
2003-12-23 |
PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234. |
2004-11-26 |
Ruzhou School massacre: a man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China. |
2005-01-29 |
The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in Beijing. |
2005-03-26 |
The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China. Around 200,000 to 300,000 attend the walk. |
2005-08-19 |
The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins. |
2005-12-06 |
Several villagers are shot dead during protests in Dongzhou, China. |
2006-07-01 |
The first operation of Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the People's Republic of China. |
2006-07-06 |
The Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opens for trade after 44 years. |
2007-11-05 |
China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon. |
2008-05-12 |
2008 Wenchuan earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people |
2008-09-25 |
China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7. |
2009-01-01 |
The government of the Republic of China adopts Hanyu Pinyin as its official Chinese romanization (before this time, the most commonly used was Tongyong Pinyin. |
2009-07-05 |
Ethnic rioting broke out in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China |
2009-09-26 |
Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. |
2010-02-22 |
Taiwan's economy exits from the recession with 9.22% growth in the last quarter of 2009 after increased demand from China and other key markets in the region |
2012-01-14 |
Ma Ying-jeou wins re-election as President of the Republic of China with 51% of the vote |
2012-02-26 |
Bus plunges off a cliff in Shanxi, China causing 15 deaths |
2012-03-12 |
China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade |
2012-04-15 |
China loosens monetary policy and allows the Yuan to fluctuate up to 1% against the US dollar |
2012-05-01 |
China and Russia sign $15 billion dollar trade deal |
2012-05-13 |
Torrential rain in Hunan Province, China, destroys a bridge, 3,500 homes and displaces 28,000 people |
2012-07-13 |
China's economic growth drops to 7.6%, its lowest level for three years |
2012-07-22 |
At least 77 people are killed by torrential rain in Beijing, China |
2012-07-28 |
Ye Shiwen of China sets world record in the women's 400m individual medley in 4:28.43 |
2012-08-08 |
China announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies |
2012-08-24 |
Yangmingtan Bridge collapses in China killing three people |
2012-08-26 |
36 people are killed in a bus crash in Yan'an, China |
2012-08-30 |
A blast in the in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, China, kills 26 miners with 21 missing |
2012-09-07 |
64 people are killed and 715 injured after a series of earthquakes in south-west China |
2012-09-13 |
19 people are killed after a freight elevator crashes from 100 meters in Wuhan, China |
2012-09-16 |
Anti-Japanese protesters set fire to Panasonic plant in Qingdao, China |
2012-09-17 |
Panasonic suspends operations at its three factories in China |
2012-09-17 |
China dispatches 1,000 fishing boats to Senkaku Islands |
2012-09-26 |
Japanese automakers suspend operations in China |
2012-09-27 |
UN publicly releases documents from China and Japan detailing their contesting claims for the Senkoku Islands |
2012-10-04 |
19 people are killed after being buried by a landslide in Yunnan, China |
2012-10-26 |
China blocks the New York Times from searches and social media in response to an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao |
2012-12-10 |
11 people are killed and 23 are injured after a bus falls into a roadside pond in Minquan County, China |
2012-12-24 |
11 kindergarten children are killed after a minivan plunges into a roadside pond in Jiangxi, China |
2012-12-26 |
China opens the world's longest high speed rail route from Beijing to Guangzhou |
2013-01-11 |
46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide buries a village in the Yunnan province, China |
2013-01-28 |
10 people are killed and 11 are injured in after a freight train collides with a bus in Heihe City, China |
2013-02-01 |
26 people are killed after a fireworks truck explodes and causes a highway to collapse in Henan, China |
2013-02-02 |
18 people are killed and 34 are injured after a bus catches fire after falling down a ravine in Gansu province, China |
2013-03-14 |
Xi Jinping is named as the new President of the People's Republic of China |
2013-03-21 |
24 people are killed and 100 are injured by a tornado and hail storm in southern China |
2013-03-31 |
2 people die from bird flu (type H7N9) in China |
2013-04-02 |
4 more critical cases of bird flu (H7N9) are reported in China |
2013-04-11 |
Fossilized dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China |
2013-04-14 |
11 people are killed and 50 are injured after a hotel fire in Xiangyang, China |
2013-04-20 |
193 people are killed and 11,826 are injured after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Lushan County, China |
2013-04-23 |
21 people are killed during violent unrest in Xinjiang, China |
2013-05-03 |
