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Qing Dynasty began
Ming capital was sacked and the Man army invaded and take over China. -
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Qing Dynasty
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Kangxi Emperor resided
At sixty one years, the reign of Kangxi was the longest of any Chinese emperor. But more importantly, apart from its length, Kangxi's reign is also celebrated as the beginning of an era called "Kang-Qian Golden Age" (Chinese: 康乾盛世) -
Yongzheng Emperor resided
Yongzheng was the third Qing emperor from 1722 to 1735. A hard-working ruler, Yongzheng's main goal was to create an effective government at minimal expense. Yongzheng continued an era of peace and prosperity; he cracked down on corruption and waste, and reformed the financial administration. -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution started in England around 1733 with the first cotton mill. A more modern world had begun. As new inventions were being created, factories followed soon thereafter. -
Qianlong Emperor resided
Qianlong was the sixth Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and also the emperor who lived for the longest time in Chinese history.Emperor Qianlong's reign marked the peak of feudalism in China. -
French Revolution began
Between 1789 and 1802 France was wracked by a revolution which radically changed the government, administration, military and culture of the nation as well as plunging Europe into a series of wars. France went from a largely feudal state under an absolutist monarch to a republic. -
Publication of Dreams in the Red Chamber
The most important novel in Quing Dynasty depicting a royal family's rise and fall. -
The outbreak of Opium War
British merchants began smuggling opium into China in order to balance their purchases of tea for export to Britain. In 1839, China enforced its prohibitions on the importation of opium by destroying at Guangzhou (Canton) a large quantity of opium confiscated from British merchants. The British started a war in 1840 to fight their benefits. -
Heavenly Kindom of Great Peace rebelled
This group were untrained farmers rebelled against the Qing government from 1851 to 1864, The Qing government defeated the rebellion with the eventual aid of French and British forces. -
American Civil War began
Fought 1861-1865, the American Civil War was the result of decades of sectional tensions between the North and South. -
Meiji Restoration of Japan began
Under Meiji Emperor's reign, Japan struggled for recognition of its considerable achievement and for equality with Western nations. -
Allied Army of the 8 Powers invaded Beijing
an alliance of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States whose military forces intervened in China to suppress the anti-foreign Boxers and relieve the siege of the diplomatic legations in Beijing (Peking). -
The Rrevolution of 1911succeeded and built the Republic of China
The Xinhai Revolution (named for the Chinese year of Xinhai (1911), was the overthrow of China's ruling Qing Dynasty, sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, and the establishment of the Republic of China.
