Sun Yat-sen was a Chinese political leader who was instrumental in the founding of the Republic of China, as well as the Kuomintang and Communist Parties.

• 1892: Earns a medical degree from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, now known as the University of Hong Kong

• November 24, 1894: Founds the Xingzhonghui, or Revive China Society, dedicated to helping the country prosper and fostering revolutionary action

• August, 1905: Announces his philosophy of the Three Principles of the People, which include relation/connection, the power, and the Livelihood/Welfare of the People.

• October 10, 1911: Military uprising in Wuchang, China, initiates the collapse of the Qing Dynasty

• February 12, 1912: Emperor Puyi abdicates, marking the end of the Qing Dynasty and Imperial rule in China.

• December 29, 1911: Sun elected Provisional President of the Republic of China

• 1917: Wrote The Vital Problem of China

• 1921: Wrote International Development of China, which included early plans that would become the Three Gorges Dam

Sun Yat-sen is commonly referred to as the "Father of the Revolution," or the "Father of Modern China" because of his lifelong dedication to bringing and end to corrupt Imperial rule. And although he was durectly involved in numerous revolutionary actions, he was ironically uninvolved in the Wuchang uprising that would directly lead to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty.

• Humanistic Texts: Sun Yat-sen
• School of Co-operative Individualism: "Sun Yat-Sen and Land Reform in China" (1995)
• Marxists Internet Archive: "In Commemoration of Dr. Sun Yat-sen" (1956)
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Foundation of Hawaii:
  • "Sun Yat-sen's Christian Schooling in Hawai`i" (1997)
  • "Financing Revolution: Sun Yat-sen and the Overthrow of the Ch'ing Dynasty" (1991)

• 1866: November 12, Born to a peasant family in Guangzhou

• 1879: Moves to Honolulu, to live with his brother, Sun Mei and attend school

• 1883: Sun Yat-sen returns to China

• 1884: Baptized in Hong Kong by an American missionary

• 1892: Graduates from Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese as a medical doctor

• 1895: Flees China after a failed coup and begins Tongmenghui

• 1911: October 10, Wuchang Uprising topples Qing Dynasty while Sun is still in exile.

• 1911: December 29, Elected Provisional President of the Republic of China

• 1912: Forms Kuomintang (KMT) party with Song Jiao-ren

• 1913: Resigns presidency in favor of Yuan Shikai, commander of Beiyang Army

• 1915: Marries Soong Ching-ling while still married to first wife, Lu Muzhen

• 1924: with help of the USSR, reorganizes KMT and seeks cooperation with Communist Party of China

• 1925: March 12, Dies in Beijing of liver cancer

• 1927: KMT and Communists split, beginning Chinese Civil War

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