Aorun zhaoi, a Theropod dinosaur, dating from 161 million years ago, is discovered in China |
2013-06-03 |
119 people are killed in a poultry farm fire in Jilin Province, China |
2013-06-07 |
42 people are killed and 30 are injured after a bus catches fire in Xiamen, China |
2013-07-10 |
40 people are buried in landslides in Sichuan Province, China |
2013-07-17 |
58 people are killed in floods in Sichuan Province, China |
2013-07-22 |
89 people are killed and 500 are injured by earthquakes in Gansu province, China |
2013-08-19 |
91 people are killed by floods across China |
2013-08-21 |
21 people are killed in flash floods in Qinghai province, China |
2013-08-28 |
China and Russia walk out of a UN Security Council meeting after the US pushes for immediate action against Syria's use of chemical weapons |
2013-08-30 |
15 people are killed by a liquid ammonia leak at a cold storage plant in Shanghai, China |
2013-09-23 |
25 people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China |
2013-12-02 |
China launches its first moon rover mission |
2013-12-15 |
China successfully lands its moon rover on the moon |
2014-01-13 |
14 people are killed and 7 are injured after an explosion in an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China |
2014-03-01 |
29 people are killed & 130 are injured by a group of knife-wielding terrorists at Kunming Railway Station, China |
2014-05-23 |
Russia and China veto the U.N. Security Council resolution to establish an International Criminal Court for war crimes in Syria |
2014-06-08 |
Peng Shuai of China and Hsieh Su-wei win the women's tennis doubles at the French Open |
2014-11-09 |
Asia-Pacific countries, including China and the United States, announce plans to co-operate more closely in the fight against corruption |
2014-11-11 |
The leaders of China and Japan meet for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute |
2015-11-07 |
Leaders of China and Taiwan hold first talks since bitter 1949 split |
2015-12-04 |
China pledges $60 billion in funding support to Africa |
2015-12-20 |
Dozens missing after landslide in south China |
2015-12-26 |
French journalist Ursula Gauthier kicked out of China for slamming Beijing's Uyghur policy |
2016-01-17 |
China expected to post worst annual growth in 25 years |
2016-01-30 |
US Navy sends ship near disputed island in South China Sea |
2016-01-31 |
China Strongly Condemns US for Sending Warship Near Island |
2016-02-03 |
China Urges Restraint Over North Korea Rocket Launch |
2016-02-04 |
North Korea's Rocket Plans Seen as Disrespectful of China |
2016-02-10 |
China Reports 1st Case of Imported Zika Virus |
2016-02-10 |
North Korea's Rocket Launch Frays Ties Between South Korea and China |
2016-04-01 |
China's Xi urges implementation of UN resolutions on North Korea |
2016-04-01 |
Xi says China will defend its South China Sea sovereignty |
2016-04-05 |
Panama papers: China leaders' relatives named in leaks |
2016-04-15 |
China Blasts New US-Philippine Military Cooperation |
2016-04-15 |
China says enhanced US-Philippine military ties invoke 'Cold War mentality' |
2016-04-18 |
China's first quarter quarterly growth of 1.1 percent misses forecasts |
2016-04-23 |
China, US pledge to ratify Paris climate deal this year |
2016-04-29 |
Russia, China in Agreement on North Korea, South China Sea |
2016-04-29 |
China, Russia urge US to drop Korea missile defense proposal |
2016-05-05 |
China and Russia to hold anti-missile drill after US, South Korea talk defense |
2016-05-10 |
China's Xi congratulates North Korea's Kim on party promotion |
2016-05-14 |
US sees China boosting military presence after island-building spree |
2016-05-20 |
New Taiwan President Omits One-China Policy in First Speech |
2016-05-20 |
Asia Pacific|Taiwan Installs 1st Woman President Amid Tension With China |
2016-05-20 |
New Taiwan president pledges peace, urges China to drop historical baggage |
2016-05-23 |
Arriving in Vietnam, Obama Aims to Lure It Away From China |
2016-06-05 |
In pushback to US, China says 'has no fear of trouble' in South China Sea |
2016-06-05 |
Kerry warns Beijing over air defense zone for South China Sea |
2016-06-06 |
Taiwan says won't recognize Chinese air defense zone over South China Sea |
2016-07-17 |
Vietnam Police Detain Dozens in Anti-China Protest |
2016-07-19 |
China Begins Air Patrols Over Disputed Area of the South China Sea |
2016-08-07 |
Japan protests over China's radar unit near disputed waters |
2016-08-17 |
Gymnastics: China misses gold for first time in more than 30 years |
2016-08-18 |
China miffed at falling behind Britain in Olympic medals table |
2016-08-24 |
Japan, China, South Korea agree to urge North Korea to stop provocation |
2016-09-04 |
China wary as Hong Kong election exposes underlying strains |
2016-09-25 |
China, Cuba agree to deepen ties during PM Li's Havana visit |
2016-10-17 |
China launches longest manned space mission |
2016-11-07 |
China, in Rare Step, Moves to Bar Pro-Independence Hong Kong Lawmakers From Taking Office |
2016-11-11 |
China's Xi vows zero tolerance for separatist movements |
2016-11-15 |
