A Brief Chronology of Beijing

700,000 B.C.
Peking Man
 
1045 B.C.
Ji city founded in Beijing
 
226 B.C.
Emperor Qin Shihuang occupied Ji
 
581-618
Called Zhuojun
 
618-907
Called Youzhou
 
916-1125
Called Nanjing, capital of Liao
 
1153
Called Zhongdu, capital of Kin
 
1215
Occupied by Genghis Khan and called Yanjing
 
1272
Called Dadu, capital of Yuan
 
1368
Called Beiping under the Ming empire
 
1403
Renamed Beijing
 
1406
Forbidden City--construction began
 
1421
Became the Ming Capital
 
1564
Expanded further south to form the present-day city size
 
1644
Became the Qing Capital
 
1860
British-French Allied Forces invaded the city and burned down Yuanmingyuan Gardens
 
1900
Eignt-Power Allied Forces invaded the city to suppress Boxer Movement
 
1911
Sun Yat-sen's revolution put an end to the rule of the Qing
 
1912
Founding of the Republic of China (then renamed Beiping)
 
1937
Japaninvaded Beijing
 
1945
Surrender of Japan
 
1949
Founding of the People's Republic of China, resumed the name Beijing

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