Timeline of important events in China from 1900 to 1927

1. 1900-1927 Important Events Timeline by Howard Liu and Isabel Chun

2. 1900 The Boxer Rebellion Rebellion organized by the Yi-Ho Tuan They were against Europeans and Christians Empress Dowager Cixi supported them to attack foreigners Six-nation force stopped the rebellions Boxers were captured and executed in the streets

3. 1905 Sworn Chinese Brotherhood Sun Yatsen believed that China needed to change He wanted to make China a republic which meant that the Qing dynasty would have to go He founded secret societies to help overthrow the Manchus He founded the Tongmenghui meaning Sworn Chinese Brotherhood All his attempts at revolution failed

4. 1908 Puyi becomes emperor Empress Dowager Cixi dies Her successor was her nephew, two-year-old Puyi The one who ruled was Regent, Prince Chun, Puyi’s uncle

5. 1911 Double Tenth The New Army, the Sworn Chinese Brotherhood , and other demonstrators rebelled in Wuchang From Wuchang the rebellion went on throughout central and southern China, a full-scale revolution Yuan Shikai was made Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the armies, he was told to punish the rebels Yuan Shikaithen promised to help the rebels and persuade the Manchu government to give up the throne

6. 1912 End of Qing Dynasty On 12 February 1912, Emperor Puyi and his uncle Prince Chun abdicated their throne

7. 1912-16 Yuan Shikai rises and falls Yuan Shikai was elected president in February Not interested in sharing power with the parliament dominated by Sun Yatsen’sparty, he ignored the decisions they made 1914 Began to govern China like a dictator and dissolved the National Assembly 1915 He declared himself emperor of ‘The Grand Constitutional Era’ dynasty

8. 1912-16 Yuan Shikai rises and falls Sun Yatsen’sguomindang party, the generals in Yuan’s army, the military governors of the provinces feared they would lose authority Yuan accepted the Twenty-One Demands that Japan presented to avoid war. Demands consisted of demands for control of Chinese factories, railways and ports. Yunnan province army revolts against him. Yuan, in response, gives up the idea of being emperor In June 1916, he died of a stroke Twenty-one demands

9. 1916-1927 Warlords China split into different areas governed by: Central government –control around beijing Guomindang- led by Sun Yatsen controlled the south around Guangzhou Other generals and military leaders- those who opposed Yuan set up their own governments enforced by their armies in other areas. These are the warlords. Warlords fought each other for control of China. Warlord rule was very strict.