Apple stock extends losses after China warning about Trump |
2016-11-17 |
China to Trump: We didn't make up global warming |
2016-11-24 |
At Least 40 Killed in East China Scaffolding Collapse |
2016-11-25 |
China Currency Dips to Lowest Level Versus Dollar in 8 Years |
2016-11-28 |
China Detains 9 Managers After Plant Collapse Kills 74 |
2016-12-03 |
Trump Speaks With Taiwan's Leader, an Affront to China |
2016-12-14 |
China Warns Trump Ignoring One-China Policy Could Hurt Peace |
2016-12-18 |
China to return seized US underwater drone, Pentagon says |
2016-12-25 |
China's 1st Aircraft Carrier Heads for Western Pacific |
2017-01-24 |
China urges US to act and speak cautiously on South China Sea |
2017-02-05 |
Girl, 13, Dies After Being Thrown Off Ride at China Park |
2017-02-10 |
Trump tells Xi Jinping: US will honor 'One China policy' |
2017-02-24 |
North Korea Accuses China of 'Mean Behavior' After It Tightens Sanctions |
2017-03-04 |
China to increase military spending by 7% in 2017 |
2017-03-05 |
Premier Li says China will resolutely oppose Taiwan independence |
2017-03-29 |
China's Tencent buys 5% stake in Tesla |
2017-04-11 |
Man filmed being dragged off United flight causes outrage in China |
2017-04-17 |
China's Economy Grows 6.9%, Continuing Its Steady Rise |
2017-04-20 |
China criticizes North Korea, praises US on nuclear issue |
2017-04-20 |
China Defends Trademark Grants For Ivanka Trump Products |
2017-04-24 |
China's Xi urges restraint on North Korea issue on call with Trump |
2017-05-14 |
China pledges $124 bln for new Silk Road, says open to everyone |
2017-06-02 |
China's media calls Trump's withdrawal from Paris accord 'global setback' |
2017-06-20 |
China tour agency says won't take more US tourists to NKorea |
2017-06-25 |
Hopes fading in China for 118 still missing day after landslide |
2017-06-25 |
15 bodies found after landslide buries scores in China |
2017-06-29 |
Celebration and protest as China president visits Hong Kong |
2017-07-03 |
US ship sails near disputed island, raising China's hackles |
2017-07-06 |
China urges calm after US says ready to use force against North Korea |
2017-07-29 |
China urges North Korea to stop acts that could worsen tensions |
2017-08-07 |
South Korea, US agree to pressure North Korea, China hopes for North-South talks |
2017-08-07 |
China media stress limits to North Korea sanctions, slam US 'arrogance' |
2017-08-23 |
China July trade with North Korea slows from June as coal ban bites |
2017-08-26 |
China bans new business with North Korea in line with sanctions |
2017-09-07 |
China military holds drills in waters near Korean Peninsula |
2017-09-23 |
China follows UN sanctions with bans, limits on fuel products to North Korea |
2017-12-26 |
China halts oil product exports to North Korea in November as sanctions bite |
2017-12-26 |
China's Shanghai to battle 'big city disease' by limiting population to 25 million |
2018-03-04 |
China says its increasingly powerful military is no threat |
2018-03-05 |
China's Xi poised to make historic grab at indefinite rule |
2018-03-09 |
China, Japan, South Korea bristle over US steel, aluminum tariffs |
2018-03-18 |
China's Premier Li re-elected by parliament to premiership |
2018-03-23 |
China urges US against taking trade relations to 'dangerous place' |
2018-03-23 |
China strikes back in trade spat, aims tariffs at $3 billion US goods |
2018-03-28 |
North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits China in 1st foreign trip as leader |
2018-04-02 |
China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific |
2018-04-04 |
China vows countermeasures as US issues extensive tariff list |
2018-04-05 |
China envoy says takes 'two to tango' in resolving trade dispute with US |
2018-05-24 |
China tells US 'now is the time' if it wants peace with North Korea |
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China - Notable Birthdays
China - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1010-05-30 |
Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) |
1032-02-16 |
Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067) |
1036-12-19 |
Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher |
1037-01-25 |
Su Tung-p'o, [J Sotoba], China, layman/poet/administrator [or Dec 19] |
1048-05-25 |
Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) |
1077-01-04 |
Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) |
1082-11-02 |
Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) |
1100-05-23 |
Emperor Qinzong of China (d. 1161) |
1107-06-12 |
Emperor Gaozong of China (d. 1187) |
1127-11-27 |
Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194) |
1328-09-21 |
Hongwu Emperor of China (d. 1398) |
1360-05-02 |
Yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424) |
1377-12-05 |
Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) |
1378-08-16 |
Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425) |
1398-02-25 |
Xuande, Emperor of China (d. 1435) |
1427-11-29 |
Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464) |
1428-09-21 |
Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457) |
