Timeline of Taiwanese history

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This is a timeline of Taiwanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Taiwan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Taiwan and History of the Republic of China. See also the list of rulers of Taiwan.

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3rd century

Year Date Event
230 Two generals of Eastern Wu lead 10,000 expedition troops land on an island known as Yizhou (suspected to be Taiwan or the Ryukyu islands) where most of them die but manage to capture and bring "several thousand" natives back to China Template:Sfn[1]

7th century

Year Date Event
607–610 The Sui dynasty sends expeditions to an island known as Liuqiu, which may or may not be Taiwan, but is probably RyukyuTemplate:Sfn

12th century

Year Date Event
1171 Chinese fishermen settle on the Penghu IslandsTemplate:Sfn
The Song dynasty stations officers at the Penghu IslandsTemplate:Sfn

13th century

Year Date Event
1271 Chinese people start visiting TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1292 The Yuan dynasty sends an expedition to Liuqiu, which may or may not be TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1297 The Yuan dynasty sends an expedition to Liuqiu, which may or may not be TaiwanTemplate:Sfn

14th century

Year Date Event
1349 Wang Dayuan provides the first account of a visit to Taiwan and also notes substantial settlements of Chinese traders and fishermen on the Penghu IslandsTemplate:Sfn

16th century

Year Date Event
1525 Some merchants from Fujian are able to speak Formosan languagesTemplate:Sfn
1544 Portuguese sailors passing Taiwan record in the ship's log the name Ilha Formosa (Beautiful Island).Template:Sfn
1563 Pirate Lin Daoqian retreats to southwestern Taiwan after being chased by Ming naval forcesTemplate:Sfn
A walled town is built in Penghu (Pescadores) on the orders of a Ming generalTemplate:Sfn
1574 3 November Pirate Lin Feng lands in southwestern Taiwan only to be attacked by aboriginalsTemplate:Sfn
27 December Lin Feng returns to Taiwan againTemplate:Sfn
1582 Portuguese shipwreck survivors, the first Europeans known to have landed on Taiwan, build a raft after 45 days and return to MacauTemplate:Sfn
1590 Chinese from Fujian start settling in southwestern TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1592 Japan unsuccessfully seeks sovereignty over Taiwan (Takayamakoku 高山国 in Japanese, lit. high mountain country).Template:Sfnp
1593 Ming officials issue ten licenses each year for Chinese junks to trade in northern TaiwanTemplate:Sfn

