Timeline of Nanjing
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.
Prehistory
- - Nanjing Man active.
- 7000 BCE - Beiyinyangying culture active in Neolithic China.
- 3000s BCE - Dawenkou, Majiabang, and Songze cultures active.
- 2000s BCE - Liangzhu and Hushu cultures active.
Zhou dynasty
- 472 BCE - Castle built near Yuhuatai by Yue (state).
Three Kingdoms
- 229 CE - City becomes the capital of the Wu Kingdom.
- 258 - Imperial University founded.
Jin dynasty
- 313 - City renamed "Jiankang."
- 317 - Capital of Eastern Jin Dynasty relocated to Jiankang.
Northern & Southern Dynasties
- 420 - City becomes capital of the Liu Song Dynasty.
- 479 - City becomes capital of the Southern Qi Dynasty.
- 502 - City becomes capital of the Liang dynasty.
- 548552 - Hou Jing Disturbance, including the city's besiegement, starvation, and massacre.
- 557 - City becomes capital of the Chen Dynasty.
Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms
- 937 - Nan Tang in power.
Song dynasty
- 1168 - Jiangnan Examination Hall built.
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.
- 1382 - Drum Tower built.
- 1386 - City Wall of Nanjing and Jubao Gate constructed.
- 1408 - Yongle Encyclopedia written.
- 1421 - Capital of Ming Dynasty relocated from Nanjing to Beijing.
- 1430 - Porcelain Tower of Nanjing built.
- 1441 - Major Yangtze flood.
Qing dynasty
- 1645 - Qing [Qing Qing conquest of China|conquest of China|conquest] of Nanjing; Nanzhili reorganized as Jiangnan, later divided into Jiangsu and Anhui
- 1657 - City besieged by forces of Koxinga.
- 1723 - Viceroy of Liangjiang residence relocated to Nanjing.
- 1842
- * British in power.
- * August 29: City the site of the Treaty of Nanking.
- 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.
- 1864 - Third Battle of Nanking.
- 1870 - Chaotian Palace and Presidential Palace built.
- 1890 - Naval college opens.
- 1899 - Foreign trade begins.
- 1902 - Sanjiang Normal College founded.
- 1907 - Jiangnan Library opens.
- 1909 - Shanghai–Nanjing railway opens.
- 1910
- * Nanyang industrial exposition.
- * Population: 140,000.
- 1911
- * November 10: City besieged by Manchu forces.
- * December 2: Rebels take city.
Republic of China
- 1921 - Population: 380,000.
- 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.
- 1929 - Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum completed.
- 1930 - Wei Tao-ming becomes mayor.
- 1931 - City becomes capital of the Republic of China.
- 1935 - Nanjing–Tongling railway opens.
- 1936 - Jiangsu Art Gallery founded.
- 1937
- * Nanking Safety Zone set up.
- * December 9: Battle of Nanking begins.
- * December 12: USS Panay incident.
- * December 13: Japanese forces take city.
- 19371938 - Nanjing Massacre.
- 1940
- * City becomes capital of the Reorganized National Government of China.
- * Cai Pei becomes mayor.
- 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 and Wutaishan Sports Center founded.
- 1953 - Nanjing University of Science and Technology founded.
- 1957 - Population: 1,419,000.
- 1958 - Taiping Kingdom History Museum opens.
- 1968
- * Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge constructed.
- * Nanjing Railway Station opens.
- 1988
- * December: Nanjing anti-African protests.
- * Nanjing High-tech Industrial Development Zone established.
- 1994 - Jiangsu Sainty Football Club formed.
- 1995 - City administration re-organized.
- 1996 - Jiangsu Dragons basketball team formed.
- 1997 - Lukou Airport opens.
- 2000 - Jiangning District becomes part of Nanjing municipality.
- 2001 - Second Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge constructed.
- 2002
- * Jiangpu and Liuhe districts become part of Nanjing municipality.
- * Luo Zhijun becomes mayor.
- 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.
- * 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.