1447-12-09 |
Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487) |
1491-10-26 |
Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521) |
1507-09-16 |
Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567) |
1552-10-06 |
Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China) |
1563-09-04 |
Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620) |
1582-08-28 |
Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) |
1611-02-06 |
Chongzhen Emperor, 16th and last Ming Emperor of China (d. 1644) |
1638-03-15 |
Shunzhi Emperor of China |
1654-05-04 |
Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722) |
1678-12-13 |
Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) |
1688-07-19 |
Giuseppe Castiglione, Italian missionary to China (d. 1766) |
1711-09-25 |
Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799) |
1760-11-13 |
Jiaqing, Emperor of China (d. 1820) |
1782-09-16 |
Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850) |
1817-09-14 |
Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Imense China) |
1831-07-17 |
Xianfeng, Emperor of China (d. 1861) |
1833-01-28 |
Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum) |
1837-9-02 |
James H. Wilson, The War in China |
1842-04-14 |
Adna R. Chaffee, The War in China |
1843-03-07 |
Edward H. Conger, The War in China |
1852-01-12 |
Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne) |
1857-03-22 |
Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32) |
1863-12-22 |
Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter |
1865-06-26 |
Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China) |
1866-11-12 |
Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional) |
1867-09-07 |
Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China) |
1868-10-16 |
Franz X Ritter von Epp, German general (China) |
1872-07-28 |
Albert P Sarraut, Fren gov-gen of Indo-China (1911..19)/PM (1933/36) |
1878-10-29 |
Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II) |
1880-04-12 |
Alice Belcher, Broke in China |
1883-03-19 |
Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China) |
1884-05-05 |
Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35) |
1885-11-29 |
Oie Chan, China's Little Devils |
1886-03-05 |
Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975) |
1886-12-18 |
Teh Chu, China Strikes Back |
1887-10-31 |
Chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, pres of Nationalist China |
1890-02-02 |
Jean J M de Lattre de Tassigny, French gen (Indo-China) |
1890-03-03 |
Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain & China |
1890-12-28 |
Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter (Road to Bali, China) |
1892-06-26 |
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, China, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938) |
1893-12-26 |
Mao Zedong, Shaoshan, Hunan, Chinese revolutionary & Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1949-76), (d. 1976) |
1895-03-03 |
Matthew B Ridgway, US gen (WW II/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO) |
1897-12-02 |
Rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China) |
1898-03-05 |
Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976) |
1898-04-03 |
Henry R Luce, Tengchow China, publisher (Time, Fortune, Life) |
1899-09-23 |
Marcel Dalio, [Israel Blauschild], Paris France, actor (China Gate) |
1902-01-16 |
Eric Liddell, China, English 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1924) |
1902-02-10 |
Walter Houser Brattain, Amoy, China, American physicist (Nobel 1956-transistor) |
1903-01-06 |
Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer (Orchester-Ornament) |
1903-02-04 |
Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, US dance critic/poet (Snoring in N) |
1904-06-18 |
Keye Luke, Canton China, actor (Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident) |
1905-07-19 |
Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist: Red star over China |
1906-02-07 |
Henry P'u-i, last emperor of China, puppet emperor of Manchukuo |
1906-03-27 |
Ross DiMaggio, China Venture |
1908-05-26 |
Robert Morley, England, actor (High Road to China, African Queen) |
1911-02-15 |
Leonard Woodcock, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
1912-02-07 |
Abram Khavchin, The New China |
1912-12-04 |
Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust) |
1913-06-09 |
Charlie Bellante, 'Kukan': The Battle Cry of China |
1914-05-06 |
Joseph Hurley, The China Syndrome |
1914-05-29 |
Les Gobruegge, Big Trouble in Little China |
1915-02-28 |
Foun-Sen, Outpost in Indo-china |
1915-05-06 |
Theodore H. White, China: Roots of Madness |
1915-06-20 |
Terence Young, Shanghai China, director (Dr No, Thunderball) |
1915-11-19 |
Lloyd Friedgen, Nightmare in Red China |
1917-01-04 |
Charles Mehlert, The Free China Junk |
1917-04-26 |
I[eoh] M[ing] Pei, Canton, China, architect (1961 Brunner Prize) |
1918-06-23 |
Don Schoenfeld, The China Syndrome |
1918-12-27 |
Noel Toy, Big Trouble in Little China |
1919-02-06 |
Louis Heren, journalist/writer (China's Three Thousand Years) |
1919-03-28 |