17th century

Year Date Event
1603 Chinese scholar Chen Di spends some time at the Bay of Tayouan (which Taiwan takes its name from) during a Ming dynasty anti-pirate mission and provides the first significant description of Taiwanese aboriginesTemplate:Sfn
1604 Sino-Dutch conflicts: Dutch envoy Wijbrand van Waerwijck and his army are ordered to occupy Penghu (Pescadores) in order to open trade with ChinaTemplate:Sfnp
1609 The Tokugawa Shogunate sends feudal lord Arima Harunobu on an exploratory mission to Taiwan.Template:Sfnp
1616 Nagasaki official Murayama Tōan leads troops on an unsuccessful invasion of TaiwanTemplate:Sfnp
1622 August The Dutch start building a fort at Penghu (Pescadores)Template:Sfn
1623 Chinese population in southwestern Taiwan reaches 1,500Template:Sfn
1624 26 August Sino-Dutch conflicts: Ming forces evict the Dutch from Penghu (Pescadores) and they retreat to Taiwan, settling near the Bay of Tayouan next to a pirate villageTemplate:Sfn
There are two Chinese villages in Southwestern Taiwan, on a long thing peninsula on the Bay of Tayouan, and on the mainland in what would become TainanTemplate:Sfn
Chinese laborers start building the Fort Zeelandia at the Bay of Tayouan for the DutchTemplate:Sfn
1625 The Dutch clash with 170 Chinese pirates in the Madou and are forced to retreat; later the pirates are driven awayTemplate:Sfn
1626 July The Dutch force the Chinese inhabitants of Taiwan to obtain a permit of residenceTemplate:Sfn
Spanish expedition to Formosa: The Spanish arrive at Santissima Trinidad (Keelung) and build a fortTemplate:Sfn
1627 Chinese trade with Spanish Formosa picks up after the Spanish manage to ingratiate themselves with the governor of Fujian by defending him from attacks by the aboriginesTemplate:Sfn
1628 The Dutch sign a trade treaty with Zheng ZhilongTemplate:Sfn
The Spanish establish a settlement at Danshui and build Fort Santo Domingo in an attempt to attract Chinese merchants.Template:Sfn
1629 summer Madou ambushes and kills 35 Dutch soldiersTemplate:Sfn
1630 February Madou signs a nine-month truce with the DutchTemplate:Sfn
1631 Spanish Formosa uses sulphur in Taiwan to trade for Chinese goodsTemplate:Sfn
1633 7 July Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Hans Putmans' fleet sails into the harbor of Xiamen and fire on Zheng Zhilong's fleet without warningTemplate:Sfn
22 October Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Hans Putmans' fleet is defeated by Zheng Zhilong off of KinmenTemplate:Sfn
1634 October The Dutch forbid Chinese trade of deerskins to anyone but themTemplate:Sfn
5 November Dutch forces rout Taccariang's forcesTemplate:Sfn
Liu Xiang attacks Fort Zeelandia in retaliation for their refusal to aid him against Zheng Zhilong, but failsTemplate:Sfn
Chinese start planting sugarcane near Fort ProvintiaTemplate:Sfn
1635 winter Dutch pacification campaign on Formosa: The Dutch defeat MadouTemplate:Sfn
1636 The Dutch declare a pax hollandica in the plains around the Bay of TayouanTemplate:Sfn
The Chinese start conducting large scale commercial hunting in Taiwan with assistance from the Dutch East India CompanyTemplate:Sfn
1637 The Spanish withdraw half their forces from TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1640 The Dutch force Chinese people in Taiwan to pay a residency taxTemplate:Sfn
1641 The Dutch attempt to oust the Spaniards from Keelung but failTemplate:Sfn
1642 August The Dutch oust the Spaniards in Keelung; so ends Spanish FormosaTemplate:Sfn
The Dutch forbid Chinese from settling outside of areas of company controlTemplate:Sfn
1645 The Chinese are forbidden from hunting deer in TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1651 Reports of violence and extortion of the Chinese by the Dutch are reportedTemplate:Sfn
