# Timeline of Yunnan-Guizhou

This is a timeline of Yunnan and Guizhou.

## 4th century BC

| Year | Date | Event |
| 328 | | Chu military commander Zhuang Qiao invades Yunnan and sets up the Dian Kingdom |

## 2nd century BC

| Year | Event |
| 135 BC | Tang Meng creates Jianwei Commandery (modern Zunyi) |
| 122 BC | Emperor Wu of Han sends envoys to the southwest in search of a route to Daxia |
| 111 BC | Zangke Commandery is created in modern Guiyang and Yelang is vassalized |
| 109 BC | Han conquest of Dian: The Dian Kingdom and Tian Kingdom become Han vassals and Yizhou Commandery is created in modern Qujing |

## 1st century BC

| Year | Event |
| 86 BC | Rebellion occurs in the southwest |
| 83 BC | Rebellion occurs in the southwest |
| 27 BC | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |

## 1st century

| Year | Event |
| 12 | Aboriginals in Zangke Commandery (Guizhou) rebel |
| 14 | Aboriginals in Yi Province rebel |
| 45 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |
| 51 | An Ailao tribe defects to Han |
| 57 | Yongchang Commandery is created in modern Kachin State |
| 69 | An Ailao tribe defects to Han |

## 2nd century

| Year | Event |
| 107 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |
| 116 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |
| 123 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |
| 146 | Policy of assimilation in the southwest is implemented through education programs |
| 156 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |
| 159 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |
| 176 | Aboriginals rebel in the southwest |

## 3rd century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 225 | | Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign: Zhuge Liang conquers Nanzhong |

## 4th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 338 | | Cuan Chen of the Cuanman gains control over Yunnan |

## 6th century

| Year | Event |
| 570 | Cuan 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 |
| 593 | The Cuanman rebel in Yunnan |
| 597 | A campaign is launched against the Cuanman |

## 7th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 602 | | Sui defeats the Cuanman |

## 8th century

| Year | Event |
| 703 | Tridu Songtsen of the Tibetan Empire subjugates the White and Black Mywa |
| 737 | Piluoge (皮羅閣) unites the six zhaos (kingdoms) of the White Mywa with Tang support |
| 751 | Xianyu Zhongtong attacks Nanzhao with an army of 80,000 but is utterly defeated, losing three quarters of his original force |
| 754 | Yang Guozhong invades Nanzhao but fails to engage with the enemy until supplies ran out, at which time they were attacked and routed |

## 9th century

| Year | Event |
| 801 | Tang and Nanzhao defeat Tibetan Empire and their Abbasid slave soldiers |
| 829 | Nanzhao takes Chengdu and captures 20,000 Chinese engineers |
| 846 | Nanzhao raids Annam |
| 861 | Nanzhao attacks Bo Prefecture and Annam but is repulsed. |
| 863 | Nanzhao conquers Annam |
| 866 | Gao Pian retakes Annam from Nanzhao |
| 869 | Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu but fails to capture it |
| 870 | Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu (in Sichuan) |
| 877 | Nanzhao retreats from Qianzhong Circuit in modern Guizhou |

## 10th century

| Year | Event |
| 902 | Zheng Maisi murders the king of Nanzhao and sets up his own Dachanghe regime |
| 928 | Zhao Shanzhen kills the king of Dachanghe and sets up Datianxing |
| 929 | Yang Hefeng removes Zhao Shanzhen and sets up Dayining |
| 937 | Duan Siping defeats Dayining and creates the Dali Kingdom |
| 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 |
| 967 | Song dynasty recognizes the Bole of the Luodian kingdom, the Mangbu of the Badedian kingdom, and the Awangren of the Yushi kingdom |
| 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 |
| 976 | Song dynasty and aboriginal allies in Guizhou attack the Mu'ege Kingdom, forcing them to retreat to Dafang County |
| 980 | Long Yanyao's grandson Long Qiongju presents tribute to the Emperor Taizong of Song |
| 995 | Long Hanyao of Nanning presents tribute to the Song court |
| 998 | Long Hanyao of Nanning presents tribute to the Song court |

## 11th century

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

## 12th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1133 | | Ayong of the Mu'ege Kingdom leads a large trade delegation of several thousand to the Song city of Luzhou in Sichuan |