Jacob Avshalomov, Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon) |
1919-08-14 |
Vasiliy Kiselyov, The New China |
1919-09-27 |
Jayne Meadows, Wu Chang China, Mrs Steve Allen, actr (Dark Delusion) |
1919-11-19 |
George Fenneman, Peking China, TV announcer (You Bet Your Life) |
1920-02-09 |
Lawrence Tibbett Jr., Captain China |
1920-04-01 |
Toshiro Mifune, Tsing-tao China, writer/actor (Shogun) |
1920-07-21 |
Isaac Stern, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
1920-9-30 |
Iris Wong, China |
1922-03-14 |
China Zorrilla, Elsa & Fred |
1922-07-23 |
Kitty Buhler, China Doll |
1922-09-22 |
Chen Ning Yang, China, US physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957) |
1923-06-29 |
Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang) |
1924-09-13 |
Scott Brady, Brooklyn New York, American actor (China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar) |
1924-12-25 |
Henry Sy Sr. Chinese Malay businessman 'Philippines Retail King' in Amoy China |
1925-02-23 |
Liu Binyan, China |
1925-07-21 |
Bruce Bassett, Rassias in China |
1926-03-08 |
S. Lee Pogostin, High Road to China |
1926-03-15 |
Willie Soo Hoo, China Gate |
1927-01-28 |
Betty Harford, The China Syndrome |
1928-02-14 |
Val Clenard, The China Syndrome |
1929-01-04 |
Clarence Adams, They Chose China |
1929-06-21 |
Dennis Barker, The China Syndrome |
1929-9-20 |
Colin George, Once Upon a Time in China |
1930-03-07 |
Dick Lieb, Big Bird in China |
1930-11-09 |
Stan Bohrman, The China Syndrome |
1930-11-14 |
Fred Mah, China's Little Devils |
1930-11-15 |
J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author (Drowned World) |
1930-9-30 |
Carol Ann Beery, China Seas |
1931-03-06 |
Harry Kohoyda Jr., Big Trouble in Little China |
1932-9-04 |
Nora Lam, China Cry: A True Story |
1933-01-19 |
Gloria Ann Chew, China's Little Devils |
1933-05-30 |
Don Wayne, The Magic of David Copperfield: China |
1933-06-02 |
Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra leader (Tony Orlando, Marie) |
1933-06-26 |
Chin Kuang Chow, China Sky |
1933-06-30 |
Howard Soo Hoo, China's Little Devils |
1934-02-07 |
Charles Luck Jr., China's Little Devils |
1934-07-17 |
Lucio Tan, Chinese Filipino businessman (Philippine Airlines), in Amoy China |
1934-08-14 |
Robin McLaren, British ambassador (China) |
1934-08-24 |
Francis Jung Jr., China's Little Devils |
1934-9-29 |
James B. Leong Jr., China's Little Devils |
1935-01-25 |
Lee Woodd, China Doll |
1935-10-26 |
Mike Gray, The China Syndrome |
1936-02-03 |
James Bridges, The China Syndrome |
1936-02-12 |
Fang Lizhi, Beijing China, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident (Tiananmen Square, 1989), (d. 2012) |
1936-02-19 |
Sam Myers, China Moon |
1936-05-28 |
Gitta Nickel, China meine Liebe, mein Leben, Eva Siao - ein Porträt |
1936-09-20 |
Dany Carrel, Touraine Indo-china, actress (Passionate Summer) |
1936-10-09 |
Brian Blessed, Mexborough, Yorkshire, English actor (King Arthur, High Road to China) |
1937-06-16 |
Paul Darby, China Moon |
1939-02-12 |
Michele Kalamera, China 9, Liberty 37 |
1939-9-14 |
Robert E. Lawler, China Run |
1940-02-14 |
Eberhard Blum, China |
1941-03-06 |
Peter Brötzmann, Rohschnitt Peter Brötzmann - Eine Jazz-Odyssee, von Wuppertal bis China |
1941-10-10 |
Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor |
1941-12-02 |
Paul C W Chu, China, physicist (superconductivity) |
1942-03-29 |
Ken'ichi Ogata, Ranma ½: The Movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China |
1942-07-23 |
Allan Chinn, The China Syndrome |
1942-10-06 |
Alan Kaul, The China Syndrome |
1942-10-15 |
Claudio Trionfi, China Is Near |
1942-9-02 |
China Lee, Medium Cool |
1942-9-20 |
Daniela Surina, China Is Near |
1943-01-14 |
Shannon Lucid, Shanghai China, astronaut (STS 51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79) |
1943-12-15 |
Klaus Zumwinkel, Sind wir zu schlecht, zu faul, zu teuer? - Neue Jobs nur noch in China? |
1943-9-06 |
Pierluigi Aprà, China Is Near |
1944-07-31 |
Sherry Lansing, Chicago Ill, actress (China Syndrome, Black Rain) |
1945-05-24 |
Steen Herdel, In China They Eat Dogs |
1945-09-27 |
Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist (Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966) |
1945-12-07 |
W.D. Richter, Big Trouble in Little China |
1946-06-03 |
Earl of Cromer, managing director (Inchcape (China) Ltd) |
1947-01-01 |
Shi-Kwan Yen, Once Upon a Time in China |
1947-01-19 |
Alessandro Haber, actor (China is Near) |
1947-02-15 |
John Adams, Worcester Mass, composer (Nixon in China) |
1947-03-22 |
Carter Wong, Big Trouble in Little China |
1947-03-28 |
Bruce Gilbert, producer (China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond) |
1947-06-29 |
David Chiang, Once Upon a Time in China II |
1947-08-25 |
T.S. Cook, The China Syndrome |
1948-07-30 |
Eric Lee, Big Trouble in Little China |
1949-04-27 |
Daniel Valdez, The China Syndrome |
1949-10-28 |
Jerry Harvey, China 9, Liberty 37 |
1950-02-15 |
Hark Tsui, Once Upon a Time in China |
1950-03-22 |
David Golub, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
1950-06-07 |
