2013 Event A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Tibet; no injuries were reported 2012 Event In Tibet, a Tibetan teenager dies of self-immolation in Gansu, China; this is the seventh incident this week and the 70th self-immolation since 2009 2012 Event China tightens its control of monasteries following deadly protests in Tibet 2011 Event In Tibet, several acts of self-immolation prompt exiled Tibetans in India to urge the Chinese government to end its repressive policies restricting the Tibetan's religious freedom 2011 Event In a speech outside of Potala Palace, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping declares he will crush attempts for an Independent Tibet 2011 Event Exiles in Tibet vote for a new Prime Minister, and also for 43 members of the Tibetan parliament 2010 Event Tibet's Galongla Tunnel, built at an altitude of 3,750 meters, is completed, linking Medog county to the outside world 2010 Event The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, says cultural genocide is happening as a result of the Chinese law requiring Mandarin as the language of instruction in Tibetan schools 1995 Event Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader 1965 Event Tibet is made an autonomous region of China 1959 Event Tibet abolishes serfdom 1959 Event 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government and installs Panchen Lama 1959 Event Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India 1959 Event Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet 1958 Event Anti-Chinese uprising in Tibet 1951 Event Dalai Lama returns to Tibet 1950 Event Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion 1950 Event Chinese forces occupy Tibet 1935 Birthday Dalai Lama 14, Tibet, spiritual leader of Tibet's Lamaistic Buddhists 1912 Event Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet 1910 Event Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies 1907 Event Britain and Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia and Tibet 1906 Birthday H Algernon F "Algy" Rumbold, English diplomat, South Africa/Tibet 1904 Event Francis Younghusbands leaves Lhasa Tibet 1904 Event Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet 1903 Event British forces under MacDonald and Young march into Tibet 1865 Birthday Sven Hedin, Sweden, scientist/explorer, Tibet
