1898 ⟶ Cixi's Coup: End of the Hundred Days' Reform and the Arrest of the Guangxu Emperor

Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'état, marki...
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👑 Death of the Kangxi Emperor

Kangxi Emperor of China dies.⟶
Qing DynastyEmperorImperialismSuccessionGovernance
ChinaChina

👑 Qianlong Emperor Ascends to the Throne

1799: The Qianlong Emperor of China oversees a huge expansion in territory.⟶
Qianlong Emperor Ascends to the Throne (1735)
Qing DynastyEmperorGovernanceExpansionImperialismPolitical History
ChinaChina

👑 Cixi's Coup: End of the Hundred Days' Reform and the Arrest of the Guangxu Emperor

Empress Dowager Cixi of China engineers a coup d'état, marking the end of the Hundred Days' Reform; the Guangxu Emperor is arrested.⟶
Cixi's Coup: End of the Hundred Days' Reform and the Arrest of the Guangxu Emperor (1898)
Qing DynastyCoup d'étatPolitical ReformImperialismMonarchy
ChinaChina

👑 Puyi Ascends to the Chinese Throne

December 2: Puyi, the last Emperor of China, assumes the throne.⟶
Puyi Ascends to the Chinese Throne (1908)
Qing DynastyEmperorMonarchyImperialismDynastic CycleSuccession
ChinaChina

🇨🇳 Wuchang Uprising Initiates Chinese Revolution

October 10: 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the Qing dynasty of China, begins.⟶
Wuchang Uprising Initiates Chinese Revolution (1911)
RevolutionQing DynastyRepublicPolitical Change
ChinaChina

🇨🇳 Qing Dynasty Abdication and Founding of the Republic of China

February 12: End of the Chinese Empire. Republic of China established.⟶
Qing Dynasty Abdication and Founding of the Republic of China (1912)
RepublicDynastyImperialismPolitical TransitionNationalismQing Dynasty
ChinaChina