2005 Qinghai-Tibet Railway is completed in China
2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space
2002 China Airlines flight 611 crashes near Taiwan, killing 225, crash probably due to structural failure
2002 China Northern Airlines flight 6163 crashes in the ocean near Dalian, China after a fire is reported onboard, killing 112
2002 Air China flight 129 crashes into a mountain near Pusan, South Korea killing 128
2001 Victor Wong, actor/newscaster, Big Trouble in Little China, dies at 74
1999 Portugal returns Macau to China
1999 During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China
1997 Russia signs agreement to build a $3B nuclear power plant in China
1997 Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China
1997 U.K. returns Hong Kong to China
1997 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful
1997 Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
1997 Deng Xiaoping, leader of China, cremated (died Feb 19th)
1996 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1995 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1995 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1995 Chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies
1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion
1994 Yao Yilin, Vice PM of China (1979), dies
1994 Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed
1994 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1994 Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed
1994 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1994 Tupolev-154M crashes at Xian China, 160 killed
1994 Tornado and hail storms hit Jiangxi China, 95 killed
1994 Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86
1993 Fire in textile factory in Fuzjou China, 60 killed
1993 Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1993 Massive Moslem demonstrate in Xining China PR, 12 killed
1993 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1993 Dam breaks in Qinghai West China, 223 killed
1993 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88
1993 Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
1993 Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79
1992 Ling-Ling, 1st panda China gave U.S., dies at 23
1992 Boeing 734 crashes into mountain in China, kills 141
1992 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1992 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1992 McDonald's opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China
1992 Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
1991 Boeing 747-200F of China Airlines crash into mountain at Taipei
1991 Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal
1990 Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8 ")
1990 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1990 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1990 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China
1990 China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre)
1989 Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
1989 China declares martial law in Beijing
1989 Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1989 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1989 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
1989 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
1988 Anti African student rebellion in China PR
1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
1988 900 die as earthquake hits China
1988 China announces a herbal male contraceptive
1988 Israel and China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
1988 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1988 Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
1987 Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
1987 Portugal signs agreement to return Macau to China (in 1999)
1987 China's rudimentary civil code in effect
1985 Retired CIA analyst Larry Wu-tai Chin, arrested of spying for China
1985 Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
1984 China PR Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty
1984 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1984 UK signs agreement with China to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1984 Britain and China complete a proposed agreement to transfer Hong Kong to China by 1997
1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
1984 President Reagan visits China
1984 China and Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
1983 Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
1983 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
1983 Li Xiannian becomes pres/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR
1983 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1982 China adopts its constitution
1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea
1982 China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
1982 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1982 Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
1981 Satellites China 10 and 11 launched into Earth orbit by B-1 rocket
1981 China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy
1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan
1980 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1980 China PR launch 1st intercontinental rocket
1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China
1979 China PR performs nuclear test
1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC
1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1979 China invades Vietnam
1979 US and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations
1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR
1978 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978 China and Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension
1978 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978 China and Japan sign peace treaty
1978 Albania drops diplomatic relations with China PR
1978 European market and China signs trade agreement
1978 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens
1977 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 Chen Lu, China, figure skater, Olympics-Bronze-94
1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader
1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1976 Heavy earthquake strikes China, 1,000s die
1976 242,000 die in Tientsin-Tangshan (China) 8.2 earthquake
1976 8.2 and 7.4 earthquake devastate Tangsha, China (240-750,000 die)
1976 1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
1976 Hua Guofeng becomes premier of China PR
1976 Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
1976 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1975 US president Gerald Ford visits China
1975 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1975 500 drown when 2 river boats collide and sink in China's West River
