The History Of China

(Persons with dates of historical relevance)
			 
			 
1900-1500 BC Mythological Xia Dynasty

1500-1050 BC Shang Dynasty

1050-249 BC  Zhou Dynasty
             770-221 BC   Period of Feudal States (Eastern Zhou)
             722-481 BC   Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn) Period
             475-221 BC   Zhanguo (Warring States) Period

221-206 BC   Qin-Dynasty (Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi)

202 BC-9 AD  Western Han Dynasty

141-87 BC    Emperor Liu Che (Wudi)

9-23         Emperor Wang Mang (Xin Dynasty)

25-220       Eastern Han Dynasty
                        
220-280      Sanguo-Period 
             (Three Kingdoms: Shu, Wei, Wu)
                                        
265-317      Western Jin Dynasty
                        
304-581      Period of the 16 Kingdoms
                        
317-420      Eastern Jin Dynasty

386-535      Wei Dynasty (Tuoba Tribe)

420-589      Nanchao-Period (Southern Dynasties)
             420-479   Early Song
             479-502   Southern Qi
             502-557   Southern Liang
             557-589   Chen
                        
581-618      Sui Dynasty 

618-907      Tang-Dynasty
                        
626-649      Emperor Li Shimin
                       
712-756      Emperor Li Longji
                        
907-979      'Five Dynasties' in the north
             'Ten kingdoms' in the south
                                        
907-1125     Liao Dynasty (Mongols)
                        
960-1279     Song Dynasty
             960-1127  Northern Song
             1127-1279 Southern Song
                        
1032-1227    Xixia Kingdom (Tibetians/Tanguts in 
             the northwest)
                                        
1115-1234    Jin Dynasty (Jurchen in the north)
                                        
1206-1227    Dschingis Khan

1260-1294    Emperor Kublai
                      
1271-1368    Yuan Dynasty (Mongol)
                        
1271-1295    Marco Polo in Asia
                        
1368-1644    Ming Dynasty
                        
1599-1636    Jin Dynasty (Manchu)

1636-1911    Qing Dynasty (Manchu)

1898-1908    Empress Dowager Wu Cixi

1900         Boxer Rebellion

1908-1911    Emperor Puyi

1912-1927    Chinese Republic
                     
1912-1925    Sun Yatsen

1921-1976    Mao Zedong

1924-1976    Zhou Enlai
                       
1925-1975    Chiang Kaishek

1926-1997    Deng Xiaoping

1927-1949    Guomindang	(Kuomintang) Government 
             under Chiang Kaishek

1931         Japanese Seizure of Manchuria

1932-1945    Manzhouguo (Manchukuo) under 
             Emperor Puyi in north China

1934-1935    The Long March               

1947-1949    Open Civil War between Kuomintang and Communists
         
1949-        People's Republic of China
                                                
1959         Great Leap Forward

1966-1970    Cultural Revolution

1976         Mao Zedong dies

1976         The Gang of Four

1978-1982    Deng Xiaoping's Rise to Power

1979         Economic Opening
                       
1987-        Li Peng

1989         The Beijing Massacre

1989-        Jiang Zemin

1997         Deng Xiaoping dies

2002-        Hu Jintao