4th century BC
editYear | Date | Event |
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328 | Chu military commander Zhuang Qiao invades Yunnan and sets up the Dian Kingdom[1] |
2nd century BC
editYear | Date | Event |
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135 BC | Tang Meng creates Jianwei Commandery (modern Zunyi)[1] | |
122 BC | Emperor Wu of Han sends envoys to the southwest in search of a route to Daxia[2] | |
111 BC | Zangke Commandery is created in modern Guiyang and Yelang is vassalized[3] | |
109 BC | Han conquest of Dian: The Dian Kingdom and Tian Kingdom become Han vassals and Yizhou Commandery is created in modern Qujing[3] |
1st century BC
editYear | Date | Event |
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86 BC | Rebellion occurs in the southwest[4] | |
83 BC | Rebellion occurs in the southwest[4] | |
27 BC | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[5] |
1st century
editYear | Date | Event |
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12 | Aboriginals in Zangke Commandery (Guizhou) rebel[5] | |
14 | Aboriginals in Yi Province rebel[5] | |
45 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[6] | |
51 | An Ailao tribe defects to Han[7] | |
57 | Yongchang Commandery is created in modern Kachin State[6] | |
69 | An Ailao tribe defects to Han[7] |
2nd century
editYear | Date | Event |
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107 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[6] | |
116 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[6] | |
123 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[6] | |
146 | Policy of assimilation in the southwest is implemented through education programs[4] | |
156 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[6] | |
159 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[6] | |
176 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest[6] |
3rd century
editYear | Date | Event |
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225 | Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign: Zhuge Liang conquers Nanzhong[8] |
4th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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338 | Cuan Chen of the Cuanman gains control over Yunnan[9] |
6th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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570 | Cuan Zan splits his realm into the Wuman/Black Mywa, ruled by his son Cuan Zhen, in the east and the Baiman/White Mywa, ruled by his eldest son Cuan Wan, in the west | |
593 | The Cuanman rebel in Yunnan[9] | |
597 | A campaign is launched against the Cuanman[9] |
7th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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602 | Sui defeats the Cuanman[9] |
8th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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703 | Tridu Songtsen of the Tibetan Empire subjugates the White and Black Mywa[10] | |
737 | Piluoge (皮羅閣) unites the six zhaos (kingdoms) of the White Mywa with Tang support[11] | |
751 | Xianyu Zhongtong attacks Nanzhao with an army of 80,000 but is utterly defeated, losing three quarters of his original force[12] | |
754 | Yang Guozhong invades Nanzhao but fails to engage with the enemy until supplies ran out, at which time they were attacked and routed[12] |
9th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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801 | Tang and Nanzhao defeat Tibetan Empire and their Abbasid slave soldiers[13] | |
829 | Nanzhao takes Chengdu and captures 20,000 Chinese engineers[14] | |
846 | Nanzhao raids Annam[15] | |
861 | Nanzhao attacks Bo Prefecture and Annam but is repulsed.[16] | |
863 | Nanzhao conquers Annam[17] | |
866 | Gao Pian retakes Annam from Nanzhao[17] | |
869 | Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu but fails to capture it[18] | |
870 | Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu (in Sichuan)[17] | |
877 | Nanzhao retreats from Qianzhong Circuit in modern Guizhou[18] |
10th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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902 | Zheng Maisi murders the king of Nanzhao and sets up his own Dachanghe regime[9] | |
928 | Zhao Shanzhen kills the king of Dachanghe and sets up Datianxing[9] | |