1652 7–11 September Guo Huaiyi rebellion: Chinese farmers rebel against the Dutch and are defeated; considered to be the first Chinese anti-western uprisingTemplate:Sfn
Chinese population in Taiwan reaches 20,000 to 25,000Template:Sfn
1654 May Locusts, plague, and earthquakes greatly damage TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1655 August Ming loyalist Zheng Chenggong declares sovereignty over Chinese citizens in TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1656 9 July An edict from Zheng Chenggong arrives at Fort Zeelandia declaring all Chinese trade of foreign products to be illegal and punishable by death, and Chinese merchants start leaving Taiwan as a resultTemplate:Sfn
1660 March The Dutch receive news of Zheng Chenggong's plans to invade TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
Albrecht Herport notes that even in their depleted state, there are an abundance of deer in TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1661 21 April Zheng Chenggong departs from Kinmen Island for TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
30 April Zheng Chenggong arrives on the shores of Dutch Formosa near Fort Provintia where three Dutch ships attack them, but one sinks, and the other two retreat; two subsequent Dutch attacks are also defeatedTemplate:Sfn
1 May Fort Provintia surrenders to Zheng ChenggongTemplate:Sfn
3 May Aboriginals around the Bay of Tayouan surrender to Zheng ChenggongTemplate:Sfn
16 September Fort Zeelandia launches an attack on Zheng Chengong's army and is defeatedTemplate:Sfn
1662 1 February Siege of Fort Zeelandia: Fort Zeelandia surrenders to Zheng Chenggong and the Dutch depart from Taiwan; so ends Dutch FormosaTemplate:Sfn
23 June Zheng Chenggong dies and is succeeded by Zheng XiTemplate:Sfn
November Zheng Jing defeats Zheng Xi and renamed his realm the Kingdom of DongningTemplate:Sfn
1663 February Zheng Jing returns to XiamenTemplate:Sfn
July Zheng Jing imprisons his brother Zheng Tai, and as a result their relatives surrender to the Qing dynastyTemplate:Sfn
November The Qing dynasty conquers Xiamen and Kinmen IslandTemplate:Sfn
1664 July The Dutch occupy KeelungTemplate:Sfn
September Qing commander Shi Lang leads a fleet of warships to invade Taiwan but is turned back by bad weatherTemplate:Sfn
Chinese population in Taiwan rises to 50,000Template:Sfn
1665 May Shi Lang attempts to invade Taiwan but his fleet is scattered by a stormTemplate:Sfn
1666 May Chinese troops attempt to dislodge the Dutch from Keelung but failTemplate:Sfn
1668 The Dutch abandon Keelung after alienating local aboriginal villagesTemplate:Sfn
1674 Zheng Jing re-enters Xiamen (Amoy)Template:Sfn
1678 Zheng Jing's forces under Liu Guoxuan attempt to conquer Zhangzhou but failTemplate:Sfn
1680 26 March Zheng Jing departs from XiamenTemplate:Sfn
1681 March Zheng Jing dies and his son Zheng Kezang succeeds him, only to be ousted by Zheng KeshuangTemplate:Sfn
1683 12 July Battle of Penghu: Qing commander Shi Lang leads an attack on the Zheng fleet near Penghu (Pescadores) but failsTemplate:Sfn
17 July Battle of Penghu: The Qing fleet returns and defeats the Zheng fleet, occupying Penghu (Pescadores)Template:Sfn
The Qing dynasty conquers the Kingdom of Dongning; Zheng Keshuang is given a non-hereditary position in BeijingTemplate:Sfn
1684 Taiwan is made a prefecture of Fujian, governed by a prefect, under which are magistrates of three counties, Zhuluo, Taiwan, and FengshanTemplate:Sfn
Total population of Taiwan is around 100,000Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Shi Lang estimates that half of Taiwan's Chinese population has left for the mainlandTemplate:Sfn
1685 Lin Qianguang writes an account of Taiwanese indigenous peoplesTemplate:Sfn
1699 Taiwanese aborigines rebel in northern TaiwanTemplate:Sfn

