city Datong: All Data

1. Lists and Timelines

Datong: 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.

200 BC
Mentioned in: Battle of Baideng
398 AD
Capital of Northern Wei
1100 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Circuit of Xijing, part of Liao Dynasty
1400 AD
Mentioned in Event: Second Rebel Offensive
1900 AD
Mentioned in Event: Initial revolt of the Boxers
1901 AD
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Xinhai Revolution
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Chinese Warlord Era
1927 AD
Mentioned in Event: Northern Expedition
1937 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Taiyuan
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
1946 AD
1949 AD
Mentioned in Event: Creation of the two Chinas