- 1644: Li Zicheng captures Beijing; Li Zicheng is defeated by the Manzhou under Wu Sangui.
- 1661-1722: Reign of Kang Xi.
- 1723-1736: Reign of Yong Zheng.
- 1728: Encyclopedia published.
- 1736-1795: Reign of Qian Long.
- 1755-1759: Chinese Turkestan is brought under Qing control.
- 1760-1770: Tea trade with Europe increases.
- 1793: Lord Macartney's (England) embassy is unsuccessful.
- 1816: Lord Amherst of England's embassy is unsuccessful.
- 1839: Lin Zexcu is made commissioner in Canton.
- Opium imported by Britain is burned
- 1839-1842: The First Opium War.
- 1841: Hong Kong is taken by Britain.
- 1842: Treaty of Nanjing ends the First Opium War
- 1850-1864: Taipeng Rebellion
- 1851-1862: Xian Feng is emperor.
- 1811-1872: Zeng Guofan, scholar and official.
- 1812-1885: Zuo Zongtang, leading modernizer.
- 1823-1901: Li Hongzhang, modernizer and scholar official.
- 1850-1864: Hong Xiuchuan leads the Taiping Rebellion.
- 1856-1860: Anglo-French War (The Second Opium War).
- 1860: Treaty of Tientsin is ratified.
- Summer Palace is looted by British and French troops.
- Prince Gong is acting head of state.
- 1862-1875: Tong Zhi Restoration.
- 1853-1868: Nien Rebellion.
- 1866: Navy Yard is established at Fuzhou.
- 1868-1873: Muslim Rebellion.
- 1870: Tientsin Massacre.
- 1872: China Merchants Steam Navigation Company is established.
- 1875-1908: Guang Xu is emperor.
- 1838-1908: Cixi (Tz'u Hsi), empress dowager.
- 1894-1895: Sino-Japanese War.
- 1896: Postal Service is established.
- 1898: Hundred Day's Reform.
- 1898-1900: Boxer Rebellion.
- 1904-1905: Russo-Japanese War.
- 1905: Traditional Civil Service System ends.
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