18th century

Year Date Event
1711 Annual arrivals in Taiwan reach tens of thousands despite official restrictionsTemplate:Sfn
1712 The first regulations on a permit system are recordedTemplate:Sfn
1721 19 April Zhu Yigui and a group of 80 rebels attack a military outpost at Gangshan, south of Tainan, and rob its weapons; Du Junying also rebelsTemplate:Sfn
30 April Zhu Yigui's rebels attack Tainan but failTemplate:Sfn
1 May Zhu Yigui takes Tainan and ZhuluoTemplate:Sfn
3 May Zhu Yigui is declared a kingTemplate:Sfn
16 June Qing forces land near Tainan and defeat Zhu YiguiTemplate:Sfn
10 September Du Junying surrenders to Qing forcesTemplate:Sfn
1722 Due to the Zhu Yigui uprising, Han-aboriginal territories are separated via 54 stelae marking the boundaries of the frontier areaTemplate:Sfn
1723 Changhua County is createdTemplate:Sfn
1728 Tax registers are expanded to Changhua CountyTemplate:Sfn
1730 Those without property in mainland China or relatives in Taiwan are barred from entering TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1731 Danshui subprefecture is createdTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
The Dajiaxi (大甲西) aboriginals around Taichung rebel and kill a subprefectTemplate:Sfn
1732 Migrants are allowed to take children and wives to TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
Qing forces suppress the Dajiaxi (大甲西) aboriginal rebellion.Template:Sfn
1733 Families on the mainland are allowed to move to TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1734 A total of 47 aboriginal schools are createdTemplate:Sfn
1737 Marriage between aboriginal women and Han Chinese men is prohibited on the grounds that it interfered in aboriginal life and was used by settlers as a means to claim aboriginal land.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
1738 Reclamation of aboriginal land is bannedTemplate:Sfn
1740 Legal migration to Taiwan is endedTemplate:Sfn
1750 Han-aboriginal boundaries are rebuiltTemplate:Sfn
1756 Immigrant population in Taiwan number 600,147Template:Sfn
1760 Han-aboriginal boundaries are rebuiltTemplate:Sfn
Families are allowed to enter Taiwan again for a brief periodTemplate:Sfn
1766 Two aboriginal affairs sub-prefects are appointed to manage aboriginal affairsTemplate:Sfn
1770 Chinese settlers start moving into YilanTemplate:Sfn
1777 Immigrant population in Taiwan number 839,800Template:Sfn
1782 Chiayi and Changhua prefectures go to war over gambling debts and more than 400 villages are destroyedTemplate:Sfn
Immigrant population in Taiwan number 912,000Template:Sfn
1784 Han-aboriginal boundaries are rebuiltTemplate:Sfn
1786 Lin Shuangwen rebellion: Ling Shuangwen rebels and takes over ChanghuaTemplate:Sfnp
Individuals whose relatives are already in Taiwan are allowed to emigrateTemplate:Sfn
1787 A settler named Wu Sha tries to claim Kavalan territory in modern Yilan but is repelledTemplate:Sfn
1788 Lin Shuangwen rebellion: The rebels are defeatedTemplate:Sfn
1790 Han-aboriginal boundaries are rebuiltTemplate:Sfn
Active enforcement of quarantine measures is abandoned and an office for cross-strait travel is set upTemplate:Sfn
1795 Chen Zhouchuan rebellionTemplate:Sfn
1797 Settler Wu Sha receives financial support from the local government to colonize Yilan but fails to register the land due to lack of official recognitionTemplate:Sfn

