Year |
Date |
Event
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1900 |
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Sun Zhongshan visits Taiwan
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1902 |
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Some 12,000 "bandit-rebels" are killed by the Japanese
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1905 |
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Population census records 2,492,784 Chinese, 82,795 "mountain people", and a total of 3,039,751 Taiwanese residents
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1907 |
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Beipu uprising: Hakka people and Saisiyat aboriginals rebel against Japanese rule unsuccessfully[83]
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1911 |
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Liang Qichao visits Taiwan
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1913 |
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Japanese forces engage in a campaign bring aboriginals on the east coast under government control
|
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Hakka people rebel in Miaoli and are defeated
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1914 |
May-August |
Truku War: The Truku people rebel against Japanese rule unsuccessfully[86]
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December |
Itagaki Taisuke creates the Taiwan Doukakai, a Taiwan assimilationist movement with popular support from Taiwanese
|
1915 |
January |
Taiwan Doukakai comes under attack by Japanese residents and authorities in Taiwan, and it is quickly disbanded
|
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Tapani Incident: Marks 20 years of resistance against Japanese rule
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1921 |
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The Taiwanese Cultural Association is founded
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1925 |
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Population of Taiwan grows to 3,993,408
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1927 |
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The Taiwanese People's Party breaks from the Taiwanese Cultural Association
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1930 |
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Wushe Incident: 300 Seediq people led by Mona Rudao raid a Japanese police station and attack an elementary school, killing 134 Japanese and two Han Chinese (by mistake); in response the government intensifies their efforts to subjugate the Atayal aborigines
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1935 |
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Population of Taiwan grows to 5,212,426; Chinese population of eastern Taiwan increases to 70,000
|
1937 |
April |
Chinese language in newspapers is banned and Classical Chinese is removed from the school curriculum
|
1943 |
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Compulsory primary education begins. Enrollment rates reached 71.3% for Taiwanese children (including 86.4% for aborigine children) and 99.6% for Japanese children in Taiwan making Taiwan's enrollment rate the second highest in Asia after Japan.
|
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1943 Cairo Declaration: The Allies of World War II demand the restoration of all Chinese territories lost to Japan including Taiwan and Penghu
|
1944 |
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Taiwan is bombed by American forces as part of Allied effort to defeat Japan
|
1945 |
14 August |
Hirohito surrender broadcast: Hirohito announces Japan's surrender
|
25 October |
Retrocession Day: Rikichi Andō signs documents "restoring" Taiwan and Penghu (Pescadores) to the Republic of China with Chen Yi appointed as Chief Executive.
|
|
Population of Taiwan grows to 6,560,000
|
1947 |
14 February |
Taipei's rice market closes due to a riot
|
28 February |
February 28 Incident: Six officers attempt to arrest a woman selling cigarettes illegally in Taipei, a Taiwanese man is killed, and as a result mass riots break out all over the island
|
8 March |
February 28 Incident: Reinforcements from mainland China arrive in Keelung
|
13 March |
February 28 Incident: The Taiwanese resistance is defeated by KMT
|
22 April |
Chen Yi is replaced by Wei Daoming
|
25 December |
The Constitution of the Republic of China takes effect.
|
1948 |
November |
More than 31,000 refugees enter Taiwan per week
|
30 December |
Wei Daoming is replaced by Chen Cheng as the Taiwanese officier appointed by the Republic of China.
|
1949 |
|
Approximately 5,000 refugees enter Taiwan each dayKMT retreat to Taiwan
|
|
19 May |
White Terror (Taiwan): KMT begins imposing 38 years of Martial law in Taiwan
|
June |
The New Taiwan dollar is introduced at an exchange rate of one NT to 40,000 old Taiwan dollars
|
1 October |
Chinese Civil War: Mao Zedong proclaims the formation of the People's Republic of China in Peiping (Peking) which became their national capital.[103]
|
10 December |
Chinese Civil War: The ROC relocates its government to Taipei.[104]
|
1950 |
1 March |
Chiang Kai-shek admits that he is personally responsible for the loss of mainland China at his inaugural ceremony for resuming the presidency of the Guomindang
|
|
Elections are held at local and provincial levels, but not at the national level
|
1 May |
Landing Operation on Hainan Island: Hainan falls to the Communists.
|
1951 |
|
Land Reform in Taiwan: The government starts selling public land to tenant farmers, nearly a fifth of Taiwan's arable land
|
1952 |
|
Agricultural exports reach U.S.$114 million
|
|
28 April |
The president of the Republic of China George Yeh and the governor of Japan Isao Kawada sign documents renouncing Japan's rights and claims on Taiwan and Penghu (Pescadores).[108]
|
1953 |
January |
Land Reform in Taiwan: Amount of land available to landlords is restricted and excess land is sold to tillers
|
1955 |
20 January |
Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: People's Liberation Army forces ROC forces off the Yijiangshan Islands
|
|
|
Population of Taiwan grows to 9,078,000
|
1958 |
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Second Taiwan Strait Crisis: People's Liberation Army attacks Kinmen and the Matsu Islands but fail to take them
|
|
Population of Taiwan reaches 10 million
|
1960 |
|
Chiang Kai-shek's presidency is extended past two terms
|
|
Institutions of higher education increase to 15, primary schools rise to 1,982, and secondary schools to 299
|
1961 |
|
Slightly over half of Taiwan's population lives in urban areas
|
1964 |
|
Taiwanese Hokkien language is banned in schools and official settings[114]
|
1965 |
|
Population of Taiwan grows to 12,628,000
|
1968 |
|
Compulsory education is extended from 6 to 9 years
|
1970 |
|
Taiwan's Gini coefficient falls to 0.321
|
1971 |
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China and the United Nations: The United Nations recognizes the People's Republic of China as the government of China. The Republic of China withdraws from the United Nations.
|
1975 |
|
Population of Taiwan grows to 16,150,000
|
1979 |
|
The United States withdraws recognition of the Republic of China and recognizes the People's Republic of China. Four months later, the United States Congress passes the Taiwan Relations Act which establishes unofficial relations.
|
1980 |
|
Hsinchu Science Park founded
|
1985 |
|
Population of Taiwan grows to 19,258,000
|
1987 |
7 March |
Lieyu Massacre was covered up on the frontline of Kinmen Defense Command
|
15 July |
Martial law in Taiwan: Martial law is lifted from Taiwan
|
|
The Environmental Protection Administration reveals that 15 percent of farmland is contaminated by heavy metals
|
1990 |
|
Wild Lily student movement in Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
|
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Number of farm households fall to less than 20 percent
|
1991 |
|
Legislative Yuan and National Assembly elected in 1947 were forced to resign.
|
|
The first democratic election of National Assembly.
|
1992 |
|
Fair Trade Law enacted.
|
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The first democratic election of the Legislative Yuan.
|
|
1992 Consensus
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1994 |
|
National Health Insurance begins.
|
1995 |
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US government reverses policy and allows President Lee Teng-hui to visit the US. The People's Republic of China responds with the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis by launching a series of missiles into the waters off Taiwan. The Taiwan stock market loses one-third of its value.
|
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February 28 Incident monument erected; President Lee Teng-hui publicly apologizes on behalf of the KMT.
|
|
Population of Taiwan grows to 21,300,000
|
1996 |
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President Bill Clinton dispatches the USS Nimitz supercarrier to patrol the Taiwan Strait.
|
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The first direct presidential election; Lee Teng-hui elected.
|
1997 |
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Private cellular phone companies begin services.
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1999 |
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Resolution on Taiwan's Future
|
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Chi-Chi earthquake.
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