929 | Yang Hefeng removes Zhao Shanzhen and sets up Dayining[9] | |
937 | Duan Siping defeats Dayining and creates the Dali Kingdom[9] | |
967 | Long Yanyao of Nanning, the Yang clan of Bo Prefecture, and the Tian clan of Si Prefecture submit to the Song dynasty in return for their autonomy[19] | |
Song dynasty recognizes the Bole of the Luodian kingdom, the Mangbu of the Badedian kingdom, and the Awangren of the Yushi kingdom[20] | ||
975 | Emperor Taizu of Song tries to convince Pugui of the Mu'ege Kingdom situated in northwest, central, east, and southeast Guizhou to acquiesce to Song overlordship[21] | |
976 | Song dynasty and aboriginal allies in Guizhou attack the Mu'ege Kingdom, forcing them to retreat to Dafang County[22] | |
980 | Long Yanyao's grandson Long Qiongju presents tribute to the Emperor Taizong of Song[19] | |
995 | Long Hanyao of Nanning presents tribute to the Song court[19] | |
998 | Long Hanyao of Nanning presents tribute to the Song court[19] |
11th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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1042 | Song dynasty appoints Degai of the Mu'ege Kingdom as regional inspector[22] | |
1043 | The Yao people of Guiyang rebel[23] | |
1049 | Nong Zhigao of the Zhuang people rebels in Guangnan West Circuit[23] | |
1051 | The Yao rebellion of Guiyang is suppressed[23] | |
1053 | Nong Zhigao's rebellion is suppressed[23] |
12th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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1133 | Ayong of the Mu'ege Kingdom leads a large trade delegation of several thousand to the Song city of Luzhou in Sichuan[20] |
13th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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1208 | Yao people rebel in Jinghu and are suppressed[24] | |
1252 | summer | Möngke Khan places Kublai Khan in charge of the invasion of the Dali Kingdom[25] |
1253 | September | Kublai Khan's forces set up headquarters on the Jinsha River in western Yunnan and march on Dali in three columns[25] |
1254 | January | The Dali Kingdom is conquered, although its dynasty remains in power, and the king, Duan Xingzhi, is later invested with the title of Maharajah by Möngke Khan; so ends the Dali Kingdom[26] |
winter | Kublai Khan returns to Mongolia and leaves Subutai's son Uryankhadai in charge of campaigns against local Yi tribes[26] | |
1257 | Uriyangkhadai, son of Subutai, pacifies Yunnan and returns to Gansu[26] | |
winter | Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Uriyangkhadai returns to Yunnan and invades the Trần dynasty of Đại Việt[26] |
14th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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1332 | March | War of the Two Capitals: Loyalist rebels in Yunnan are defeated[27] |
1360 | Basalawarmi takes control of Yunnan[28] | |
1381 | December | Ming conquest of Yunnan: Ming forces take Qujing[29] |
1382 | April | Ming conquest of Yunnan: Ming forces conquer Yunnan[30] |
1386 | January | Ming–Mong Mao War: Si Lunfa of Mong Mao rebels[31] |
1388 | Ming–Mong Mao War: Mong Mao is defeated by the Ming artillery corps utilizing volley fire[32] | |
1389 | January | Ming forces defeat Yi rebels in Yuezhou[33] |
December | Ming–Mong Mao War: Si Lunfa surrenders to the Ming dynasty[33] | |
1397 | December | Ming–Mong Mao Intervention: Si Lunfa is deposed and requests Ming aid in restoring him to power[34] |
1398 | January | Ming–Mong Mao Intervention: Si Lunfa is restored to power[35] |
15th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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1438 | 8 December | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ming carries out a punitive expedition against Si Renfa of Mong Mao for attacking neighboring tusi, but fails to defeat him[36] |
1441 | 27 February | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ming forces attack Mong Mao[37] |
1442 | January | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Mong Mao is defeated but Si Renfa escapes to Ava[38] |
1443 | March | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ming forces defeat Si Jifa but fail to capture him[39] |
1445 | August | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ava hands over Si Renfa to Ming in return for their support in attacking Hsenwi[40] |
