PRC established

Korean War

Sine-Soviet agreement signed

communist campaign against religion

Marriage law passed

Mao launches Anti-movements

Abolition of rival parties

first five year plan

Death of Joseph Stalin

The Gao Gang and Rao Rashi affair

Reform of the mandarin language

collectivisation

Mao attends Moscow conference

Launch of the Hundred Flowers Campaign

The Great Leap Forward

The Great Famine

Lushan Conference

Tibetan Rising

Liu Shaoqui and Deng xiaoping appointed to tackle the famine

Mao withdraws from public life

publication of The Little Red Book

publication of the Diary of Lei Feng

The wu han affair: the play 'the dismissal of Hai Rui from office' attacked

creation of the CCRG: Central Cultural Revolution Group

Mao's first public appearance since 1962

First Tiananmen Rally

Liu Shaoqui and Deng xiaoping dismissed form office

launch of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

launch of 'the cleansing of the class ranks' campaign

Lin Biao and his family killed in a plane crash

launch of the criticise Lin Biao and Confucius campaign

Liu Shaoqui dies in prison

Deng Xiaoping and zhou Enlai re-enter government

1 million barefoot doctors trained

Death of Mao Zedong