Timeline of Yunnan-Guizhou

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This is a timeline of Yunnan and Guizhou.

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4th century BC

YearDateEvent
328 Chu military commander Zhuang Qiao invades Yunnan and sets up the Dian Kingdom [1]

2nd century BC

YearDateEvent
135 BCTang 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 BCZangke 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

YearDateEvent
86 BCRebellion occurs in the southwest [4]
83 BCRebellion occurs in the southwest [4]
27 BCAboriginals rebel in the southwest [5]

1st century

YearDateEvent
12Aboriginals in Zangke Commandery (Guizhou) rebel [5]
14Aboriginals in Yi Province rebel [5]
45Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [6]
51An Ailao tribe defects to Han [7]
57Yongchang Commandery is created in modern Kachin State [6]
69An Ailao tribe defects to Han [7]

2nd century

YearDateEvent
107Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [6]
116Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [6]
123Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [6]
146Policy of assimilation in the southwest is implemented through education programs [4]
156Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [6]
159Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [6]
176Aboriginals rebel in the southwest [6]

3rd century

YearDateEvent
225 Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign : Zhuge Liang conquers Nanzhong [8]

4th century

YearDateEvent
338 Cuan Chen of the Cuanman gains control over Yunnan [9]

6th century

YearDateEvent
570Cuan 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
593The Cuanman rebel in Yunnan [9]
597A campaign is launched against the Cuanman [9]

7th century

YearDateEvent
602Sui defeats the Cuanman [9]

8th century

YearDateEvent
703 Tridu Songtsen of the Tibetan Empire subjugates the White and Black Mywa [10]
737Piluoge (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

YearDateEvent
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

YearDateEvent
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

YearDateEvent
1042 Song dynasty appoints Degai of the Mu'ege Kingdom as regional inspector [22]
1043The Yao people of Guiyang rebel [23]
1049 Nong Zhigao of the Zhuang people rebels in Guangnan West Circuit [23]
1051The Yao rebellion of Guiyang is suppressed [23]
1053 Nong Zhigao's rebellion is suppressed [23]

12th century

YearDateEvent
1133Ayong of the Mu'ege Kingdom leads a large trade delegation of several thousand to the Song city of Luzhou in Sichuan [20]

13th century

YearDateEvent
1208 Yao people rebel in Jinghu and are suppressed [24]
1252summer Möngke Khan places Kublai Khan in charge of the invasion of the Dali Kingdom [25]
1253September Kublai Khan's forces set up headquarters on the Jinsha River in western Yunnan and march on Dali in three columns [25]
1254JanuaryThe 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

YearDateEvent
1332March War of the Two Capitals : Loyalist rebels in Yunnan are defeated [27]
1360 Basalawarmi takes control of Yunnan [28]
1381December Ming conquest of Yunnan : Ming forces take Qujing [29]
1382April Ming conquest of Yunnan : Ming forces conquer Yunnan [30]
1386January 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]
1389JanuaryMing forces defeat Yi rebels in Yuezhou [33]
December Ming–Mong Mao War : Si Lunfa surrenders to the Ming dynasty [33]
1397December Ming–Mong Mao Intervention : Si Lunfa is deposed and requests Ming aid in restoring him to power [34]
1398January Ming–Mong Mao Intervention : Si Lunfa is restored to power [35]

15th century

YearDateEvent
14388 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]
144127 February Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns : Ming forces attack Mong Mao [37]
1442January Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns : Mong Mao is defeated but Si Renfa escapes to Ava [38]
1443March Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns : Ming forces defeat Si Jifa but fail to capture him [39]
1445August Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns : Ava hands over Si Renfa to Ming in return for their support in attacking Hsenwi [40]
1446January Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns : Si Renfa is executed [40]
1449March 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]
1466JanuaryMing 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

YearDateEvent
1502 Yi rebels in Guizhou are suppressed [46]
1589 Bozhou rebellion : Miao people rebel in Bozhou [47]
159214 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

YearDateEvent
1606Army officers in Yunnan riot and kill Yang Rong, a eunuch superintendent of mining [50]
1621fall 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]
1656MarchThe Yongli Emperor arrives in Yunnan [52]
1657October Sun Kewang's forces are defeated by Li Dingguo in eastern Yunnan and he retreats to Guizhou [52]
16597 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]

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