## 13th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1208 | | Yao people rebel in Jinghu and are suppressed |
| 1252 | summer | Möngke Khan places Kublai Khan in charge of the invasion of the Dali Kingdom |
| 1253 | September | Kublai Khan's forces set up headquarters on the Jinsha River in western Yunnan and march on Dali in three columns |
| 1254 | January | The 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 |
| 1254 | winter | Kublai Khan returns to Mongolia and leaves Subutai's son Uryankhadai in charge of campaigns against local Yi tribes |
| 1257 | | Uriyangkhadai, son of Subutai, pacifies Yunnan and returns to Gansu |
| 1257 | winter | Mongol invasions of Vietnam: Uriyangkhadai returns to Yunnan and invades the Trần dynasty of Đại Việt |

## 14th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1332 | March | War of the Two Capitals: Loyalist rebels in Yunnan are defeated |
| 1360 | | Basalawarmi takes control of Yunnan |
| 1381 | December | Ming conquest of Yunnan: Ming forces take Qujing |
| 1382 | April | Ming conquest of Yunnan: Ming forces conquer Yunnan |
| 1386 | January | Ming–Mong Mao War: Si Lunfa of Mong Mao rebels |
| 1388 | | Ming–Mong Mao War: Mong Mao is defeated by the Ming artillery corps utilizing volley fire |
| 1389 | January | Ming forces defeat Yi rebels in Yuezhou |
| 1389 | December | Ming–Mong Mao War: Si Lunfa surrenders to the Ming dynasty |
| 1397 | December | Ming–Mong Mao Intervention: Si Lunfa is deposed and requests Ming aid in restoring him to power |
| 1398 | January | Ming–Mong Mao Intervention: Si Lunfa is restored to power |

## 15th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1438 | 8 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 |
| 1441 | 27 February | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ming forces attack Mong Mao |
| 1442 | January | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Mong Mao is defeated but Si Renfa escapes to Ava |
| 1443 | March | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ming forces defeat Si Jifa but fail to capture him |
| 1445 | August | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ava hands over Si Renfa to Ming in return for their support in attacking Hsenwi |
| 1446 | January | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Si Renfa is executed |
| 1449 | March | Luchuan–Pingmian campaigns: Ming forces invade Mong Yang for harboring Si Jifa, but he manages to escape again |
| 1450 | | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Yao and Miao people rebel in Guizhou and Huguang |
| 1452 | | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Yao and Miao rebels are suppressed |
| 1456 | | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people in Huguang rebel and are suppressed |
| 1464 | | Hou Dagou of the Yao people rebels in Guangxi |
| 1466 | January | Ming forces defeat and capture Hou Dagou, but the rebellion continues anyway |
| 1466 | | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people rebel in Hunan as well as the Sichuan-Guizhou border and are suppressed |
| 1475 | | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people rebel in Hunan and are suppressed |
| 1479 | | Miao rebellions under the Ming dynasty: Miao people rebel in Sichuan |
| 1499 | | Yi people rebel in Guizhou |

## 16th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1502 | | Yi rebels in Guizhou are suppressed |
| 1589 | | Bozhou rebellion: Miao people rebel in Bozhou |
| 1592 | 14 July | Ordos Campaign: Ye Mengxiong brings cannons and additional Miao troops to the siege of Ningxia |
| 1594 | | Bozhou rebellion: Ming forces are defeated in Sichuan |
| 1598 | | Bozhou rebellion: The Miao rebellion is suppressed |

## 17th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1606 | | Army officers in Yunnan riot and kill Yang Rong, a eunuch superintendent of mining |
| 1621 | fall | She-An Rebellion: Yi people rebel in Sichuan and Guizhou |
| 1623 | | She-An Rebellion: Ming forces are defeated |
| 1624 | | She-An Rebellion: Ming forces defeat rebels but are unable to decisively quell the rebellion |
| 1629 | | She-An Rebellion: The rebels are defeated |
| 1656 | March | The Yongli Emperor arrives in Yunnan |
| 1657 | October | Sun Kewang's forces are defeated by Li Dingguo in eastern Yunnan and he retreats to Guizhou |
| 1659 | 7 January | Qing forces advance into Yunnan and the Yongli Emperor flees to Toungoo dynasty |
| 1659 | 10 March | Qing forces capture Yongchang and defeat Li Dingguo's army, securing Yunnan |

## Gallery

* Ancient southern China
* Han conquest of Dian, 109 BC
* Nanzhao, 879
* Song dynasty, 1111
* Dali Kingdom, late 12th century
* Yuan dynasty, 1330
* Ming dynasty
* Qing dynasty, 1820