19th century

Year Date Event
1805 Cai Qian rebellionTemplate:Sfn
1809 Pirate Cai Qian is surrounded by the Qing navy and commits suicide. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
1810 Due to fear of piracy, the emperor officially recognizes land previously colonized in Yilan as part of administrated territoryTemplate:Sfn
1811 Han Chinese population in Taiwan reaches 1,944,000, 70% residing in the southTemplate:Sfn
1812 Northeast Taiwan is taken over by Chinese peopleTemplate:Sfn
1814 Some settlers fake aboriginal land-lease documents to colonize central TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1816 Settlers in central Taiwan are evicted by government troopsTemplate:Sfn
1824 Immigrant population in Taiwan number 1,786,883Template:Sfn
1832 Zhang Bing rebellionTemplate:Sfn
1839 Qing authorities demarcate Chinese territories in Taiwan and prohibit Chinese settlers from encroaching on native landsTemplate:Sfn
1853 Lin Gong rebellionTemplate:Sfn
1860 Convention of Beijing: Danshui and Anping are opened to foreignersTemplate:Sfn
1862 Dai Wansheng rebelsTemplate:Sfn
1863 Lin Wencha is promoted to commander-in-chief of Fujian troops, the highest position ever attained by a Taiwanese during the Qing dynastyTemplate:Sfn
1865 Dai Wansheng's rebellion is defeatedTemplate:Sfn
1867 American military expedition sent to Kenting in response to the Rover incident.
1868 20 November Camphor War: British Navy occupies Anping over rights to export camphor without regard for Chinese regulationsTemplate:Sfn
1 December Camphor War: Qing dynasty gives in to British demands for reparations, freedom of missionary activity, and trade rightsTemplate:Sfn
John Dodd calls in British gunboats to force Qing authorities to apologize and pay reparations for being accosted by an angry crowdTemplate:Sfn
1869 Government troops are decreased from 14,425 to 7,621Template:Sfn
1871 November Mudan Incident: Ryukyuan sailors shipwreck off of southern Taiwan and Paiwan people mistake them for enemies, causing the death of 54 marinersTemplate:Sfn
1874 Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874): Japan sends a punitive expedition to Taiwan in retribution for the Mudan Incident and forces the Qing dynasty to pay indemnitiesTemplate:Sfn
Shen Baozhen has three roads constructed linking eastern and western TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1875 Taiwan is divided into two prefectures, Taipeh Prefecture and a modified Taiwan PrefectureTemplate:Sfn
1881 Government troops are decreased to 4,500Template:Sfn
1884 August Keelung Campaign: French forces try to land at Keelung but are forced to withdraw by Chinese troopsTemplate:Sfn
October Keelung Campaign: French forces capture KeelungTemplate:Sfn
8 October Battle of Tamsui: A French attack on Danshui is defeatedTemplate:Sfn
1885 22 June Keelung Campaign: The French evacuate from KeelungTemplate:Sfn
1886 June Cadastral reform survey beginsTemplate:Sfn
1887 Taiwan is reorganized as Taiwan Province with Liu Mingchuan as its first governorTemplate:Sfn
April Construction on a road from Taipei to Keelung beginsTemplate:Sfn
1888 Construction on a Taipei-Hsinchu road beginsTemplate:Sfn
1890 January Cadastral reform survey is completedTemplate:Sfn
1891 Construction of the Taipei-Keelung road is completedTemplate:Sfn
1893 Construction of the Taipei-Hsinchu road is completedTemplate:Sfn
Han Chinese population in Taiwan reaches 2,545,000; 30 percent in the north, 27 percent in central Taiwan, and 43 percent in the southTemplate:Sfn
1895 March Pescadores Campaign (1895): Japan seizes Penghu (Pescadores)Template:Sfn
17 April Taiwan and Penghu (Pescadores) are ceded by the Qing dynasty to Japan in the Treaty of ShimonosekiTemplate:Sfn
20 May The Qing dynasty orders all officials to evacuate from TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
25 May The Republic of Formosa is formed with Tang Jingsong as its leader, who secretly leaves for the mainland a few days later, and is succeeded by Liu YongfuTemplate:Sfn
29 May Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895): Japanese forces land near KeelungTemplate:Sfn
7 June Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895): Japanese forces occupy TaipeiTemplate:Sfn
October Liu Yongfu leaves for the mainlandTemplate:Sfn
21 October Capitulation of Tainan: Tainan surrenders; so ends the Republic of FormosaTemplate:Sfn
1896 June Yunlin Massacre: 6,000 Taiwanese are massacred by the Japanese at YunlinTemplate:Sfn
1897 More than 6,400 (23%) registered Taiwanese residents leave for mainland ChinaTemplate:Sfn
1899 The Bank of Taiwan established to encourage Japanese investmentTemplate:Sfn
Taiwanese are recruited as policemen after a lower rank is createdTemplate:Sfn

