Timeline of Nanjing
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Prehistory
- c. 600,000 BCE - Nanjing Man (Homo erectus) active.
- 7000 BCE - Beiyinyangying culture (北阴阳营文化, Běiyīnyángyíng wénhuà) active in Neolithic China.[1]
- 3000s BCE - Dawenkou, Majiabang, and Songze cultures active.
- 2000s BCE - Liangzhu and Hushu cultures (湖熟文化, Húshú wénhuà) active.
Zhou dynasty
- 472 BCE - Castle built near Yuhuatai by Yue (state).[2]
Three Kingdoms
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- 229 CE - City becomes the capital of the Wu Kingdom.[1]
- 258 - Imperial University founded.
Jin dynasty
Northern & Southern Dynasties
- 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]
- 548–552 - Hou Jing Disturbance, including the city's besiegement, starvation, and massacre.
- 557 - City becomes capital of the Chen Dynasty.[2]
Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms
Song dynasty
- 1168 - Jiangnan Examination Hall built.[citation needed]
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.[5]
- 1382 - Drum Tower built.[2]
- 1386 - City Wall of Nanjing and Jubao Gate constructed.
- 1408 - Yongle Encyclopedia written.
- 1421 - Capital of Ming Dynasty relocated from Nanjing to Beijing.[2]
- 1430 - Porcelain Tower of Nanjing built.[6][7]
- 1441 - Major Yangtze flood.
Qing dynasty
- 1645 - Qing conquest of Nanjing; Nanzhili reorganized as Jiangnan, later divided into Jiangsu and Anhui
- 1657 - City besieged by forces of Koxinga.[8]
- 1723 - Viceroy of Liangjiang residence relocated to Nanjing.[8]
- 1842
- British in power.[7]
- August 29: City the site of the Treaty of Nanking.[7]
- 1853 - Taiping conquest of Nanjing in the First Battle of Nanjing.
- 1856 - Second Battle of Nanjing.
- 1858 - City designated a treaty port under the Treaties of Tianjin.[7]
- 1864 - Third Battle of Nanking.[7]
- 1870 - Chaotian Palace and Presidential Palace built.
- 1890 - Naval college opens.[7]
- 1899 - Foreign trade begins.[8][dubious – discuss]
- 1902 - Sanjiang Normal College (later renamed Nanjing Normal University) founded.[2][7]
- 1907 - Jiangnan Library opens.
- 1909 - Shanghai–Nanjing railway opens.[7]
- 1910
- Nanyang industrial exposition.[8]
- Population: 140,000 (approximate).[7]
- 1911
Republic of China
- 1921 - Population: 380,000.[10]
- 1926 -
- March 12: Sun Yat-sen dies.
- 1927
- March: Nanjing 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 completed.
- 1930 - Wei Tao-ming becomes mayor.[citation needed]
- 1931 - City becomes capital of the Republic of China.
- 1935 - Nanjing–Tongling railway opens.
- 1936 - Jiangsu Art Gallery founded.[citation needed]
- 1937
- Nanking Safety Zone set up.
- December 9: Battle of Nanking begins.
- December 12: USS Panay incident.
- December 13: Japanese forces take city.
- 1937–1938 - Nanjing Massacre.
- 1940
- City becomes capital of the Reorganized National Government of China.
- Cai Pei becomes mayor.[citation needed]
- 1941 - Zhou Xuechang becomes mayor.
- 1949 - April 23: People's Liberation Army takes city.
People's Republic of China
- 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.[11]
- 1958 - Taiping Kingdom History Museum opens.
- 1968
- Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge constructed.[12]
- Nanjing Railway Station opens.
- 1988
- December: Nanjing anti-African protests.
- Nanjing High-tech Industrial Development Zone established.[13]
- 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.[13]
- 2001 - Second Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge constructed.
- 2002
- Jiangpu and Liuhe districts become part of Nanjing municipality.[13]
- Luo Zhijun becomes mayor.[citation needed]
- 2004 - Longtan Containers Port Area opens.
- 2005
- Third Nanjing Yangtze Bridge and Nanjing Olympic Sports Center opens.
- Nanjing Metro and Nanjing–Qidong Railway begins operating.[2]
- 10th National Games of China held.
- 2008
- Hefei–Nanjing Passenger Railway begins operating.
- World Urban Forum held.
- 2009 - Zifeng Tower built.
- 2010
- July 28: Chemical plant explosion.
- Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge built.
- 2013 - Air pollution in Nanjing reaches annual mean of 72 PM2.5 and 137 PM10, much higher than recommended.[14]
- 2014 - 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held.[15]
