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MODERN HISTORY OF CHINA

Objective chronological listing of significant events leading up to modern China.

• Britain and her allies defeat France at the Battle of Waterloo. (1815)
  
• First Opium War wtih Britain. (1840)
  
• Treaty of Nanjing. Hong Kong is ceded to Britain. (1842)
  
• Taiping Rebellion. (1850 -1864)
  
• Second Opium War with Britain. (1858)
  
• Treaty of Peking (Beijing). (1860)
  
• Treaty of Aigun with Russia. China cedes vast territories. (1858)
  
• Meiji Restoration in Japan. (1868)
  
• France gains control of Vietnam after defeating Chinese forces. (1885)
  
• Taiwan established as a province. (1885)
  
• First Sino-Japanese War. China is defeated. (1894)
  
• Formation of the Revive China Society to overthrow the Qing dynasty. (1894)
  
• Treaty of Shimonoseki. Taiwan ceded to Japan. (1895)
  
• The Hundred Days’ Reform. Reform fails. (1898)
  
• Boxer Rebellion. Foreigners are attacked. (1900)
  
• Formation of the Revolutionary Alliance. (1905)
  
• Last Qing emperor ascends to the throne. (1908)
  

MAJOR EVENTS 1815 - 1910