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Peking


1937 Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin

1931 Peking (200,000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan)

1929 1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien

1925 U.S.S.R. and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to U.S.S.R.

1924 Government routes 7 Provinces to Peking

1919 George Fenneman, born in in Peking, China, TV announcer, 'You Bet Your Life'

1913 Opening of China's 1st parliament takes place in Peking (now Beijing)

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

1901 Peace of Peking - Ends Boxer Rebellion in China

1898 Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking

1884 Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man

1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking

1644 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide


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