city Shanghai: All Data

Shanghai 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.

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Shanghai: 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.

1842 AD
Mentioned in Event: First Opium War
1850 AD
Mentioned in Event: Concessions in China
1851 AD
Mentioned in Event: Taiping Rebellion
1927 AD
Mentioned in Event: Northern Expedition
1932 AD
Mentioned in: First Battle of Shanghai, part of Japanese invasion of Manchuria
1937 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Shanghai, part of Battle of Shanghai
1937 AD
Mentioned in: Second Battle of Shanghai, part of Second Sino-Japanese War
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: Concessions in China
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Surrender of Japanese forces
1947 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Phase (Chinese Civil War)
1948 AD
Mentioned in Event: Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: Creation of the two Chinas
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: Shanghai Campaign
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Municipality of Shanghai, part of People's Republic of China