20th century

Year Date Event
1900 Sun Zhongshan visits TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1902 Some 12,000 "bandit-rebels" are killed by the JapaneseTemplate:Sfn
1905 Population census records 2,492,784 Chinese, 82,795 "mountain people", and a total of 3,039,751 Taiwanese residentsTemplate:Sfn
1907 Beipu uprising: Hakka people and Saisiyat aboriginals rebel against Japanese rule unsuccessfully[2]
1911 Liang Qichao visits TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
1913 Japanese forces engage in a campaign bring aboriginals on the east coast under government control Template:Sfn
Hakka people rebel in Miaoli and are defeated Template:Sfn
1914 May-August Truku War: The Truku people rebel against Japanese rule unsuccessfully[3]
December Itagaki Taisuke creates the Taiwan Doukakai, a Taiwan assimilationist movement with popular support from TaiwaneseTemplate:Sfn
1915 January Taiwan Doukakai comes under attack by Japanese residents and authorities in Taiwan, and it is quickly disbandedTemplate:Sfn
Tapani Incident: Marks 20 years of resistance against Japanese ruleTemplate:Sfn
1921 The Taiwanese Cultural Association is foundedTemplate:Sfn
1925 Population of Taiwan grows to 3,993,408Template:Sfn
1927 The Taiwanese People's Party breaks from the Taiwanese Cultural AssociationTemplate:Sfn
1930 Wushe Incident: 300 Seediq people led by Mona Rudao raid a Japanese police station and attack an elementary school, killing 134 Japanese and two Han Chinese (by mistake); in response the government intensifies their efforts to subjugate the Atayal aboriginesTemplate:Sfn
1935 Population of Taiwan grows to 5,212,426;Template:Sfn Chinese population of eastern Taiwan increases to 70,000Template:Sfn
1937 April Chinese language in newspapers is banned and Classical Chinese is removed from the school curriculumTemplate:Sfn
1943 Compulsory primary education begins. Enrollment rates reached 71.3% for Taiwanese children (including 86.4% for aborigine children) and 99.6% for Japanese children in Taiwan making Taiwan's enrollment rate the second highest in Asia after Japan.Template:Sfnp
1943 Cairo Declaration: The Allies of World War II demand the restoration of all Chinese territories lost to Japan including Taiwan and PenghuTemplate:Sfn
1944 Taiwan is bombed by American forces as part of Allied effort to defeat JapanTemplate:Sfn
1945 14 August Hirohito surrender broadcast: Hirohito announces Japan's surrenderTemplate:Sfn
25 October Retrocession Day: Rikichi Andō signs documents "restoring" Taiwan and Penghu (Pescadores) to the Republic of China with Chen Yi appointed as Chief Executive.Template:Sfn
Population of Taiwan grows to 6,560,000Template:Sfn
1947 14 February Taipei's rice market closes due to a riotTemplate:Sfn
28 February February 28 Incident: Six officers attempt to arrest a woman selling cigarettes illegally in Taipei, a Taiwanese man is killed, and as a result mass riots break out all over the islandTemplate:Sfn
8 March February 28 Incident: Reinforcements from mainland China arrive in KeelungTemplate:Sfn
13 March February 28 Incident: The Taiwanese resistance is defeated by KMTTemplate:Sfn
22 April Chen Yi is replaced by Wei DaomingTemplate:Sfn
25 December The Constitution of the Republic of China takes effect.
1948 November More than 31,000 refugees enter Taiwan per weekTemplate:Sfn
30 December Wei Daoming is replaced by Chen Cheng as the Taiwanese officier appointed by the Republic of China.Template:Sfn
1949 Approximately 5,000 refugees enter Taiwan each dayTemplate:SfnKMT retreat to Taiwan
19 May White Terror (Taiwan): KMT begins imposing 38 years of Martial law in TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
June The New Taiwan dollar is introduced at an exchange rate of one NT to 40,000 old Taiwan dollarsTemplate:Sfn
1 October Chinese Civil War: Mao Zedong proclaims the formation of the People's Republic of China in Peiping (Peking) which became their national capital.[4]
10 December Chinese Civil War: The ROC relocates its government to Taipei.[5]
1950 1 March Chiang Kai-shek admits that he is personally responsible for the loss of mainland China at his inaugural ceremony for resuming the presidency of the GuomindangTemplate:Sfn
Elections are held at local and provincial levels, but not at the national levelTemplate:Sfn
1 May Landing Operation on Hainan Island: Hainan falls to the Communists.
1951 Land Reform in Taiwan: The government starts selling public land to tenant farmers, nearly a fifth of Taiwan's arable landTemplate:Sfn
1952 Agricultural exports reach U.S.$114 millionTemplate:Sfn
28 April The president of the Republic of China George Yeh and the governor of Japan Isao Kawada sign documents renouncing Japan's rights and claims on Taiwan and Penghu (Pescadores).[6]
1953 January Land Reform in Taiwan: Amount of land available to landlords is restricted and excess land is sold to tillersTemplate:Sfn
1955 20 January Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: People's Liberation Army forces ROC forces off the Yijiangshan IslandsTemplate:Sfn
Population of Taiwan grows to 9,078,000Template:Sfn
1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis: People's Liberation Army attacks Kinmen and the Matsu Islands but fail to take themTemplate:Sfn
Population of Taiwan reaches 10 millionTemplate:Sfn
1960 Chiang Kai-shek's presidency is extended past two termsTemplate:Sfn
Institutions of higher education increase to 15, primary schools rise to 1,982, and secondary schools to 299Template:Sfn
1961 Slightly over half of Taiwan's population lives in urban areasTemplate:Sfn
1964 Taiwanese Hokkien language is banned in schools and official settings[7]
1965 Population of Taiwan grows to 12,628,000Template:Sfn
1968 Compulsory education is extended from 6 to 9 yearsTemplate:Sfn
1970 Taiwan's Gini coefficient falls to 0.321Template:Sfn
1971 China and the United Nations: The United Nations recognizes the People's Republic of China as the government of China. The Republic of China withdraws from the United Nations.
1975 Population of Taiwan grows to 16,150,000Template:Sfn
1979 The United States withdraws recognition of the Republic of China and recognizes the People's Republic of China. Four months later, the United States Congress passes the Taiwan Relations Act which establishes unofficial relations.
1980 Hsinchu Science Park foundedTemplate:Sfn
1985 Population of Taiwan grows to 19,258,000Template:Sfn
1987 7 March Lieyu Massacre was covered up on the frontline of Kinmen Defense CommandTemplate:Sfn
15 July Martial law in Taiwan: Martial law is lifted from TaiwanTemplate:Sfn
The Environmental Protection Administration reveals that 15 percent of farmland is contaminated by heavy metalsTemplate:Sfn
1990 Wild Lily student movement in Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
Number of farm households fall to less than 20 percentTemplate:Sfn
1991 Legislative Yuan and National Assembly elected in 1947 were forced to resign.
The first democratic election of National Assembly.
1992 Fair Trade Law enacted.
The first democratic election of the Legislative Yuan.
1992 Consensus
1994 National Health Insurance begins.
1995 US government reverses policy and allows President Lee Teng-hui to visit the US. The People's Republic of China responds with the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis by launching a series of missiles into the waters off Taiwan. The Taiwan stock market loses one-third of its value.
February 28 Incident monument erected; President Lee Teng-hui publicly apologizes on behalf of the KMT.
Population of Taiwan grows to 21,300,000Template:Sfn
1996 President Bill Clinton dispatches the USS Nimitz supercarrier to patrol the Taiwan Strait.
The first direct presidential election; Lee Teng-hui elected.
1997 Private cellular phone companies begin services.
1999 Resolution on Taiwan's Future
Chi-Chi earthquake.

