# The Internationale/Timeline

The following events are divided by countries and areas speaking different languages.
| Year | French-related event | Russian-related event | English-related event | Chinese-related event |
| 1816 | Eugène Pottier (dies in 1887) is born. | | | |
| 1848 | Pierre De Geyter (dies in 1932) is born. | | | |
| 1860 | | | Charles Hope Kerr (dies in 1944) is born. | |
| 1871 | Eugène Pottier writes in June the original French words of The Internationale, to be sung to the tune of La Marseillaise. | | | |
| 1872 | | Arkady Yakovlevich Kots (dies in 1943) is born. | | |
| 1887 | Eugène Pottier (born in 1816) dies. | | | |
| 1888 | Pierre De Geyter sets the music of The Internationale, which is first publicly performed in July. | | | |
| 1896 | | | | Xiao San (dies in 1983) is born. |
| 1899 | | | | Qu Qiubai (dies in 1935) is born. |
| 1900 | | | Charles Hope Kerr makes the USA lyrics. | |
| 1902 | | Arkady Yakovlevich Kots makes the initial Russian translation. | | |
| 1904 | Pierre De Geyter's brother Adolphe is induced by the Lille mayor Gustave Delory to claim copyright. | | | |
| 1908 | | | | Shen Baoji (dies in 2002) is born. |
| 1914 | Pierre De Geyter loses the first copyright lawsuit. | | | |
| 1916 | Adolphe De Geyter hangs himself and confesses the false copyright claim in a letter to Pierre. | | | |
| 1918 | | The Russian SFSR adopts The Internationale as the national anthem. | | |
| 1922 | Pierre De Geyter wins the copyright lawsuit with the letter from Adolphe as new evidence. | The Soviet Union adopts The Internationale as the de facto national anthem. | | |
| 1923 | | | | Qu Qiubai translates on June 15 The Internationale from Russian to Chinese. Xiao San also translates The Internationale from Russian to Chinese. |
| 1926 | | | | The National Revolutionary Army of China prints on March 18 a music sheet with three lyrics of The Internationale in Chinese. |
| 1927 | | Pierre De Geyter is invited to Moscow, Soviet Russia for the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, as the Soviet leaders discover his real authorship. | | |
| 1931 | | | | The Chinese Soviet Republic decides its national anthem to be The Internationale. |
| 1932 | Pierre De Geyter (born in 1848) dies. | | | |
| 1935 | | | | Qu Qiubai (born in 1899) is executed by Kuomintang. |
| 1943 | | Arkady Yakovlevich Kots (born in 1872) dies. | | |
| 1944 | | The Soviet Union changes its national anthem from The Internationale to Hymn of the Soviet Union. | Charles Hope Kerr (born in 1860) dies. | |
| 1949 | | | | The People's Republic of China is founded on October 1. The Government of the Republic of China, losing the Chinese Civil War, moves its national capital to Taipei, Taiwan. Around this time, the Internationale becomes politically banned in Taiwan. |
| 1957 | | | Billy Bragg (living) is born. | Shen Baoji makes a complete Chinese translation of The Internationale from French. |
| 1983 | | | | Xiao San (born in 1896) dies. |
| 1989 | | | | In the People's Republic of China, protesters sing The Internationale in the Tiananmen Square protests. |
| 1990 | | | Billy Bragg composes the modern English lyrics of The Internationale. | |
| 2000 | | | | President Lee Teng-hui's Administration of Taiwan, Republic of China leaves office as the term expires on May 20. Around this time, the Internationale is no longer politically banned in Taiwan. |
| 2002 | | | | Shen Baoji (born in 1908) dies. |
| 2005 | Le Chant du Monde administering the copyright asks Pierre Merejkowsky, the film director and an actor of Insurrection / résurrection, to pay 1000 euro for whistling The Internationale for seven seconds. | | | |
| 2007 | The French Supreme Court confirms in February that the musical copyright extensions for both world wars is in addition to life plus 70 years until year end, based on a 1985 law. | | | |
| 2008 | | | Billy Bragg's modern English version has a copyright permission logged at Wikimedia OTRS, but not compatible with GFDL as commercial use is limited. | |
| 2017 | The Internationale melody enters the public domain in France in October through copyright expiration. | | | |