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The following is a timeline of the history of the Chinese city of Guangzhou, also formerly known as Panyu, [citation needed] Canton, and Kwang-chow. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Battle of Bạch Đằng: A Song naval invasion of the Early Lê dynasty via the Bạch Đằng River was aborted after the land invasion was stalled. 982: 13 October: Jingzong died. 14 October: Jingzong's young son Emperor Shengzong of Liao became emperor, with his widow Empress Xiao Yanyan acting as regent. 983: The Taiping Yulan was ...
Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.
Timeline of Guangzhou; 0–9. 1999 Chinese football match-fixing scandal; 2024 Lixinsha Bridge collapse; C. Canton porcelain; Canton System; Canton–Hong Kong strike; D.
Bombing of Guangzhou intensified starting from May to June 1938 with the employment of incendiary munitions and low-level strafing attacks against ships. [36] The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service , operating from bases in Formosa and the aircraft carrier Kaga conducted about 400 airstrikes during this period and continued into July. [ 37 ]
The leased territory was situated on the east side of the Leizhou Peninsula (French: Péninsule de Leitcheou), near Guangzhou, around a bay then called Kwangchowan, now called the Port of Zhanjiang. The bay forms the estuary of the Maxie River (French: Rivière Ma-The , Chinese : 麻斜河 ; pinyin : Máxié hé ), now known as the Zhanjiang ...
China is reportedly building a series of "D-Day style" barges that could be used to aid an invasion of Taiwan, according to media reports. At least three of the new craft have been observed at ...
The Battle of Canton (Chinese: 廣州城戰役) was fought by British and French forces against Qing China on 28–31 December 1857 during the Second Opium War.The British High Commissioner, Lord Elgin, was keen to take the city of Canton as a demonstration of power and to capture Chinese official Ye Mingchen, who had resisted British attempts to implement the 1842 Treaty of Nanking.