Guangzhou: All Data
Guangzhou is a city in China (with Hong Kong and Macau). This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Guangzhou: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
203 BC
Capital of Nanyue
710 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Circuit of Lingnan, part of Tang Dynasty
879 AD
Mentioned in Event: Huang Chao Rebellion
907 AD
Capital of Southern Han
1111 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Circuit of Guangnan East, part of Song Dynasty
1646 AD
Capital of Ming Dynasty
1647 AD
Mentioned in Event: Qing conquest of Ming China
1820 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Guangdong, part of Qing Dynasty
1841 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Opium War
1841 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Canton, part of First Opium War
1856 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Opium War
1857 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Opium War
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Xinhai Revolution
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Chinese Warlord Era
1926 AD
Mentioned in Event: Northern Expedition
1927 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Humen–Shijing
1929 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Guangzhou, part of Central Plains War
1938 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Wuhan
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Surrender of Japanese forces
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Phase (Chinese Civil War)
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Guangdong, part of People's Republic of China