Leland Sun, Big Trouble in Little China |
1950-07-01 |
Kan Ping Yu, People Between Two China |
1950-07-13 |
Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) |
1950-08-16 |
Stockwell Day, Canada's Dance with China/The Super-Rich, and the Rest of Us/Fiscal Cliff-onomics |
1951-9-04 |
Wes Cowan, Flint-Lock Rifle/Lafayette China/Prison Plaque |
1952-01-02 |
Alan Beckwith, The China Syndrome |
1952-04-19 |
Dennis Dun, Big Trouble in Little China |
1953-02-10 |
George Keller, In China They Eat Dogs |
1953-03-04 |
Christopher Smith, Death by China |
1953-04-23 |
James Russo, NYC, actor (My Own Private Idaho, China Girl) |
1953-06-12 |
Denise Kellogg, Big Trouble in Little China |
1954-07-10 |
Yô Yoshimura, Ranma ½: The Movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China |
1954-11-05 |
Johanna Raunio, Postcards from China |
1955-08-24 |
Brian Schmeck, Forgotten China |
1956-01-04 |
Bella Seward, Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II |
1956-03-13 |
Dana Delany, NYC, actress (Colleen McMurphy-China Beach, Exit to Eden) |
1957-06-15 |
Tielin Zhang, Once Upon a Time in China II |
1957-06-26 |
Jim T. Lacy, Once Upon a Time in China and America |
1957-07-26 |
Biao Yuen, Once Upon a Time in China |
1958-11-16 |
Marg Helgenberger, North Bend Nebraska, actress (China Beach) |
1958-9-07 |
Pak-Cheung Chan, Last Hero in China |
1959-04-17 |
Elizabeth Lindsey, actress (China Beach) |
1959-04-22 |
Lynn Tilton, Death by China |
1960-01-03 |
Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor) |
1960-10-21 |
Byron Pitts, The Life and Death of Clay Hunt/China's Real Estate Mogul/China's Real Estate Bubble |
1960-10-24 |
Stefan Larsson, Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II |
1960-12-02 |
Siu Chung Mok, Once Upon a Time in China II |
1961-03-21 |
Wei Wang, Beijing China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1961-04-26 |
Joan Chen, [Chen Chong], Shanghai China, actress (Heaven & Earth) |
1961-07-10 |
Jacky Cheung, Once Upon a Time in China |
1962-05-10 |
Garry Daley, keyboard (China Crisis-Christian) |
1962-06-09 |
Eddie Lundon, rocker (China Crisis-Christian) |
1962-08-08 |
Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China) |
1962-08-08 |
Suzee Pai, Big Trouble in Little China |
1962-10-05 |
Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1962-10-17 |
Stuart Quan, Big Trouble in Little China |
1962-9-24 |
Rosamund Kwan, Once Upon a Time in China |
1963-01-15 |
Lijuan Geng, Hebei China, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1963-04-16 |
Hu Na, China, tennis star |
1963-06-25 |
Si-An Deng, Shanghai China, Canadian badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1963-08-16 |
John Wakefield, Once Upon a Time in China III |
1963-08-22 |
Lily Yip, Canton China, US table tennis player (Olympics-92, 96) |
1963-09-01 |
David Zhuang, China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1963-9-29 |
Lia Chang, Big Trouble in Little China |
1964-02-10 |
China Lee, Virtual Reality 69 |
1964-03-18 |
Mark Currey, The Murder in China Basin |
1964-06-26 |
Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, became tallest woman known (2.46 m, 8'1") |
1964-07-14 |
Barbara Chiu, Canton China, Canada table tennis player (Oly-33-92, 96) |
1965-02-08 |
Dicky Cheung, Last Hero in China |
1965-02-25 |
Xin Xin Xiong, Once Upon a Time in China |
1965-04-23 |
Lasse Spang Olsen, In China They Eat Dogs |
1966-01-08 |
Loretta Lee, [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress (Happy Ghost) |
1966-11-25 |
Dejan Cukic, In China They Eat Dogs |
1967-08-01 |
Chi Yeung Wong, Once Upon a Time in China |
1968-03-01 |
Robb Edward Morris, China Moon |
1968-10-04 |
Luis Miguel Seguí, La China |
1969-04-09 |
Amy Feng, Tianjin China, US table tennis player (Olympics-96) |
1970-04-29 |
China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini) |
1970-04-29 |
China Forbes, Sorority Boys |
1970-08-06 |
Isabel Leung, Last Hero in China |
1971-01-25 |
China Kantner, San Francisco, American actress and daughter of Grace Slick |
1971-01-25 |
China Kantner, The Stöned Age |
1971-01-26 |
Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Canberra AUS) |
1971-03-13 |
Li Chen, Changsha China, tennis star (1995 Futures-Austin TX) |
1971-06-28 |
Norika Fujiwara, China Strike Force |
1972-09-06 |
China Miéville, English writer |
1972-11-25 |
Kevin Han, Shanghai China, US badminton player (Olympics-96) |
1973-01-01 |
Fang Li, Hunan China, tennis star (1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP) |
1973-03-07 |
Das Parthsarrthi, China Gate |
1973-12-05 |
Neil Codling, Far from China |
1974-04-15 |
China Chow, The Big Hit |
1974-07-18 |
Diego Postigo, La China |
1974-9-10 |
Niki Lexa, Far from China |
1976-03-04 |
Eli DeGeer, China White Serpentine |
1976-11-24 |
Chen Lu, China, figure skater (Olympics-Bronze-94) |
1977-06-16 |
China Shavers, Beginners |
1977-07-25 |
Eileen Lemish, China Dolls |
1977-08-23 |
China Moo-Young, Episode #1.6 |
1977-9-22 |
Kate Ellis, Corruption, China & Carbon |
1978-10-01 |
China Barbie, Me Luv U Long Time |
1978-9-15 |
Shane Kindschi, China |
