Timeline of Shanghai
Prior to 1800
    
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- 5th-7th c. CE - Fishing village develops where Suzhou Creek enters the Huangpu River.
 - 751 CE - Area becomes part of Huating county.
 - 976 CE - Longhua Temple rebuilt.
 - 12th c. - Market town develops.
 - 1216 - Jing'an Temple built.
 - 1292 - Town becomes county seat.
 - 1294 - Wen Miao (temple) active.[1]
 - 1554 - City walls constructed.
 - 1732 - Customs office relocated to Shanghai from Songjiang.
 - 1780 - Yu Garden opens.
 - 1789 - Guyi Garden becomes communal property.
 
1800-1900
    
- 1842
- 19 June: Shanghai taken by British forces.[2]
 - Shanghai opens to foreigners per Treaty of Nanking.[2]
 
 - 1843 Captain George Balfour appointed British consul.[3]
 - 1845
- David Sassoon & Sons in business.
 - British settlement established on outskirts of Old City.[3]
 
 - 1846 - Richards' Hotel and Restaurant in business.
 - 1849 - French Concession granted.[3]
 - 1850
- North-China Herald newspaper begins publication.[4]
 - Collège Saint Ignace founded.
 
 - 1851 - Jardine, Matheson & Co. branch built.
 - 1853
- Small Swords Society occupies Old City.
 - April: Shanghai Volunteer Corps organized.[2]
 
 - 1854
- Imperial Maritime Custom Offices installed.[2]
 - Shanghai Municipal Council formed by westerners.
 
 - 1855 - Shanghai Race Club founded.
 - 1856 - Wills' Bridge constructed.
 - 1857 - Royal Asiatic Society North-China Branch established.
 - 1859 - Astor House Hotel in business.
 - 1860
- August: Taiping rebels unsuccessfully attempt to take city.[3]
 - New Northern Gate built into city wall.
 
 - 1861
- Battle of Shanghai (1861).
 - Correspondent's Club formed by British residents.
 
 - 1862
- American settlement established.[3]
 - Saint Joseph's Church consecrated.
 
 - 1863 - Hongkou becomes part of American Concession.[5]
 - 1865
- Kiangnan Arsenal and Long Men College established.
 - Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation branch opens.
 - British Supreme Court for China established.[3]
 - Gas lighting introduced.[1]
 
 - 1866 - Butterfield & Swire in business.
 - 1868 - Musee de Zikawei founded.[6]
 - 1869 - Holy Trinity Church consecrated; designed by George Gilbert Scott.[3]
 - 1871 - August: Typhoon.[7]
 - 1872 - Shen Bao newspaper begins publication.
 - 1874
- Rickshaws introduced.[1]
 - Natural history museum established by Royal Asiatic Society North-China Branch.[6]
 
 - 1876 - Woosung Railway begins operating.
 - 1881 - Population: 302,767.[7]
 - 1882
- Jade Buddha Temple founded.
 - Electricity introduced.[1]
 
 - 1884 - Dianshizhai-huabao (magazine) begins publication.[8]
 - 1889 - Ostasiatischer Lloyd newspaper begins publication.
 - 1895 - Population: 411,753.[3]
 - 1896 - Nanyang Public School and Consulate-General of Russia in Shanghai established.
 - 1897 - 22 June: British nationals conduct jubilee events.[9]
 - 1898
- Songhu Railway begins operating.
 - Bubbling Well cemetery established.
 
 
1900-2000
    
    1900s
    
- 1901 - Hardoon & Company in business.[5]
 - 1905 - Kiangnan Shipyard and Fudan College established.
 - 1907 - Waibaidu Bridge constructed.
 - 1908
- Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, Shanghai South railway station, Palace Hotel, and New Stage built.[10]
 - Electric tram begins operating.[1]
 - Art exhibit held in Shanghai Mutual Telephone Company building.[6][11]
 - Hongkou cinema opens.[12]
 
 - 1909
- Shanghai railway station and Shanghai Industrial College established.
 - Shanghai–Hangzhou Railway begins operating.
 - New gates built into city wall.
 