1446 | January | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Si Renfa is executed[40] |
1449 | March | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ming forces invade Mong Yang for harboring Si Jifa, but he manages to escape again[41] |
1450 | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Yao and Miao people rebel in Guizhou and Huguang[42] | |
1452 | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Yao and Miao rebels are suppressed[42] | |
1456 | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people in Huguang rebel and are suppressed[42] | |
1464 | Hou Dagou of the Yao people rebels in Guangxi[43] | |
1466 | January | Ming forces defeat and capture Hou Dagou, but the rebellion continues anyway[43] |
Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people rebel in Hunan as well as the Sichuan-Guizhou border and are suppressed[44] | ||
1475 | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people rebel in Hunan and are suppressed[44] | |
1479 | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people rebel in Sichuan[45] | |
1499 | Yi people rebel in Guizhou[46] |
16th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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1502 | Yi rebels in Guizhou are suppressed[46] | |
1589 | Bozhou rebellion: Miao people rebel in Bozhou[47] | |
1592 | 14 July | Ordos Campaign: Ye Mengxiong brings cannons and additional Miao troops to the siege of Ningxia[48] |
1594 | Bozhou rebellion: Ming forces are defeated in Sichuan[49] | |
1598 | Bozhou rebellion: The Miao rebellion is suppressed[49] |
17th century
editYear | Date | Event |
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1606 | Army officers in Yunnan riot and kill Yang Rong, a eunuch superintendent of mining[50] | |
1621 | fall | She-An Rebellion: Yi people rebel in Sichuan and Guizhou[51] |
1623 | She-An Rebellion: Ming forces are defeated[51] | |
1624 | She-An Rebellion: Ming forces defeat rebels but are unable to decisively quell the rebellion[51] | |
1629 | She-An Rebellion: The rebels are defeated[51] | |
1656 | March | The Yongli Emperor arrives in Yunnan[52] |
1657 | October | Sun Kewang's forces are defeated by Li Dingguo in eastern Yunnan and he retreats to Guizhou[52] |
1659 | 7 January | Qing forces advance into Yunnan and the Yongli Emperor flees to Toungoo dynasty[53] |
10 March | Qing forces capture Yongchang and defeat Li Dingguo's army, securing Yunnan[53] |
Gallery
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Ancient southern China
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Han conquest of Dian, 109 BC
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Nanzhao, 879
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Song dynasty, 1111
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Dali Kingdom, late 12th century
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Yuan dynasty, 1330
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Qing dynasty, 1820
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- ^ Watson 1993, p. 236.
- ^ a b Twitchett 2008, p. 458.
- ^ a b c Twitchett 2008, p. 459.
- ^ a b c Twitchett 2008, p. 235.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Twitchett 2008, p. 460.
- ^ a b Twitchett 2008, p. 272.
- ^ Xiong 2009, p. lxxxviii.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Yang 2008a.
- ^ Beckwith 1987, p. 64.
- ^ Wang 2013, p. 103.
- ^ a b Graff 2002, p. 214.
- ^ Beckwith 1987, p. 157.
- ^ Herman 2007, pp. 33, 35.
- ^ Taylor 2013, p. 41.
- ^ Herman 2007, p. 36.
- ^ a b c Xiong 2009, p. cxiv.
- ^ a b Herman 2007, p. 37.
- ^ a b c d Herman 2007, p. 39.
- ^ a b Herman 2007, p. 43.
- ^ Herman 2007, p. 40.
- ^ a b Herman 2007, p. 42.
- ^ a b c d Twitchett 2009, p. 329.
- ^ Twitchett 2009, p. 831.
- ^ a b Twitchett 1994, p. 405.
- ^ a b c d Twitchett 1994, p. 407.
- ^ Twitchett 1994, p. 545.
- ^ Twitchett 1998, p. 72.
- ^ Twitchett 1998, p. 144.
- ^ Mote 2003, p. 557.
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- ^ Andrade 2016, p. 158.
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- ^ Fernquest 2006, pp. 47–48.
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- ^ Liew 1996, p. 192.
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