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2008 2008 Summer Olympics come to a close in Beijing, China

2008 2008 Summer Olympics begin in Beijing, China

2008 8.0 Earthquake in southwest China kills more than 69,000

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 performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1995 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1995 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1995 Chen Yun, VPM of China 1949 - 1975, 1979 - 1980, dies

1995 Population of People's Republic of China hits 1.2 billion

1994 Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China 1979, dies

1994 Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed

1994 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1994 Explosion in lead/zinc mine in Guangxi China, 120+ killed

1994 China 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 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 performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1992 China 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 performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1990 China 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 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 Premier Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher sign Hong Kong Treaty

1984 China 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 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 president/Deng Xiaoping supreme commander of China PR

1983 China 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 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 throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan

1980 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1980 China launch 1st intercontinental rocket

1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China

1979 China performs nuclear test

1979 People's Republic of China joins IOC

1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam

1979 China invades Vietnam

1979 U.S. and China (Peoples Republic) begin diplomatic relations

1978 Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter's recognition of China PR

1978 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1978 China and Japan formally ends 4 decades of dissension

1978 China 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 performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1978 China lifts a ban on Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Dickens

1977 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1976 Chen Lu, China, figure skater, Olympics-Bronze-94

1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1976 Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao as China's party leader

1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1976 China 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 Prime Minister 1949 - 1976, dies of cancer in Beijing at 78

1976 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1975 U.S. president Gerald Ford visits China

1975 China 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 exchange ambassadors

1972 2 giants pandas arrive in U.S., from China

1972 China 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 performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1971 China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council

1971 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China

1971 Belgium and China 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 launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"

1969 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1969 China 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 performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1968 China reports removal of president Li Sjao-tji

1967 China 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 performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1966 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC

1966 China 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 Gong Li, born in Shenyang, China, actress, appeared in director Zhang Yimou's film, Ju Dhou, Red Sorghum, received Golden Rooster award

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, 1992, 1996 Olympics

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, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1963 Si-An Deng, born in Shanghai, China, Canadian badminton player 1996 Olympics

1963 Jet Li, born in Beijing, China, Li Lianjie, Chinese martial artist, actor, international film star, appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, with Jackie Chan in The Forbidden Kingdom, Wushu champion, studied Changquan, among other arts

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

1961 China and Nepal sign treaty

1961 Andy Lau, born in Hong Kong, China, singer, film actor, producer, Cantopop genre, appeared in over 100 films, 300 TVB television mini-series

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 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 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 U.S. 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 Prime Minister 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 U.S. 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 General Chiang Kai-shek as president of China

1946 Earl of Cromer, managing director, Inchcape, China, Ltd

1945 General 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 General "Vinegar Joe" Stillwell and truck convoy reopen Burma Road to China

1945 U.S. Task Force 38 destroys 41 Japanese 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 Annette Lu, bon in Taoyuan Formosa, Taiwanese politician, feminist activist, member, Democratic Progressive Party, former Vice President of the Republic of 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 U.S. 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 Larry Sitsky, born in Tianjin, China, pianist, Australian composer, educator, musicologist, studied with Winifred Burston, awarded Centenary Medal, 2000

1934 Robin McLaren, British ambassador, China

1933 5th "extermination campaign" against communists in Nanjing China

1933 Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orchestra 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 King Hu, born in Beijing, China, film director, scriptwriter, set designer, directed films 'Come Drink With Me', 'Dragon Gate Inn'

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, actress, 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, General 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 Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist

1920 Toshiro Mifune, born in Tsing-tao, China, writer and actor, Shogun

1919 George Fenneman, born in in 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 Australia

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 Cao Yu, born in China, born Wan Jiabao, playwright, dramatist, celebrated for Thunderstorm, Sunrise, and Peking Man, responsible for spoken theater in 20th century Chinese literature

1910 Ai Qing, born in Eastern China, modern Chinese poet, original name Jiang Zheng Han, influenced by Kant and Hegel, modern poet Mayakovsky and Belgian poet Verhaeren

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, born in Newchwang, China, German composer, Orchester-Ornament

1902 Jeno Takacs, born in Cinfalva, Hungary, composer, studied with Joseph Marx, Paul Weigarten, professor of piano, composition at University of Manila in the Philippines, gave concerts in China, Japan, Hong Kong

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, New Zealand, 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, Prime Minister of China PR, 1949 - 1976

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 Field Marshal, 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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