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Timeline of Hangzhou

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

Contents

Prior to 10th century

  • 328 CE - Lingyin monastery founded near Hangzhou.
  • 606 - City walls built.
  • 609 - Grand Canal built.
  • 630 - Mosque built (approximate date).
  • 822 - Poet Bai Juyi becomes governor.

    • 10th century

  • 904 - City becomes capital of the Wuyue Kingdom.
  • 954 - Huiri Yongming Temple built at West Lake.
  • 963 - Baochu Pagoda built at West Lake.
  • 970 - Liuhe Pagoda built.
  • 975 - Leifeng Pagoda built.

    • 12th-17th centuries

  • 1127 - Song Dynasty capital relocated to Hongzhou from Kaifeng after the Jingkang Incident of the Jin–Song wars.
  • 1221 - Yue Fei Temple built.
  • 1275 - Population: 1.75 million.
  • 1277 - Hangzhou Salt Distribution Commission established.
  • 1276 - Mongols in power.
  • 1621 - Huanduzhai publishing house in business.
  • 1661 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception built.

    • 19th century

  • 1861 - Taiping rebels take city.
  • 1863 - Imperial forces take city.
  • 1867 - Hangchow Presbyterian Boys' School in operation.
  • 1870 - Hu Ch'ing Yu T'ang medicine shop in business (approximate date).
  • 1871 - Kwang-Chi Hospital established.
  • 1885 - Kwang Chi Medical School established.
  • 1896 - City opens to foreign trade per Treaty of Shimonoseki.
  • 1897 - Qiushi Academy founded.
  • 1899 - Hangzhou High School established.

    • 20th century

  • 1904 - Xiling Society of the Seal Art founded.
  • 1907 - Qing Tai Men Station opens.
  • 1908
  • Zhejiang Official Secondary Normal School in operation.
  • Presbyterian Mission Girls School opens.
  • 1911
  • October 27: Uprising.
  • Zhejiang Medical School founded.
  • Population: 141,859.
  • 1922 - Sisters of Charity Hospital founded.
  • 1928
  • Kuomintang in power.
  • Population: 817,267.
  • 1929
  • Zhejiang Provincial Museum established.
  • 1929 Westlake exposition held.
  • 1937 - Japanese occupation begins.
  • 1949 - May: Communists take city.
  • 1955 - Hangzhou Ri Bao (Hangzhou Daily) newspaper begins publication.
  • 1956 - Hangzhou Xuejun High School and Hangzhou Botanical Garden established.
  • 1957 - Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport begins operating civilian flights.
  • 1958 - Hangzhou Zoo opens.
  • 1962 - Wang Zida becomes mayor.
  • 1966 - Hangzhou Gymnasium (arena) opens.
  • 1972 - February: Richard Nixon visits city.
  • 1977 - Zhang Zishi becomes mayor.
  • 1978 - Hangzhou Teachers College founded.
  • 1979 - Chen Anyu becomes mayor.
  • 1981 - Zhou Feng becomes mayor.
  • 1984 - Zhong Boxi becomes mayor.
  • 1988 - Zhang Taiyan Museum opens.
  • 1989
  • Protests.
  • Hangzhou Wahaha Nutritional Foods Factory in business.
  • Lu Wenge becomes mayor.
  • 1990 - Population: 1,213,660.
  • 1991 - Hangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone approved.
  • 1992
  • Wang Yongming becomes mayor.
  • Yue Fei Tomb shopping mall built.
  • 1993 - Hangzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone approved.
  • 1998
  • Zhejiang University established.
  • Hangzhou Xiaoshan Sports Centre (stadium) built.
  • Hangzhou Greentown Football Club formed.
  • 1999 - Hangzhou Railway Station rebuilt.

    • 21st century

  • 2000
  • Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport begins operating.
  • Hangzhou Export Processing Zone approved.
  • Dragon Well Manor in business.
  • Population: 3,240,947.
  • 2002
  • Xihuwenhua Square built.
  • Wang Guoping becomes CPC Party chief.
  • Leifeng Pagoda reconstructed.
  • 2003 - Yellow Dragon Sports Center and Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub constructed.
  • 2005 - Sun Zhonghuan becomes mayor.
  • 2007
  • Hangzhou Sanchao Football Club formed.
  • Cai Qi becomes mayor.
  • 2008
  • Hangzhou Public Bicycle program launched.
  • City logo design adopted.
  • 2010
  • Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway begins operating.
  • Huang Kunming becomes CPC Party chief.
  • 2011 - Shao Zhanwei becomes mayor.
  • 2012 - November: Hangzhou Metro begins operating.
  • 2013 - Air pollution in Hangzhou reaches annual mean of 61 PM2.5 and 106 PM10, much higher than recommended.

    • References

    Timeline of Hangzhou Wikipedia
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