Timeline of Chinese history


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This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see. See also the, , and.

Dates prior to 841 BC, the beginning of the , are provisional and subject to dispute.

Prehistory / Millennia: 3rd BC ·2nd BC –1st BC ·1st–2nd·3rd·See also·Further reading·External links

Centuries: 22nd BC ·21st BC ·20th BC ·19th BC ·18th BC ·17th BC ·16th BC ·15th BC ·14th BC ·13th BC ·12th BC ·11th BC ·10th BC ·9th BC ·8th BC ·7th BC ·6th BC ·5th BC ·4th BC ·3rd BC ·2nd BC ·1st BC ·1st·2nd·3rd·4th·5th·6th·7th·8th·9th·10th·11th·12th·13th·14th·15th·16th·17th·18th·19th·20th·21st

Prehistoric China
2852 BC: The beginning of the period of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors in China.

21st century BC
Centuries: 20th BC ·19th BC ·18th BC ·17th BC ·16th BC ·15th BC ·14th BC ·13th BC ·12th BC ·11th BC ·10th BC ·9th BC ·8th BC ·7th BC ·6th BC ·5th BC ·4th BC ·3rd BC ·2nd BC ·[[#1st century BC|1st BC }}

1st century BC
Centuries: 1st·2nd·3rd·4th·5th·6th·7th·8th·9th·10th·11th·12th·13th·14th·15th·16th·17th·18th·19th·[[#20th century|20th}}