Birth of Mao Tse-Tung
Birth of Mao Tse-Tung, Shaoshan in Hunan Province, year of the snake
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Mao Tse-Tung Biography and Timeline
Follow Mao Tse-Tung through 226 dated historical records for China.
Mao Tse-Tung, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
226Distinct records
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1893–1929Years on this page
1893
1909
Education
Mao enrols at Hsiangtan School
1911
Coup
Participates in the Republican overthrow of the Manch Dynasty
Role range: 1948-1976
1913
Education
Mao enrols at Changsha School
1915
Secretary of Association of Students
Appointed Secretary of the Association of Students
1919
Demonstrations
Student riots in Peking
Role range: 1948-1976
Study Society
Founds the New Peoples Study Society
Role range: 1948-1976
1920
League of Socialists Youths
Mao Tse-Tung founds the League of Socialists Youths
Role range: 1948-1976
Library of Culture
Mao Tse-Tung organises a "Library of Culture"
Role range: 1948-1976
Marriage
Mao Tse-Tung marries Yang Kai-hui
Role range: 1948-1976
1921
Communist Party
Forms a local branch of the Communist Party & a Marxist study group
Role range: 1948-1976
Communist Party
1 of 13 in Shanghai who form the Chinese Communist Party
Communist Party
Present at the first congress as one of two delegates from a Hunan communist group
Secretary of Chinese Communist Party
Appointed Secretary of the CCP
1922
Congress of CCP
CCP Congress in Shanghai, Mao is absent
Alliance Chinese Communist Party and Kuomintang
The CCP decides to collaborate with the Kuomingtang, the Nationalist Party of China
Strike
Mao leads An-Yuan miners on strike
1923
Alliance CCP and Kuomingtang
Mao co-ordinates the co-ordination between the CCP & Kuomingtang
Congress of Kuomingtang
Mao attends the 1st Congress of the Kuomingtang
Alliance CCP and Kuomingtang
Mao co-ordinates the co-ordination between the CCP & Kuomingtang
Central Committee
Appointed Member of Central Committee of the CCP
Kuomingtang
Appointed Member of Executive Committee of the Kuomingtang
Kuomingtang
Appointed Member of Executive Committee of the Kuomingtang
1925
Editor
Appointed Chief Editor of the Political Week, official paper of the Kuomingtang
1927
Alliance Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party
Rupture between the Kuomingtang & CCP
Peasant Base
Mao founds the 1st communist peasant base
Reform of Political Party
Mao founds the 1st communist peasant base
Arrest of Mao Tse-Tung
The Kuomingtang issue an arrest warrant against Mao
Autumn Harvest Uprising
A young communist leader, Mao Tse-Tung, organizes the Autumn Harvest Uprising, which fails
Purge
Mao is excluded from the Central Committee
Soviet Republic of China
The only major section of the party which survives te civil war is the section built around Mao Zedong, which establishes Soviet Republic of China in some remote areas within China through peasant riots
Alliance Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party
Rupture between the Kuomingtang & CCP
Rebellion of Autmun Harvest
Sent by the party leadership to start the Autmun Harvest Revolt in east Hunan
Rebellion of Autmun Harvest
Sent by the party leadership to start the Autmun Harvest Revolt in east Hunan
Role range: 1926-1949
Rebellion of Autmun Harvest
Sent by the party leadership to start the Autmun Harvest Revolt in east Hunan
1928
Red Army
Mao organises the 1st Red Army
Central Committee
Appointed Member of Central Committee
Siege of Changsha
Takes part in the attacks at Changsha led by Chiang Kai-shek
Role range: 1926-1949
1929
Invasion of Chiangshi
Mao & his troops invade Chiangshi
Role range: 1926-1949
Invasion of Fu-chien
Mao & his troops invade Fu-chien
Role range: 1926-1949
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.