This is a timeline of Yunnan and Guizhou.
Year | Date | Event |
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328 | Chu military commander Zhuang Qiao invades Yunnan and sets up the Dian Kingdom [1] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | Date | Event |
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225 | Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign: Zhuge Liang conquers Nanzhong [8] |
Year | Date | Event |
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338 | Cuan Chen of the Cuanman gains control over Yunnan [9] |
Year | 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] |
Year | Date | Event |
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602 | Sui defeats the Cuanman [9] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
This is a timeline of Yunnan and Guizhou.
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
328 | Chu military commander Zhuang Qiao invades Yunnan and sets up the Dian Kingdom [1] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
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] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
86 BC | Rebellion occurs in the southwest [4] | |
83 BC | Rebellion occurs in the southwest [4] | |
27 BC | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [5] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
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] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
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] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
225 | Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign: Zhuge Liang conquers Nanzhong [8] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
338 | Cuan Chen of the Cuanman gains control over Yunnan [9] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
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] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
602 | Sui defeats the Cuanman [9] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
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] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | Date | Event |
---|---|---|
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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |
Year | 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] |