timescale.infoChina, from the Neolithic to 1949
Chinese history on one line: the Neolithic cultures, the Xia of tradition, the Shang and Zhou, the empire from Qin to Qing, and the Republic, to the founding of the People’s Republic on 1 October 1949, with two later milestones. Dynasties, reigns and wars are durations; people, works, inventions and battles are moments. **How it is dated.** Before 841 BCE, the first year Chinese history dates year by year, the dates are the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project’s conventional figures, and approximate. Years are proleptic Gregorian with BCE (1 BCE is year 0); dates known to the day before 1582 are converted from the Julian dates in the sources, which are kept under Historical dates. Days are UTC date markers. A sample timeline built from the cited sources, not a definitive history.
134 moments · 5000-01-01T00:00:00Z BCE – 1997-07-01T00:00:00Z CE · by @athan · @athan
841 BCE: the first dated year
After King Li is driven out, the **Gonghe Regency** governs until 828 BCE. Sima Qian’s year-by-year tables begin here: 841 BCE is the earliest year of Chinese history dated year by year. (The Cambridge History of Ancient China starts the regency in 842.)