1853
Capture of Shanghai
The rebel leader captures Shanghai, China is now split into 2
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Shanghai in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The rebel leader captures Shanghai, China is now split into 2
Is appointed to negotiate with the foreign powers.
The republicans capture the garrison at Shanghai
The republicans capture the garrison at Shanghai
Returns from 14 years of exile to lead the republican revolution
Has Sung Chiao-jen assassinated, provokes the Chinese 2nd Revolution
Assassinated by agents of Yuan Shih-kai
Death of Sung Chiao-jen
The magazine "New Youth" initiates the New Culture Movement, promotes science, democracy, and Vernacular Chinese literature. Chen Duxiu is one of the key figures in starting the New Culture Movement, publishing a journal called New Youth. He began with the intention of promoting individual freedom, science, democracy and the emancipation of women
The magazine "New Youth" initiates the New Culture Movement, promotes science, democracy, and Vernacular Chinese literature. The magazine is started by Chen Duxiu in Shanghai on 15 September 1915 in Shanghai. Chen Duxiu is one of the key figures in starting the New Culture Movement, publishing a journal called New Youth. He began with the intention of promoting individual freedom, science, democracy and the emancipation of women
1 of 13 in Shanghai who form the Chinese Communist Party
1st Party Congress approves totalitarian reconstruction & expells the disidents
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Appointed Party Leader of the Communist Party
CCP Congress in Shanghai, Mao is absent
4th Congress of the Communist Party
Helps organize the Communist Rebellion in Shanghai
Helps organize the Communist Rebellion in Shanghai
Puts down a workers strike in Shanghai
Leads a strike in Shanghai which is put down by the warlords
Calls off the strike in Shanghai
Shanghai & Nanjing are captured during the Northern Expedition
The North Expeditionary forces isolate Shanghai & Chuanfang flees
Proclaims a "provisional peoples Government" of Shanghai. Leads a rebellion in Shanghai
Proclaims a "provisional peoples Government" of Shanghai. Leads a rebellion in Shanghai
National Revolutionary Army forces enter Shanghai after a workers’ uprising has weakened warlord control.
Presses the Shanghai provisional authorities to accept Nationalist control as the Northern Expedition reaches the city.
Chou En-Lai & the workers refuse to be placed under Chiang Kai-sheks control. Chiang Kaishek asks the Shanghai Government to be placed under his control
Holds a meeting of the Workers Committee & refuses to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek
Holds a meeting of the Workers Committee & refuses to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-sheks & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers
Chiang Kai-sheks & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers
Arrested by the forces under Chiang Kai-Shek in Shanghai
Arrests Chou En-Lai in Shanghai
Nationalist forces and allied groups carry out a violent purge of Communists and labor activists in Shanghai.
Nationalist troops enter labor districts in Shanghai as Chiang’s purge of Communist and union organizations begins.
Escapes from his captors
Marries Soong Mei-ling in Shanghai, strengthening his ties to the influential Soong family.
Death of Lo Yinung, executed
Betrayed & then executed in Shanghai
Defends Shanghai against the Japanese
Japanese and Chinese forces begin major fighting in Shanghai during the January 28 Incident.
A ceasefire ends the major 1932 fighting in Shanghai between Chinese and Japanese forces.
The Battle of Shanghai begins as Chinese forces mount major resistance to the Japanese advance.
Chinese forces withdraw from Shanghai after a prolonged battle, leaving the city under Japanese control.
Jiang Zemin is associated with Communist underground activity before later rising within the party
Shanghai surrenders to the Communists. Shanghai surrenders to the Communists who then gain control of Canton
Shanghai surrenders to the Communists
Communist forces begin the final campaign for Shanghai, one of the last major Nationalist strongholds on the mainland coast.
The Communists capture Shanghai & seal Chiangs defeat in the Civil War
Communist forces capture Shanghai after heavy fighting, removing the Nationalists from China’s largest city.
Yu-Ming opens the invasion route to Nanking & Shanghai after victory at Huai-Hai
Yao Wenyuan publishes the attack on Hai Rui Dismissed from Office that helps trigger the cultural campaign
Zhang Chunqiao supports publication of Yao Wenyuan's attack on Wu Han
Jiang Qing promotes radical cultural politics and becomes a central Cultural Revolution figure
Wang Hongwen helps organise radical workers during the January Storm in Shanghai
Yao Wenyuan supports radical propaganda during the Shanghai January Storm
Zhang Chunqiao supports the seizure of power from Shanghai party authorities
Wang Hongwen helps proclaim the Shanghai Commune before it is replaced by a revolutionary committee
The Red Guard captures Shanghai & uses the Paris commune of 1871 as a model
The Red Guard captures Shanghai & uses the Paris commune of 1871 as a model
The US-PRC Shanghai Communiqué alters the diplomatic environment facing Chiang’s government and deepens Taiwan’s international isolation.
The Shanghai Communique paves the way for relations between Communists & Nationalists
Yao Wenyuan writes propaganda linking attacks on Confucius with current political struggles
China and Russia agree on a border, Presidents Yeltsin and Jiang reach accord in a Shanghai meeting on clear border stretching from Sea of Japan to Kazakhstan
China and Russia agree on a border, Presidents Yeltsin and Jiang reach accord in a Shanghai meeting on clear border stretching from Sea of Japan to Kazakhstan
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match China and Shanghai. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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