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Conflict East Asia

Xinhai Revolution

1911 CE – 1912 CE · 1 year

The revolution that ended 2,000 years of imperial rule in China. Beginning with the Wuchang Uprising, provinces rapidly declared independence from the Qing, leading to the abdication of the last emperor and the founding of the Republic of China.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Revolutionary Alliance & provincial armies
  • Qing Dynasty

Key moments

Defining events in the Xinhai Revolution.

  1. 1911 Wuchang Uprising
  2. 1911 Battle of Nanjing
  3. 1911 Battle of Wuhan

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Yakushima

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

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Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

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Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

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Dutch–Aceh War

1873 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Great Wall of China

700 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Russia

Founded 1263 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ha Long Bay

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · East Asia

Philippines

Founded 1492 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1911 CE and 1912 CE.

1911 CE Italo-Turkish War 1911 CE Italo-Senussi War 1912 CE Balkan Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Albania Polity · Europe Founded 1912 CE · attested to 2026 CE Thomas Edison Figure · United States 1847 CE – 1931 CE Balkan Wars Conflict · Europe 1912 CE – 1913 CE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Spanish Morocco Polity · Europe 1912 CE – 1956 CE
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