 
1910s
    
- 1910
- St. Ignatius Cathedral and Shanghai Club Building constructed.
 - Shanghai Oil Painting Institute, and Eastern City Women's Art School founded.[10]
 
 - 1912 - Old City walls dismantled.
 - 1913 - Shanghai Art School, Women's Art and Embroidery Institute,[10] and Xinmin Theater Research Society founded.[13]
 - 1914 - Trolleybus begins operating along Fokein Road.
 - 1916 - Asia Building and Union Building constructed on The Bund.
 - 1917
- Millard's Review of the Far East begins publication.
 - Sincere Department Store branch in business.
 
 
1920s
    
- 1920 - Shanghai Mint established.
 - 1921
- July: Chinese Communist Party founded during meeting in Xintiandi.[14]
 - Mingxing Film Company founded.[15]
 
 - 1923
- Hongqiao Airport in operation.
 - Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation building constructed.
 
 - 1924 - General Post Office Building and North China Daily News Building constructed.
 - 1925
- 30 May: Protest quashed; May Thirtieth Movement launched.
 - Shanghai East Library opens.
 - Tianyi Film Company in business.[16]
 - Institute of Chartered Accountants organized.[17]
 
 - 1927
- Shanghai Commune of 1927 active.
 - 12 April: Shanghai massacre of 1927.
 - 7 July: Huang Fu becomes mayor.
 - Shanghai Conservatory of Music founded.
 - Customs House, Zhapu Road Bridge,[18] and Ohel Moishe Synagogue built.[1]
 - City becomes a special municipality.
 
 - 1928 - Fahua District becomes part of city.[5]
 - 1929
- Chang Ch'ün becomes mayor.
 - Shanghai Stock Exchange formed.
 - Xinmin Po and Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury newspapers begin publication.
 - Sassoon House built.
 
 
1930s
    
- 1930 - Nanking Theatre founded.
 - 1932
- January 28 Incident
 - January: Wu Tiecheng becomes mayor.
 - Grand Theatre rebuilt.[19]
 
 - 1933 - Paramount Ballroom opens.[19]
 - 1934 - Shanghai Joint Savings Society Building constructed.
 - 1935
- EWO Brewery Ltd. in business.
 - Sheshan Basilica and Broadway Mansions built.
 
 - 1937
- April: Yu Hung-Chun becomes mayor.
 - 13 August - 26 November: Battle of Shanghai; Japanese occupation begins.
 - 26 October - 1 November: Defense of Sihang Warehouse.
 - Bank of China Building constructed.
 
 - 1938 - Wen Hui Bao newspaper begins publication.
 - 1939 - Shanghai Jewish Chronicle begins publication.[20]
 
1940s
    
- 1940 - November: Chen Gongbo becomes mayor.
 - 1943 - British and American concessions end.
 - 1944 - December: Zhou Fohai becomes mayor.
 - 1945
- Japanese occupation ends.
 - August: K. C. Wu becomes mayor.
 - City divided into 30 administrative districts.[5]
 - Shanghai Theatre Academy established.
 
 - 1946 - French concession ends.
 - 1947 – Constitution of the Republic of China passes.
 - 1949
- Rao Shushi becomes Shanghai Party Committee Secretary.
 - May: Chen Yi becomes mayor.
 - May–June: Shanghai Campaign.
 - Jiefang Daily newspaper begins publication.
 - Shanghai Film Studio founded.
 - October: Proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
 - Shanghai residents find refuge on the island of Taiwan with some fleeing to Hong Kong.
 
 
1950s
    
- 1950
- Chen Yi becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Shanghai Women's Federation founded.[21]
 
 - 1951 - Shanghai Shenhua Football Club formed.
 - 1952 - Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Banking School, and Shanghai Chinese Orchestra founded.
 - 1953 - Population: 6,204,417.[22]
 - 1954
- Ke Qingshi becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Shanghai Zoo and Shanghai Teachers Training College established.
 - Jing'an Park developed.
 
 - 1955
- Shanghai Exhibition Centre completed
 - Hongkou Stadium opens.
 - Shanghai Internal Combustion Engine Components Company in business.
 
 - 1956 - Shanghai Natural History Museum established.
 - 1958
- Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences founded.
 - Ke Qingshi becomes mayor.
 - Baoshan, Fengxian, Jiadang, Jinshan, Qingpu, Songjiang districts and Chongming County become part of city.[5]
 
 - 1959 - Drunken Bai Garden opens.
 