1980-03-07 |
Nikki Chao, China Dolls |
1980-07-10 |
Adam Petty, China O'Brien |
1980-11-09 |
Payal Rohatgi, 36 China Town |
1980-9-19 |
Ehren Parks, My Life in China |
1981-02-21 |
Sun Fei Fei, An American in China |
1981-03-26 |
Courtney Yates, Survivor: China - The Reunion |
1981-07-31 |
Sherea Lloyd, Survivor: China - The Reunion |
1981-12-15 |
Paul China, Crawl |
1981-12-15 |
Benjamin China, Pistol of Fire |
1982-07-14 |
Neville Kiser, Women of China |
1984-04-29 |
Nicole Sullivan, Don't Ruin the Basketball Game: Kunming, China |
1985-03-04 |
Alain Xalabarde, China Doll |
1986-02-09 |
China Brezner, Krippendorf's Tribe |
1986-11-20 |
Calvin Sun, Big Trouble in Little China |
1988-01-06 |
Siu Lung Sik, China Dragon |
1988-05-05 |
China Soul, The Fifth Step |
1989-10-21 |
Ashley Callingbull, Bull in a China Shop |
1991-06-19 |
Geremy Schlesinger, China |
1998-08-25 |
China Anne McClain, American actress |
1998-08-25 |
China Anne McClain, Grown Ups |
1999-9-29 |
China Anderson, Norbit |
2008-01-06 |
Zimu Zhang, American Dreams in China |
China - Notable Weddings
China - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1925-08-08 |
China's Premier Zhou Enlai (27) weds Deng Yingchao (21) in Guangzhou |
1996-12-30 |
"The Last Emperor" Chinese actress Vivian Wu (30) weds producer-director Oscar Costo (43) in Shanghai, China |
2007-07-12 |
World's tallest man who measures 7'9" Bao Xishun (56) weds Xia Shujian (28) in a traditional Mongolian ceremony at the tomb of Kublai Khan in Beijing, China |
China - Notable Deaths
China - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
195 |
Gaozu of Han of China |
BC AD | |
210-09-10 |
Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China |
649-07-10 |
Li Shimin, Emperor of China (b.599) |
808-08-03 |
P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China |
976-11-14 |
T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies |
1063-04-30 |
Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010) |
1067-01-25 |
Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032) |
1085-04-01 |
Emperor Shenzong of China (b. 1048) |
1100-02-23 |
Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) |
1135-06-04 |
Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082) |
1161-06-14 |
Emperor Qinzong of China (b. 1100) |
1187-11-09 |
Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107) |
1194-06-28 |
Emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127) |
1278-05-08 |
Emperor Duanzong of China (b. 1268) |
1279-03-19 |
Emperor Bing of Song China (b. 1271) |
1283-01-09 |
Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister of China (executed) (b. 1236) |
1398-06-24 |
Hongwu Emperor of China (b. 1328) |
1402-07-13 |
Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377) |
1424-08-12 |
Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) |
1425-05-29 |
Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) |
1435-01-31 |
Xuande, Emperor of China (b. 1398) |
1457-03-14 |
Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428) |
1464-02-23 |
Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) |
1487-09-09 |
Chenghua, Emperor of China (b. 1447) |
1505-06-08 |
Hongzhi, Emperor of China (b. 1470) |
1521-04-20 |
Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) |
1567-01-23 |
Jiajing, Emperor of China (b. 1507) |
1610-05-11 |
Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies |
1620-08-18 |
Wanli, Emperor of China (b. 1563) |
1620-09-26 |
Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582) |
1644-03-19 |
Chongzhen, last Ming Emperor of China, commits suicide |
1678-10-02 |
Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them |
1722-12-20 |
Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654) |
1735-10-08 |
Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678) |
1799-02-07 |
Qianlong, Emperor of China (b. 1711) |
1820-09-02 |
Jiaqing, Emperor of China (b. 1760) |
1834-08-01 |
Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies |
1850-02-25 |
Daoguang, Emperor of China (b. 1782) |
1861-08-22 |
Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831) |
1870-08-21 |
Ma Xinyi Viceroy of Liangjiang of the late Qing Dynasty in China (b. 1821) |
1901-02-26 |
Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded |
1901-02-26 |
Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded |
1908-11-14 |
Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies |
1908-11-15 |
Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies |
1908-11-15 |
Tz'u-hsi (Cixi), empress of China, dies at 73 |
1914-11-01 |
Adna R. Chaffee, The War in China |
1916-06-06 |
Yuan Shikai, president of China, dies at 56 |
1925-02-23 |
James H. Wilson, The War in China |
1926-03-01 |
Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at 58 |
1928-06-07 |
Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered |
1929-09-30 |
Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies |
1934-03-15 |
Davidson Black, Paleoanthropologist, dies while working alone during the night, in Beijing, China at 49 |
1937-11-24 |
Sergei Minin, China Express |
1939-05-09 |
Alice Belcher, Broke in China |
