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Song troops constructed a floating pontoon bridge across the Yangtze River in order to secure supply lines while fighting against the Southern Tang. 976: 1 January: Song forces conquered and annexed Southern Tang. 14 November: Taizu died. 15 November: Taizu's brother Emperor Taizong of Song became emperor of the Song dynasty. The Yuelu Academy ...
The Republic of Spanish Haiti gained independence from Spain in 1821, was occupied by Haiti, then gained independence as the First Dominican Republic; reoccupied by Spain 1861-1865, the Second Dominican Republic gained independence but was occupied by the United States 1916-1924. The Third Dominican Republic followed the U.S. occupation. 28
On the first day of January of 1912 The Republic of China unilaterally declared their independence. China: 7 December 1949: On the 1st of October of 1949 the Chinese Communist Party wins against the Kuomintang which then retreats to the island of Taiwan. India: 15 August 1947: Independence from the British Empire Indonesia: 27 December 1949
Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan or Araw ng Kasarinlan) 12 June: 1898 Philippine Declaration of Independence by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine Revolution against Spain. The Philippines achieved self-rule from the United States on 4 July 1946, and celebrated 4 July as Independence Day until 1964. [69] Republic Day: 4 July: 1946 United ...
The chaos of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe cut the direct links between Spain and its American colonies, allowing for the process of decolonization to begin. [34] With the invasion of Spain by Napoleon in 1806, the American colonies declared autonomy and loyalty to King Ferdinand VII. The contract was broken and each of the regions of the ...
Independence from Spain declared 1938: Paraguay awarded a large portion of the Gran Chaco as a result of the Chaco War: 10 September 1880: Independence from Spain recognized Peru: 31 December 1993: Constitution of Peru established 28 July 1821: Independence from Spain declared 26 February 1942: Rio Protocol ends border dispute with Ecuador: 14 ...
2008 : Soyuz fishing boat incident : June 10 Japanese patrol boats fishing boat sank ROC " United", and the boat people taken to Japan interrogation, the crew back the next day, but the captain detained June 12 due to the pressure Republic of China, Japan, the release of the captain.
After the Spanish invasion of the Philippines, trade with the Spanish at Manila imported large quantities of Mexican and Peruvian silver from the Spanish Americas to China. [ 78 ] : 144–145 The Dutch entry into the Chinese seas was also met with fierce resistance, with the Dutch being chased off the Penghu islands in the Sino-Dutch conflicts ...