1973 1st U.S. - China basketball game, U.S. collegiates beats Shanghai 96-61
1973 U.S. and China agree to establish liaison offices in Beijing and Washington D.C.
1973 Fang Li, Hunan China, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP
1972 Kevin Han, Shanghai China, U.S. badminton player 1996 Olympics
1972 U.S. ends 22 year travel ban to China
1972 Japan and People's Republic of China begin diplomatic relations
1972 Japan and Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
1972 Netherlands and China PR exchange ambassadors
1972 2 giants pandas arrive in U.S., from China
1972 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1972 President Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st U.S. president to visit China
1972 President Nixon leaves Washington D.C. for China
1972 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1971 China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council
1971 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China
1971 Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations
1971 General Meeting of United Nations agrees to admit China PR
1971 U.N. votes to expel Taiwan and admit Red China
1971 President Nixon announces he would visit China
1971 Henry Kissinger visits China PR
1971 U.S. ends ban on China trade
1971 President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
1971 U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR
1971 Li Chen, born in Changsha China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Austin Texas
1971 Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Canberra AUS
1971 China Slick, rocker, daughter of Grace Slick
1970 U.N. General Assembly accepts membership of China PR
1970 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
1970 China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"
1969 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1969 Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China
1969 Amy Feng, born in Tianjin, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1968 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1968 China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji
1967 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1967 Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61
1967 China reports downing of 2 U.S. bombers
1967 Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76
1966 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1966 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1966 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1966 China premier Tsjoe en-Lai starts "Cultural revolution"
1966 Loretta Lee, [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress, Happy Ghost
1965 General Meeting of United Nations refuses admittance of China PR
1965 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China
1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
1964 Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, Oly-33-92, 96
1964 Zeng Jinlian, born in Hunan, China, became tallest woman known, 2.46 m, 8'1"
1963 David Zhuang, born in China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1963 Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, Olympics-92, 96
1963 Si-An Deng, born in Shanghai, China, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics
1963 Hu Na, born in China, tennis star
1963 Lijuan Geng, Hebei China, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics
1962 Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1962 Suzee Pai, born in Toledo, Ohio, actress, Big Trouble in Little China
