Date

Qing Emperor

Events in China

American Events

European Events

1644-1661

Shunzhi

Manchu rule begins.

Publications of treatise on new inventions by Ch’en Yuan-lung, Qin scientist and naturalist.

Harvard College founded 1650.

Development of trade and growth of colonies.

English Civil War ends. King beheaded 1649.

Monarchy restored 1661.

1662-1722

Kangxi

Kangxi fosters art and science.

Emperor’s army conquers Formosa 1683.

Chinese ports opened to foreign trade 1685.

China conquers Western Mongolia.

Italian Jesuit missionary Giuseppe Castiglione arrives in China 1715.

Tibet becomes Chinese Protectorate 1720.

Revolt suppressed in Formosa 1721.

British seize New York.

Paper manufacture begins in America 1698.

Newspaper production begins.

Spain occupies Texas 1720.

Swiss immigrants introduce rifles into America 1721.

Flowering of court life in France under Louis XIV.

Peter the Great becomes Tsar of Russia 1689.

French learn to produce Chinese porcelain.

Silk weaving begins in Europe.

European wars.

Trade grows with the East.

1723-1735

Yongzheng

Qing Encyclopedia published 1723.

Frontier between China and Russia renegotiated 1727.

Yongzheng prohibits opium smoking 1729.

Slavery reduced 1730.

George Washington born 1732.

Paul Revere born 1735.

Slave trade flourishes in the South.

Brief peace in Europe.

Science, art and invention flourish.

1736-1795

Qianlong

China occupies Eastern Turkestan.

War of Independence 1776-1783.

Wars in Europe.

First French and English encyclopedias 1751-68.

French Revolution 1789.

1796-1820

Jiaqing

Washington dies 1799.

Napoleonic Wars.

1821-1850

Daoguang

Friction with Britain over trade.

Opium Wars 1839-42.

Taiping Rebellion in China.

Growth of U.S. towns.

California Gold Rush 1848.

Tea roses introduced from China 1825.

Photography invented 1835.