21st century

Year Date Event
2000 Chen Shui-bian, the opposition candidate from the DPP, elected president by a lead of 2.5% of votes marking the end of the KMT status as the ruling party. Voter turnout was 82.69%; first peaceful transfer of power.
Four Noes and One Without
2001 Three mini-links between Kinmen, Matsu and the mainland of Fujian begins.
Private fixed-line telephone companies begin services.
September Serious flooding caused by Typhoon Nari.
2002 Entry into the World Trade Organization.
Penetration rate of cellular phones exceeds 100%.
2003 SARS outbreaks.
North-link line railroad electrified.
2004 Second north-south freeway completed.
February 28 228 Hand-in-Hand rally.[8]
President Chen Shui-bian is re-elected by a margin of 0.22% votes after being shot the day before.
December 31 Taipei 101 becomes World's Tallest Building.
2005 The first direct commercial airplane flights from Beijing to Taipei for the Chinese New Year.
The PRC passes an "anti-secession law" authorizing the use of force against Taiwan and the ROC government should it formally declare independence. In response, 1.6 million people marched in Taipei against China's "anti-secession law". Similar marches occur across the world by Taiwanese nationalists. Protests against the PRC were held worldwide, including, but not limited to: Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, Paris, and Sydney.
March-April Pan-Blue leaders visit to mainland China
President Chen is invited and attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II. He is the first ROC president to visit the Vatican.
The National Assembly of the Republic of China convenes for the last time to implement several constitutional reforms, including single-member two-vote districts, and votes to transfer the power of constitutional reform to the popular ballot, essentially abolishing itself.
2006 Rename "Chiang Kai-shek International Airport" to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
2007 January Taiwan's first high-speed rail line, Taiwan High Speed Rail, begins operation.[9]
Rename Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall.
Taiwan applies for membership in the United Nations under the name "Taiwan", and is rejected by the General Assembly.
2008 March 9 Red Line of the Kaohsiung MRT completed.
March 22 presidential election; with 58.48% of the vote, KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou defeats DPP candidate Frank Hsieh. Many voters boycott the referendum on whether and how to join UN so the level of voter participation required for referendum to be considered valid is not achieved.
May 20 Ma Ying-jeou sworn into office as the 12th President of ROC. Second peaceful transfer of power. Tsai Ing-wen inaugurate as the Chairperson of DPP.
July For the first time in nearly 60 years, the first direct China-Taiwan flights are opened.[10][11][12]
October 25 1025 rally to safeguard Taiwan
November 3–7 Chen Yunlin visit Taiwan.[13][14]
November 6 Wild Strawberries Movement.[15][16]
Lien Chen represents Ma Ying-jeou meets Hu Jintao at APEC Peru 2008
2009 July World Games 2009 in Kaohsiung
August Typhoon Morakot
October 17 Ma Ying-jeou inaugurates as Chairperson of Kuomintang.
2012 January 14 presidential election; with 51.6% of the vote, KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou defeats DPP candidate Tsai Ing-wen.
2013 Ma Ying-jeou meets Pope Francis, the first ROC president to meet with the pope.
2014 March 18 Sunflower Student Movement, students occupy the Legislative Yuan force to halt the enforcement of Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement.
November 29 Regional election; DPP elects 13 mayor and magistrates.
2015 Ma Ying-jeou meets with Xi Jinping, the first Cross-Strait leader meeting.
2016 January 16 presidential election; with 56.3% of the vote, DPP candidate Tsai Ing-wen defeats KMT candidate Eric Chu.
May 20 Tsai Ing-wen sworn into office as the 14th and current President of ROC. Third peaceful transfer of power.
2020 January 21 First COVID-19 case in Taiwan.[17]

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