1962 Myron McCormick, actor (China Girl, Jigsaw), dies of cancer at 54
1962 Eddie Lundon, rocker, China Crisis-Christian
1962 Garry Daley, keyboard, China Crisis-Christian
1961 China and Nepal sign treaty
1961 Joan Chen, born in Shanghai, China, actress, Heaven and Earth
1961 Wei Wang, born in Beijing, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics
1961 China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
1960 U.S.S.R. draws adviseors out of China
1960 Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
1960 Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress, Last Emperor
1959 Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR
1959 Elizabeth Lindsey, actress, China Beach
1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India
1959 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama
1958 Marg Helgenberger, North Bend Nebraska, actress, China Beach
1958 China PR resumes fire on Quemoi and Matsoe
1958 Mao Tse tung start "Great leap forward" movement in China
1956 Egypt recognizes People's Republic of China
1954 Nationalist China and U.S. sign dike agreement
1954 China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy and Amoy
1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
1954 Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China
1953 U.S. Senate rejects China PR membership to U.N.
1953 James Russo, born in New York City, actor, My Own Private Idaho, China Girl
1951 United Nations condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea
1950 US President Truman threatens China with atom bomb
1950 China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
1950 Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
1950 U.N. reject membership of China's People Republic
1950 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
1950 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China
1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
1950 Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China
1950 Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa
1950 General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1950 U.S.S.R. and China sign peace treaty
1950 US recalls all consular officials from China
1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China
1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China
1949 Burma recognizes People's Republic of China
1949 Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa
1949 U.S.S.R. recognizes People's Republic of China
1949 People's Rep of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day)
1949 Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa
1949 Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China
1949 Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
1949 Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)
1949 Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1948 Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100
1948 China's Red army occupies Chinchov
1948 Communist form North China People's Republic
1948 Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1947 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China
1947 Bruce Gilbert, producer, China Syndrome, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond
1947 Alessandro Haber, actor, China is Near
1946 Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. general (China), dies
1946 Kwo-less-shrew selects Gen Chiang Kai-shek as president of China
1946 Earl of Cromer, managing director, Inchcape, China, Ltd
1945 Gen George C. Marshall named special U.S. envoy to China
1945 Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist, Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966
1945 Japanese in S Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies
1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US/Brit/China demands Japanese surrender
1945 Gen "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China
1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea
1944 Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China (1932-35), dies
1944 Sherry Lansing, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, China Syndrome, Black Rain
1944 Japanese troops conquer Changsha China
1944 Japanese advance in Hangkhou, China
1944 1st Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump"
1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
1943 Chiang Kai-shek became president of China
1943 Shannon Lucid, born in Shanghai, China, astronaut, STS 51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79
1943 US and Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
1941 China declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy
1941 Paul C. W. Chu, China, physicist, superconductivity
1941 Laurence Henry Tribe, Shanghai China, Harvard Law professor
1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China
1938 Japan declares war on China
1937 Japanese aircraft shell and sink U.S. gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized and eventually paid U.S. $2.2M in reparations)
1937 Brian Blessed, English actor, King Arthur, High Road to China
1937 China declares war on Japan
1937 Japanese attack Marco Polo Bridge, invade China
1936 Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to U.S. from China, arrives in SF
1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight
1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper)
1935 Japan invades Shanghai China
1935 Mao Tse Tung and his Communist forces ended their "Long March" at Yan'an, in Shaanxi China
1934 Robin McLaren, British ambassador, China
1933 5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China
1933 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader, Tony Orlando, Marie
1932 Earthquake kills 70,000 in Kansu China
1932 Heavy earthquake ravages Kansu China, 70,000 killed
1932 U.S.S.R. and China resume diplomatic relations
1932 U.S.S.R. and China sign no attack treaty
1932 Hailstones kill 200 in Hunan Province, China PR
1932 Japan and China sign a peace treaty
1932 Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China
1931 Yangtzee River floods after heavy rain crumbles dikes in China
1930 J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, China, sci-fi author, Drowned World
1929 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies
1929 U.S.S.R. drops diplomatic relations with China
1929 General Feng Yu-Xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-Shek government
1928 China expels all Russian instructors and civil servants
1928 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China
1927 Giant Panda discovered, China
1927 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200,000 killed
1927 Chiang Kai-Shek forms anti-government in China
1927 1,000 U.S. Marines land in China to protect American property
1927 British government decides to send troops to China
1926 Jayne Meadows, Wu Chang China, Mrs. Steve Allen, actr, Dark Delusion
1926 Chiang Kai-shek replaces communists in Guomindang China
1926 China asks for a seat in the Security council
