# Timeline of Hangzhou

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

## 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.
* 1947 – Constitution of the Republic of China adopted
* 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.
** Population: 784,000.
* 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: 2,589,504.
* 1991
** Hangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone approved.
** 1947 Constitution amended, former Nationalist government in Taiwan downplays claim to Hangzhou
* 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.
* 2000
** Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport begins operating.
** Hangzhou Export Processing Zone approved.
** Dragon Well Manor in business.
** Population: 3,240,947.

## 21st century

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* 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.