1960s
    
- 1960 - Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages established.
 - 1961 - Yu Garden opens.
 - 1964 - Population: 10,816,500.[23]
 - 1965
- Chen Pixian becomes CPC Party chief.
 - Cao Diqiu becomes mayor.
 - Cucumber Lane renovated.[24]
 
 - 1966 - Cultural Revolution begins.
 - 1967
- Shanghai People's Commune active.
 - Zhang Chunqiao becomes mayor.
 
 
1970s
    
- 1970
- One Strike-Three Anti Campaign.
 - Population: 10,820,000.[25]
 
 - 1971 - Zhang Chunqiao becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - 1972 - Richard Nixon visits city.
 - 1974 - Shanghai Botanical Garden established.
 - 1976 - Su Zhenhua becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - 1978 - Shanghai Translation Publishing House founded.
 - 1979
- Peng Chong becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.[26]
 
 
1980s
    
- 1980
- Shanghai Bar Association founded.[27]
 - Chen Guodong becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 
 - 1981 - Wang Daohan becomes mayor.
 - 1982 - Population: 6,292,960 city;[28] 11,859,700 (urban agglomeration).[23]
 - 1983 - Shanghai History & Cultural Relics Showroom opens.
 - 1984 - Shanghai University of Political Science and Law founded.
 - 1985
- Rui Xingwen becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Jiang Zemin becomes mayor.
 - Shanghai Daoist Association established.[5]
 - Wenhui Book Review begins publication.
 
 - 1987 - Jiang Zemin becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - 1988
- Zhu Rongji becomes mayor.
 - Jin Jiang Tower built.
 
 - 1989
- Protests.[29]
 - Zhu Rongji becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 
 
1990s
    
- 1990 - Population: 13,341,900.[23]
 - 1991
- Nanpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge open.
 - Wu Bangguo becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Huang Ju becomes mayor.
 - The Chinese Republic on Taiwan unofficially abandoned the claims to Shanghai after amending the constitution.
 
 - 1992 - Shanghai Star newspaper begins publication.
 - 1993
- Pudong Special Economic Zone established.
 - Shanghai Metro begins operation.
 - Shanghai International Film Festival begins.
 
 - 1994
- Huang Ju becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Oriental Pearl Tower constructed in Lujiazui.
 - Australian Chamber of Commerce Shanghai established.[30]
 
 - 1995
- Xu Kuangdi becomes mayor.
 - Dajing Ge Pavilion museum opens (approximate date).
 
 - 1996
- Shanghai Library building opens.
 - Shanghai Biennale art exhibit begins.
 - Yan'an Elevated Road and King Tower built.
 - Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai established.
 
 - 1997 - Xupu Bridge opens.
 - 1998
 - 1999
- Shanghai Pudong International Airport begins operating.
 - Shanghai Century Publishing Group established.
 - Shanghai Daily newspaper begins publication.
 - Shanghai public transport card launched.
 
 - 2000
- International Ocean Shipping Building, World Finance Tower, and Bank of China Tower constructed.
 - Fireworks Festival begins.
 - Population: 16,407,700.[23]
 
 
21st century
    
    2000s
    
- 2001
- Chen Liangyu becomes mayor.
 - Plaza 66 and Pudong International Information Port built.
 - Shanghai Film Group Corporation in business.
 - Benelux Business Association established.
 
 - 2002
- Chen Liangyu becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Shanghai Ocean Aquarium and Super Brand Mall open.
 - Shanghai Fashion Week begins.[31]
 - Shanghai Golden Eagles baseball team formed.
 
 - 2003
- Han Zheng becomes mayor.
 - Lupu Bridge opens.
 - Tomorrow Square, Shanghai Dong Hai Plaza, Aurora Plaza, and Raffles Square built.
 - Nanhui New City construction begins.
 
 - 2004
- Shanghai Maglev Train begins operating.
 - Shanghai Railway Museum and Shanghai International Circuit open.
 - Chinese Grand Prix begins.
 
