Timeline of Guangzhou

The following is a timeline of the history of the Chinese city of Guangzhou, also formerly known as Panyu, Canton, and Kwang-chow.

Nanyue

• 214 BCE – Panyu established as a Qin base during Zhao Tuo's first failed invasion of the southern lands of the Baiyue
• 204 BCE – Panyu becomes the capital of Zhao Tuo's kingdom of Nanyue.

Imperial China

• 111 BCE – Panyu becomes a provincial capital of the Han dynasty after the Han–Nanyue War as the Han expands southward.
• 226 CE – Panyu becomes the seat of Guang Prefecture ("Guangzhou").
• 401 – Guangxiao Temple first established as the "Baoen Guangziao" Temple.
• 537 – Temple of the Six Banyan Trees built.
• 878–879 — Guangzhou massacre instigated by forces loyal to Huang Chao
• 1350 – Huaisheng Mosque rebuilt.
• 1380 – Zhenhai Tower built.
• 1516 – Portuguese merchants arrive.

• 1600 – Pazhou Pagoda built.
• 1619 – Chigang Pagoda built.
• 1684 – British East India Company in business.

• 1821 – Xigutang literary society formed.
• 1822 – Fire.
• 1827 – The Canton Register, an English-language newspaper, begins publication.
• 1832 – Jardine, Matheson and Co. in business.
• 1834 – Wetmore & Co. in business.
• 1835 – The Canton Press, an English-language newspaper, begins publication.
• 1840 – Augustine Heard and Company in business.
• 1841
• February 27: Battle of First Bar.
• March 2: Battle of Whampoa.
• March 18: Battle of Canton
• May: Second Battle of Canton.
• 1842 – City designated a treaty port under the Treaty of Nanking.
• 1848 – Apostolic Vicariate of Guangdong-Guangxi established.
• 1856
• British/French occupation begins.
• Thirteen Factories set on fire.
• 1859 – Shameen Island divided into French and British concessions.
• 1861 – British/French occupation ends.
• 1863 – Sacred Heart Cathedral built.
• 1866 – Yu Yin Shan Fang garden laid out.
• 1879
• City area: 6.5 square kilometers (approximate).
• Population: 400,000 (estimate).
• 1894
• Plague (3rd Pandemic).
• Chen Clan Academy built.
• 1895 – First Guangzhou uprising
• 1908 – Guangzhou North Railway Station opens.
• 1911
• Kowloon–Canton Railway begins operating.
• Second Guangzhou Uprising

Republic of China

• The Shakee Massacre on June 23, 1925, resulted in over two hundred casualties due to gunfire by British, French and Portuguese forces in Shaji (called Shake in Cantonese)
• 1918 – Urban council established.
• 1923
• June: National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party held in Guangzhou.
• Kuomintang in power.
• 1924
• Peasant Movement Training Institute and Whampoa Military Academy open.
• Canton Merchant Volunteers Corps Uprising.
• National Kwangtung University established.
• 1927 – December 11–13: Communist uprising.
• 1931 – Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall built.
• 1932
• Guangzhou Baiyun Airport opens in Baiyun District.
• Guangzhou Conservatory of Music founded.
• 1933 – Haizhu Bridge constructed.
• 1936
• Canton–Hankou Railway begins operating.
• Population: 1,122,600 (estimate).
• 1938 – October 21: Japanese occupation begins.
• 1945 – September 16: Japanese occupation ends.
• 1949
• Nationalist government under the acting president Li Zongren relocates to Guangzhou.
• Nanfang Daily newspaper begins publication.

People's Republic of China

• 1949
• October: Communist forces enter city.
• Radio Guangdong begins broadcasting.
• 1952 – Guangzhou Daily newspaper begins publication.
• 1954
• Guangzhou Evergrande Football Club formed.
• South China Institute of Botany active.
• 1956 – Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine founded.
• 1957
• Beijing–Guangzhou Railway in operation.
• Canton Fair begins.
• Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra founded.
• Population: 1,840,000.
• 1958
• Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in operation.
• Jinan University relocates to Guangzhou.
• 1959 – Guangdong Provincial Museum founded.
• 1964 – Population: 3,031,486.
• 1967 – Renmin Bridge built.
• 1981 - Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
• 1982
• Guangzhou Library and Liyuan Poetry Society established.
• Population: 3,181,510 city; 5,669,640 urban agglomeration.
• 1983 – Mausoleum of the Nanyue King discovered.
• 1984
• Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone established.
• City designated sub-provincial city administrative status.
• Southern Weekly newspaper begins publication.
• 1985
• Zhujiang Brewery begins operation.
• Guangzhou Bridge built.
• 1988
• Haiyin Bridge built.
• Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King opens.
• 1990
• Guangdong International Building constructed.
• Avon begins hiring ladies in Guangzhou.
• Population: 6,299,943.
• 1991
• Guangzhou TV Tower erected.
• November: 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup held.
• 1992 – Guangzhou Free Trade Zone established.
• 1996 – Guangzhou East railway station opens.
• 1997
• Guangzhou Metro begins operating.
• CITIC Plaza and Humen Pearl River Bridge built.
• Southern Metropolis Daily begins publication.
• Xiangjiang Safari Park opens.
• 1998 – Hedong Bridge, Jiangwan Bridge, Jiefang Bridge, and Huanan Bridge open.
• 2000 – Yajisha Bridge opens.
• 2001
• Guangdong Olympic Stadium opens.
• November: Chinese National Games held in Guangzhou.
• 2002
• Vitamin Creative Space founded.
• Population: 10,106,229.
• 2003
• Zhang Guangning becomes mayor.
• Pazhou Bridge opens.
• 2004
• Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport opens in Huadu District.
• Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center built.
• Guangzhou International Women's Open tennis tournament begins.
• 2006 – Chime-Long Paradise amusement park in business.
• 2008 – Huangpu Bridge and Xinguang Bridge open.
• 2009 – Liede Bridge opens.
• 2010
• Canton Tower and Guangzhou International Finance Center built.
• November: 2010 Asian Games held.
• Guangzhou Opera House, Guangdong Museum, and Guangzhou South Railway Station open.
• Wan Qingliang becomes mayor.
• Guangzhou Television Cantonese controversy.
• Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit system launched.
• 2011
• Guangzhou–Zhuhai Intercity Railway begins operating.
• Pearl River Tower built.
• Chen Jianhua becomes mayor.
• 2012 – Leatop Plaza and The Pinnacle built.
• 2013 – Air pollution in Guangzhou reaches annual mean of 48 PM2.5 and 72 PM10, more than recommended.
• 2021 – 2021 Guangzhou bombing.

See also

• Guangzhou history
• List of administrative divisions of Guangzhou
• Mayor of Guangzhou
• List of newspapers in Guangdong
• List of universities and colleges in Guangzhou
• List of historic buildings in Guangzhou
• List of tallest buildings in Guangzhou (sortable by date)
• Eight Sights of Guangzhou
• Major National Historical and Cultural Sites (Guangdong) in Guangzhou
• Southward expansion of the Han dynasty
• Other names of Guangzhou
• Urbanization in China

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Attribution This article incorporates information from the Chinese Wikipedia, Dutch Wikipedia, and the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

• Items related to Guangzhou and Canton, various dates (via Europeana).
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