Zhongdu: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Beijing: 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.
1042 BC
Capital of Yan
150 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of You, part of Han Dynasty
350 AD
Capital of Former Yan
759 AD
Capital of Yan (An-Shi)
1100 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Circuit of Nanjing, part of Liao Dynasty
1116 AD
Capital of Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
1123 AD
Capital of Northern Liao
1125 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Jurchen campaign against the Song Dynasty
1215 AD
Mentioned in Event: Conquest of Jin China
1215 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Zhongdu, part of Conquest of Jin China
1260 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Khanate of Great Khanate, part of Mongol Empire
1261 AD
Capital of Yuan Dynasty
1399 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Government Counteroffensive (Jingnan rebellion)
1399 AD
Mentioned in Event: Initial Rebel Offensive (Jingnan rebellion)
1399 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Rebel Offensive (Jingnan rebellion)
1399 AD
Capital of Rebel Prince of Yan
1403 AD
Capital of Ming Dynasty
1636 AD
Capital of Qing Dynasty
1644 AD
Mentioned in Event: Qing conquest of Ming China
1644 AD
Mentioned in Event: Shun secession
1644 AD
Capital of Shun
1820 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Zhili, part of Qing Dynasty
1860 AD
Mentioned in Event: Convention of Peking
1860 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Opium War
1900 AD
Mentioned in Event: Initial revolt of the Boxers
1900 AD
Mentioned in Event: Seymour Expedition
1900 AD
Mentioned in: siege of the Legation Quarter, part of Siege of the Legation Quarter
1901 AD
Mentioned in Event: Eight Nations Alliance Invasion of China
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Xinhai Revolution
1912 AD
Capital of Republic of China
1915 AD
Capital of Empire of China
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Chinese Warlord Era
1926 AD
Capital of Kuomintang
1928 AD
Mentioned in Event: Northern Expedition
1937 AD
Mentioned in Event: Full Scale Invasion of China (Second Sino-Japanese War)
1937 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Lugou Bridge, part of Second Sino-Japanese War
1937 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Beiping-Tianjin
1937 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Beiping-Tianjin, part of Full Scale Invasion of China (Second Sino-Japanese War)
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Surrender of Japanese forces
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: Creation of the two Chinas
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: Pingjin campaign
1949 AD
Capital of Communists (Chinese Civil War)
1949 AD
Capital of People's Republic of China
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Municipality of Beijing, part of People's Republic of China