Xinhai Revolution

The Xinhai Revolution was an internal conflict in the final days of Imperial China that directly led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, and with it Imperial rule as a whole in China. It was fomented by the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance and resulted in the establishment of the Provincial Government of the Republic of China.

• Revolutionaries: ~50,000
• Imperials: Unknown

Though the revolution succeeded in ending 2000 years of Imperial rule, republican rule would only last a few decades before civil war between the Communist and Nationalist parties would break out in China.

• November 24, 1894: The Revive China Society is founded by Sun Yat-sen

• 1901: Following the death of Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai takes control of the Beiyang Army

• August 20, 1905: The Tong Meng Hui is founded by Sun Yat-sen and Song Jiaoren

• April 27, 1910: The Huanghuagang, or the "3.29" Guangzhou Uprising, erupts and is quickly suppressed

• December 10, 1910: Sun Yat-sen and other revolutionaries in Malay establish the Guang Hua Daily

• October 10, 1911: The "New Armies" of Wuhan attack Qing forces, beginning the Wuchang Uprising

• December 2, 1911: Revolutionary forces capture Nanjing, securing all provinces south of the Yangtze River

• January 1, 1912: Sun Yat-sen establishes the Republic of China

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