1926 Camilo d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet (China), dies at 58
1924 Scott Brady, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, China Syndrome, Gremlins, Johnny Guitar
1924 Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
1924 Audrey Meadows, Wu Chang China, actress, Alice-Honeymooners
1923 Chou Wen-Chung, born in Cheefoo, China, composer, Mode of Shang
1923 China and U.S.S.R. exchange diplomats
1922 Chen Ning Yang, China, U.S. physicist/disproved parity, Nobel 1957
1922 China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die
1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
1921 Steamer "Hong Koh" runs aground off Swatow China killing 1,000
1921 Mongolia (formerly Outer Mongolia) declares independence from China
1920 8.6 earthquake destroys 15,000 miles (Kansu China); Over 180,000 die
1920 China joins the League of Nations
1920 Toshiro Mifune, born in Tsing-tao, China, writer and actor, Shogun
1919 George Fenneman, Peking China, TV announcer, You Bet Your Life
1919 Jacob Avshalomov, born in Tsingtao, China, composer, Sinfonietta, The Oregon
1919 Louis Heren, journalist and writer, China's Three Thousand Years
1917 Lansing-Ishii Agreement; U.S. recognizes Japan's privileges in China
1917 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I
1917 I. M. Pei, born in Canton, China, architect, 1961 Brunner Prize
1916 Yuan Shikai, president of China, dies at 56
1915 Terence Young, born in Shanghai, China, director, Dr. No, Thunderball
1915 Japan claims economic control of China
1914 China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
1914 White Wolf gang beats government army in Jingdezhen China
1914 White Wolf troops attack Zhanjiang China
1913 Yuan Shikai installed as 1st president of China
1913 Sun Yet San calls for revolt against President Yuan Shikai in China
1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)
1912 China votes for universal human rights
1912 Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler, didn't rep Aust
1912 Sun Yet Sen forms Guomindang-Party in China
1912 China adopts Gregorian calendar
1912 Last Ch'ing (Manchu) emperor of China, Hsuan T'ung, abdicates
1911 Sun Yat-sen elected 1st President of Republic of China
1910 China ends slavery
1908 Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
1908 Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies
1908 Tz'u-hsi (Cixi), empress of China, dies at 73
1908 Kwang-siu, emperor of China, dies
1908 Robert Morley, England, actor, High Road to China, African Queen
1906 China prohibits opium trade
1905 Edgar P. Snow, U.S. author/journalist: Red star over China
1904 Keye Luke, born in Canton, China, actor, Across the Pacific, Yangtse Incident
1903 Edwin Denby, Tientsin China, U.S. dance critic/poet, Snoring in N
1903 Boris Blacher, Newchwang China, German composer, Orchester-Ornament
1902 Walter H Brattain, Amoy China, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956-transistor
1902 China's empress Tzu-hsi forbids binding woman's feet
1902 Eric Liddell, China, English 400m runner 1924 Olympics gold
1901 Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China
1901 Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
1901 Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
1900 China's Boxer Rebellion against foreigners and Christians
1899 Marcel Dalio, [Israel Blauschild], Paris, France, actor, China Gate
1898 China's empress-mother Ci Xi and emperor De Zong arrested
1898 China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei
1898 China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1898 Henry R. Luce, born in Tengchow, China, publisher, Time, Fortune, Life
1897 Rewi Alley, NZ, writer, Americans in China
1895 Lin Yu-t'ang, China, writer, My Country and My People
1895 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1895 Matthew B. Ridgway, U.S. general in WW II, China, Nicaragua, Korea, NATO
1894 1st mushroom on a stamp (China 1 and 5 Ap)
1894 Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang
1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
1894 U.S. and China sign treaty preventing Chinese laborers from entering U.S.
1893 Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, PM of China PR, 1949-76
1892 Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, born in China, author, Good Earth-Nobel 1938
1890 Frank Butler, Oxford England, actor/sreenwriter, Road to Bali, China
1890 Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain and China
1887 Chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, President of Nationalist China
1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million
1886 China takes British protectorate of Burma
1884 Wang Tjing-Wei, premier China, 1932-35
1883 Joseph W. Stilwell, U.S. general, China
1878 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general, China, WW II
1868 Franz X. Ritter von Epp, German general, China
1868 Chinese Embassy arrives aboard steamship China
1867 Camilod d'Almeida Pessanha, Portuguese poet, China
1866 Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China, ROC and PRC, traditional
1865 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat, China
1863 Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter
1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
1852 Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal, Indo China, Marne
1845 Fire kills 1,600 in popular theater in Canton, China
1842 Great Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to British
1839 British capture Hong Kong from China
1837 Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores
1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies
1833 Charles George Gordon, London, general, China, Khartoum
1817 Theodor Storm, German judge/author, Imense China
1790 Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China
1784 1st U.S. ship to trade with China, "Empress of China," sails from New York
1689 China and Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)
1678 Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them
1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking
1644 Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide
1610 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies
1556 Heavy earthquake strikes Shaaxi China, kills 830,000
1556 Most deadly earthquake kills 830,000 in Shensi Province, China
1552 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary, China
1290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000
1280 Sogen Mugaku, founder of Engakuji temple arrives in Japan from China
1228 Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
1200 In China, sunglasses are invented
1036 Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher
976 T'ai tsu, emperor of China/founder of Sung-dynasty, dies
808 P'ang Yun, [Layman P'ang], Exemplary Zen practitioner, dies in China
765 Coffin of Ho-tse Shen-hui interred in a stupa built in China
185 Emperor Lo-Yang, China sees supernova (MSH15-52)
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