1944-11-13 |
Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35), dies |
1946-10-12 |
Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies |
1948-12-18 |
Ilya Trauberg, China Express |
1952-01-11 |
Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61 |
1953-12-09 |
Wing Foo, China's Little Devils |
1962-07-30 |
Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54 |
1962-11-26 |
Albert P Sarraut, Indo-China premier (1933, 36), dies at 90 |
1967-06-10 |
Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76 |
1967-10-17 |
Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 |
1970-01-03 |
Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) |
1976-01-08 |
Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 |
1976-01-08 |
Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) |
1976-09-09 |
Mao Zedong, Chinese revolutionary & Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1949-76), dies of a heart attack at 82 |
1980-09-17 |
Don Schoenfeld, The China Syndrome |
1981-01-19 |
Pierluigi Aprà, China Is Near |
1981-05-29 |
Ching-Ling Soong, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
1981-06-04 |
Albert Valentino, China Slaver |
1982-02-13 |
Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17 |
1982-10-05 |
Joseph Hurley, The China Syndrome |
1983-11-20 |
Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest |
1986-05-15 |
Theodore H. White, China: Roots of Madness |
1988-04-09 |
Jerry Harvey, China 9, Liberty 37 |
1989-02-05 |
Foun-Sen, Outpost in Indo-china |
1989-09-02 |
Iris Wong, China |
1991-11-27 |
Yô Yoshimura, Ranma ½: The Movie, Big Trouble in Nekonron, China |
1992-02-12 |
Rey Scott, 'Kukan': The Battle Cry of China |
1992-03-16 |
Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies |
1992-10-10 |
Lawrence Tibbett Jr., Captain China |
1992-12-30 |
Ling-Ling, 1st panda China gave US, dies at 23 |
1993-03-12 |
Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies |
1993-06-06 |
James Bridges, The China Syndrome |
1993-07-11 |
Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88 |
1993-11-24 |
Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter |
1994-02-28 |
Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86 |
1994-10-17 |
Stan Bohrman, The China Syndrome |
1994-12-11 |
Yao Yilin, Vice PM of China (1979), dies |
1995-04-10 |
Chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies |
1996-10-26 |
Francis Jung Jr., China's Little Devils |
1996-12-02 |
Val Clenard, The China Syndrome |
1997-04-26 |
Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies |
1997-05-22 |
Fred Mah, China's Little Devils |
1999-02-22 |
Lloyd Friedgen, Nightmare in Red China |
1999-09-17 |
Clarence Adams, They Chose China |
2000-05-12 |
Adam Petty, China O'Brien |
2000-10-16 |
David Golub, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
2001-01-16 |
Leonard Woodcock, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
2001-09-22 |
Isaac Stern, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
2002-09-19 |
Lee Woodd, China Doll |
2003-10-23 |
Soong May-ling, wife of the President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek (b. 1897) |
2003-12-24 |
Noel Toy, Big Trouble in Little China |
2004-02-02 |
Nora Lam, China Cry: A True Story |
2004-02-03 |
Kitty Buhler, China Doll |
2004-05-04 |
Allan Chinn, The China Syndrome |
2004-12-30 |
Robert E. Lawler, China Run |
2005-01-17 |
Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919) |
2005-12-05 |
Liu Binyan, China |
2006-01-09 |
Stuart Quan, Big Trouble in Little China |
2006-06-07 |
Niki Lexa, Far from China |
2006-07-17 |
Sam Myers, China Moon |
2006-12-22 |
Alan Kaul, The China Syndrome |
2007-07-10 |
Zheng Xiaoyu, director of the State Food and Drug Administration of the People's Republic of China (b. 1944) |
2009-03-12 |
Bruce Bassett, Rassias in China |
2009-05-10 |
Willie Soo Hoo, China Gate |
2009-07-05 |
Les Gobruegge, Big Trouble in Little China |
2009-09-23 |
Harry Kohoyda Jr., Big Trouble in Little China |
2009-12-29 |
Akmal Shaikh, British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection in the People's Republic of China (b. 1956) |
2011-03-10 |
Charles Mehlert, The Free China Junk |
2011-09-12 |
Don Wayne, The Magic of David Copperfield: China |
2012-11-01 |
Charlie Bellante, 'Kukan': The Battle Cry of China |
2013-01-05 |
T.S. Cook, The China Syndrome |
2013-03-05 |
Eberhard Blum, China |
2013-04-30 |
Mike Gray, The China Syndrome |
2014-03-07 |
S. Lee Pogostin, High Road to China |
2014-09-17 |
China Zorrilla, Elsa & Fred |
2015-03-02 |
Dennis Barker, The China Syndrome |
2016-03-05 |
'China's nightingale' Zhou Xiaoyan dies aged 98 after glittering six-decade career |
2016-03-20 |
China's 'Nightingale' of Opera Zhou Xiaoyan Dies, Aged 98 |
2016-04-26 |
China's Peking Opera master Mei Baojiu dies aged 82 |
2017-01-15 |
Zhou Youguang dies in China aged 111 |
2017-01-18 |
China's father of pinyin, Zhou Youguang, dies, aged 111 |
2017-04-18 |
Director of China's 'Journey to the West', Yang Jie, dies aged 88 |
2017-09-14 |
World's oldest captive giant panda dies aged 37 in China |
