20th century 456 2000- 312 21st century 278 1976-2000 136 1976-2002 116 2002- 114 1949- 103 19th century 93 1949-1976 78 1976- 65 Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976 61 Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 57 Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 53 1644-1912 46 Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 45 1912-1949 44 Republic, 1912-1949 41 18th century 38 1893-1976 36 To 1500 36 1945- 27 960-1644 26 To 221 B.C. 26 Song dynasty, 960-1279 25 221 B.C.-960 A.D. 21 Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D. 20 Civil War, 1945-1949 19 Tang dynasty, 618-907 19 1937-1945 17 1997- 17 1887-1975 16 17th century 14 1935- 14 Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C. 13 Ming-Qing dynasties, 1368-1912 12 Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368 12 1945-1989 11 16th century 10 1861-1912 10 1912-1928 10 1951- 10 1989- 10 Boxer Rebellion, 1899-1901 10 1904-1997 9 1975- 8 220-589 8 1892-1973 7 May Fourth movement, 1919 7 Opium War, 1840-1842 7 To 1644 7 Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997 7 1897-2003 6 1906-1967 6 1945-1953 6 1948- 6 1958- 6 1991- 6 Qianlong, 1736-1795 6 Shang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C. 6 Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C. 6 1913-1994 5 1928-1937 5 1931-1945 5 1952- 5 Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 5 1866-1925 4 1881-1936 4 1933-1945 4 1953-1961 4 1955- 4 1957- 4 1964- 4 1988- 4 1988-2000 4 221 B.C.-220 A.D. 4 259 B.C.-210 B.C. 4 Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms, 907-979 4 Long March, 1934-1935 4 Revolution, 1911-1912 4 Song-Yuan dynasties, 960-1368 4 Sui dynasty, 581-618 4 active 6th century B.C. 4 1216-1294 3 1368-1644 3 1371-1435 3 1600-1868 3 1837-1901 3 1859-1952 3 1926-1945 3 1938- 3 1940- 3 1942- 3 1945-1949 3 1946- 3 1955-2017 3 1961-1963 3 1963- 3 1966- 3 1974- 3 1984- 3