Timeline of Nanjing

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

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Prior to 3rd century[]

History of China
History of China
ANCIENT
Neolithic c. 8500 – c. 2070 BC
Xia c. 2070 – c. 1600 BC
Shang c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC
Zhou c. 1046 – 256 BC
 Western Zhou
 Eastern Zhou
   Spring and Autumn
   Warring States
IMPERIAL
Qin 221–207 BC
Han 202 BC – 220 AD
  Western Han
  Xin
  Eastern Han
Three Kingdoms 220–280
  Wei, Shu and Wu
Jin 266–420
  Western Jin
  Eastern Jin Sixteen Kingdoms
Northern and Southern dynasties
420–589
Sui 581–618
Tang 618–907
Five Dynasties and
Ten Kingdoms
907–979 		Liao 916–1125
Song 960–1279
  Northern Song Western Xia
  Southern Song Jin Western Liao
Yuan 1271–1368
Ming 1368–1644
Qing 1636–1912
MODERN
Republic of China on the mainland 1912–1949
People's Republic of China 1949–present
Republic of China in Taiwan 1949–present
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3rd-12th centuries[]

  • 229 CE - City becomes capital of Wu Kingdom.[1]
  • 258 CE - Imperial University founded.
  • 313 - City renamed "Jiankang."[2]
  • 317 - Capital of Eastern Jin Dynasty relocated to Jiankang.[3]
  • 420 - City becomes capital of the Liu Song Dynasty.[2]
  • 479 - City becomes capital of the Southern Qi Dynasty.[2]
  • 502 - City becomes capital of the Liang dynasty.[2]
  • 557 - City becomes capital of the Chen Dynasty.[2]
  • 937 - Nan Tang in power.[2]
  • 1168 - Jiangnan Examination Hall built.[citation needed]

14th century[]

Map of Nanjing (Jinling, Yingtian Fu) in Ming Dynasty
  • 1367 - construction of Ming Palace begun, completed in 1368.
  • 1368 - City becomes capital of Ming Dynasty, renamed Yingtian.
  • 1373 - Hongwu Emperor substantially expands Ming Palace compound, completed in 1375.
  • 1381 - Imperial University campus relocated to Xuanwu Lake.[4]
  • 1382 - Drum Tower built.[2]
  • 1386 - City Wall of Nanjing and Jubao Gate constructed.

15th-18th centuries[]

Nanjing, ca.1660s
  • 1408 - Yongle Encyclopedia written.
  • 1421 - Capital of Ming Dynasty relocated from Nanjing to Beijing.[2]
  • 1430 - Porcelain Tower of Nanjing built.[5]
  • 1441 - 1441 Yangtze flood.
  • 1657 - City besieged by forces of Koxinga.[6]
  • 1723 - Viceroy of Liangjiang residence relocated to Nanjing.[6]

19th century[]

20th century[]

  • 1902 - Sanjiang Normal College (later renamed Nanjing University) founded.[2]
  • 1907 - Jiangnan Library opens.
  • 1909 - Shanghai-Nanjing railroad opens.[7]
  • 1910
  • 1911
    • 10 November: City besieged by Manchu forces.[8]
    • 2 December: Rebels take city.
  • 1921 - Population: 380,000.[9]
  • 1927
    • March: Nanking Incident.
    • Nanjing Special (No.1) Popular Library founded.
  • 1928
    • Central Guoshu Institute established.
    • Liu Chi-wen becomes mayor.[citation needed]
  • 1929 - Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum built.
  • 1930 - Wei Tao-ming becomes mayor.[citation needed]
  • 1931 - City becomes capital of the Republic of China.
  • 1936 - Jiangsu Art Gallery founded.[citation needed]
  • 1937
    • Nanking Safety Zone set up.
    • 9 December: Battle of Nanking begins.
    • 12 December: USS Panay incident.
    • 13 December: Japanese forces take city.
    • Nanking Massacre.
  • 1940
    • City becomes capital of the Reorganized National Government of China.
    • Cai Pei becomes mayor.[citation needed]
  • 1941 - Zhou Xuechang becomes mayor.
  • 1949 - 23 April: People's Liberation Army takes city.
  • 1952 - Nanjing College of Aviation Industry[2] and Wutaishan Sports Center founded.
  • 1953 - Nanjing University of Science and Technology founded.[2]
  • 1957 - Population: 1,419,000.[10]
  • 1958 - Taiping Kingdom History Museum active.
  • 1968
  • 1988
  • 1994 - Jiangsu Sainty Football Club formed.
  • 1995 - City administration re-organized.[2]
  • 1996 - Jiangsu Dragons basketball team formed.
  • 1997 - Lukou Airport opens.
  • 2000 - Jiangning District becomes part of Nanjing municipality.[12]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Schellinger 1996.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Kenneth Pletcher, ed. (2011). Geography of China: Sacred and Historic Places. Britannica Educational Publishing.
  3. ^ Chye Kiang Heng (1999), Cities of Aristocrats and Bureaucrats: the Development of Medieval Chinese Cityscapes, Singapore University Press, ISBN 9971692236
  4. ^ Chia 2005.
  5. ^ C.C. Clarke (1820), The Hundred Wonders of the World (8th ed.), London: Phillips & Co.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Madrolle 1912.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Britannica 1910.
  8. ^ "Manchus' Day of Massacre" (PDF). New York Times. 11 November 1911.
  9. ^ Chu 1922.
  10. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279. Nanking
  11. ^ Meine Pieter Van Dijk (2006), Managing Cities in Developing Countries, Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN 9781845428808
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ivan Cucco (2008), "The Professional Middle Class", in David S.G. Goodman (ed.), The New Rich in China, Routledge, ISBN 9780415455640
  13. ^ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva

This article incorporates information from the Chinese Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

Published in the 14th-19th centuries
  • Hongwu Jingcheng Tuzhi [Illustrated Gazetteer of the Capital in the Hongwu Era]. 1395.
  • Chu Chih-fan; Lu Shou-po (1624). Jinling Tuyong [Gazetteer of Nanjing]. [1][2]
  • Johannes Nieuhof (1668), "(Nanking)", Legatio batavica ad magnum Tartariæ chamum Sungteium, modernum Sinæ imperatorem (in Latin), Amstelodami: Jacob von Meurs, OCLC 2134985
  • Jedidiah Morse; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Nanking", A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
Published in the 20th century
  • Louis Gaillard (1901), Nanking Port ouvert, Nankin d'alors et d'aujourd'hui (in French), Chang-Hai: Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique, OL 14264158M
  • Louis Gaillard (1903), Aperçu historique et géographique [Historical and geographical overview], Nankin d'alors et d'aujourd'hui (in French), Chang-Hai: Impr. de la Mission catholique, OCLC 6976461, OL 6962395M
  • "Nanking", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Claudius Madrolle (1912), "Nanking", Northern China, Paris: Hachette & Company, OCLC 8741409
  • Coching Chu (1922), The climate of Nanking during the period 1905-1921, Nanking, OL 7245788M
  • Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996), "Nanjing", International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania, Routledge, ISBN 9781884964046
Published in the 21st century
  • Lucille Chia (2005). "Of Three Mountains Street: the Commercial Publishers of Ming Nanjing". Printing and Book Culture in Late Imperial China. University of California Press.

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