 - 2005
- Shanghai Institute of Visual Art and Shanghai City Symphonic Orchestra established.
 - Donghai Bridge, Shimao International Plaza, Grand Gateway Shanghai, Longemont Shanghai, Citigroup Tower, and Bank of Shanghai Headquarters built.
 - Shanghai Oriental Art Center and Qi Zhong Stadium inaugurated.
 
 - 2006
- Han Zheng becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - Shanghai pension scandal.
 - Island6 Art Center opens.
 - Chenghuang Miao (temple) restored.
 - PLA Unit 61398 active (approximate date).[32]
 
 - 2007
- Xi Jinping becomes Party Committee Secretary, succeeded by Yu Zhengsheng.
 - Oasis Skyway Garden Hotel built.
 
 - 2008 - Shanghai World Financial Center, One Lujiazui, and Zhongrong Jasper Tower built.
 - 2009
- Shanghai Pride begins.
 - Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge and Happy Valley (amusement park) open.
 - Shanghai Masters tennis tournament held.
 
 
2010s
    
- 2010
- Expo 2010 Shanghai China (world expo) held.
 - Shanghai Arena opens.
 - Minpu Bridge and Shanghai Wheelock Square built.
 - 15 November: Fire on Jiaozhou Road, Jing'an District.
 - Population: 23,019,148.[23]
 
 - 2011
- Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway begins operating.
 - Huamin King Tower built.
 
 - 2012
- November: Han Zheng becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 - December: Yang Xiong becomes mayor.
 - Power Station of Art opens.
 - Turkish Chamber of Commerce established.
 
 - 2014
- 31 December: 2014 Shanghai stampede
 
 - 2016
- June 16: Shanghai Disneyland Park opened.
 
 - 2017
- 26 April : Shanghai Tower officially opened its sightseeing deck to the public.[33]
 - 10 June: Protest against changes to housing regulations by the municipal authorities on Nanjing Road[34]
 
 
See also
    
- History of Shanghai
 - List of historic buildings in Shanghai
 - List of administrative divisions of Shanghai
 - List of township-level divisions of Shanghai
 - List of Shanghai Metro stations
 - List of universities and colleges in Shanghai
 - Major National Historical and Cultural Sites (Shanghai)
 - List of economic and technological development zones in Shanghai
 - Urbanization in China
 
References
    
- "History of Shanghai". China. Lonely Planet. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
 - Madrolle 1912.
 - Britannica 1910.
 - "WorldCat". USA: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
 - Encyclopedia of Shanghai 2010.
 - Pearce 2011.
 - Bullock 1884.
 - Xiaoqing Ye 2003.
 - Celebration of Her Britannic Majesty's Diamond Jubilee at Shanghai, Shanghai: Shanghai Mercury Office, 1897, OL 25295344M
 - Zheng 2009.
 - A. W. Bahr (1911), Old Chinese porcelain and works of art in China, London: Cassell and Company, OCLC 2271574, OL 6536418M
 - Des Forges 2007.
 - Richard Abel, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. UK: Taylor & Francis.
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 - "Rare public protest in China's Shanghai over property rule change". Reuters. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
 
Bibliography
    
Published in the 19th century
- S. Wells Williams (1863), "Port of Shanghai", Chinese Commercial Guide (5th ed.), Hongkong: A. Shortrede & Co
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Published in the 20th century
- A.M. Murray (1907), "Shanghai and the 'Yellow Peril'", Imperial outposts from a strategical and commercial aspect, London: John Murray
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Published in the 21st century
- 2000s
 
- Bradley Mayhew (2001), Shanghai, Lonely Planet, OL 8314702M
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 - "Shanghai". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003.
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 - Xiaoqing Ye (2003), The Dianshizhai Pictorial: Shanghai Urban Life, 1884-1898, Center for Chinese Studies, The University of Michigan, ISBN 9780892641628
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 - Jane Zheng (2009). "Private Tutorial Art Schools in the Shanghai Market Economy: The Shanghai Art School, 1913-1919". Modern China. 35.
 
- 2010s
 
- Shanghai, San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, Shanghai Museum, 2010, OL 24338798M
 - "Encyclopedia of Shanghai". Shanghai Municipal Government. 2010. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10.
 - Nick Pearce (2011). "Shanghai 1908: A. W. Bahr and China's First Art Exhibition". West 86th. 18.
 
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