Timeline (Great Empires)

This is the Timeline of Great Empires.

605

 * Songtsen Gampo founds the Tibetan Empire

618

 * Lǐ Yuān founds the Tang Dynasty

624

 * Wu Zetian ,future empress of China is born

637

 * The Potala Palace is completed

660

 * Wu Zetian is crowned Empress regnant of the Zhou Dynasty of China


 * Tang Dynasty is abolished

675

 * Major rebellion against Empress Wu Zetian


 * Chinese Empire reaches its greatest extent

705

 * Empress Wu of China dies

706

 * Empress Khri ma lod of Tibet conquers Chang'an and Chengdu

750

 * The Abbasids defeat the Ummayads at the Battle of the Great Zab River and form the Abbasid Caliphate

802

 * Jayavarman II declares independence of the Srivijaya Empire and forms the Khmer Empire

822

 * Yangchen ,future empress of Tibet is born

842

 * Yangchen is crowned Empress regnant of the Tibetan Empire

851

 * Major rebellion against Empress Yangchen

880

 * The Tibetan Empire reaches its greatest extent

920

 * Empress Yangchen of Tibet dies

1100

 * Suryavarman II ,future Khmer Emperor is born

1114

 * Suryavarman II is crowned king of the Khmer Empire

1140

 * Angkor Wat is completed

1145

 * Emperor Suryavarman II dies

1160

 * Tamar Bagrationi is born

1188

 * Queen Tamar of Georgia conquers the Byzantine Empire and refounds the Roman Empire

1206

 * Temujin is crowned "Genghis Khan" and founds the Mongol Empire

1220

 * Genghis Khan conquers the Empire of China

1230

 * Queen Tamar dies

1241

 * Toregene Khatun of the Mongol Empire conquers Tibet

1250

 * Shajar al-Durr becomes Sultana of Egypt
 * Shajar al-Durr establishes the Caliphate of Kenopia

1262

 * Siddharta Gampo reconquers Tibet and reestablishes the Tibetan Empire

1293

 * Raden Wijaya founds the Majapahit Empire of Nusantara
 * The Majapahit Empire defeats the armies of Kublai Khai in the Invasion of Java

1311

 * Gendun Drup,First Dalai lama is born

1332

 * The title of Dalai lama is established

1340

 * Emperor Vizalavarman of the Khmer Empire proposes a merge of state to the Majapahit Empire,but Empress Tribhuwana of Nusantara ultimately refuses

1345

 * The Aztec Empire is founded

1380

 * The Majapahit Empire reaches its zenith under Hayam Wuruk

1420

 * Zheng He sails to America under the command of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty of China,he makes contact with the Native Americans and the Aztec Empire. Zheng He's discoveries were later almost erased from history and later emperors forbid to further sea voyages.

1526

 * Babur defeats the Sultanate of Delhi and founds the Mughal Empire

1542

 * The capital of the Empire of Nusantara is changed from Trowulan to Jakarta

1550

 * The Nusantaran Empire win the Battle of Jakarta from the Holy Roman Empire

1627

 * Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal founds the Kingdom of Bhutan,which will later become the Empire of Bhutan

1630

 * Shah Jahan conquers all of India,Afghanistan and Pakistan,the Mughal Empire reaches its zenith

1776

 * The United States of America declare their independence from the British Empire,start of the American War for Independence

1850

 * The British Empire start their massive invasion of the Mughal Empire

1860

 * The British are defeated at the Siege of Agra and the Mughal Empire destroys the remaining British forces,end of the Mughal-British War. The Mughal Empire is greatly weakened and its economy is ravaged

1945

 * Formation of the United Nations

1950

 * Start of the Chinese invasion of Tibet under leading of President Mao Zedong
 * China conquers many regions of Tibet,Chang'an and Chengdu
 * Chinese armies are defeated at the Siege of Lhasa
 * End of the Third Sino-Tibetan War,bombing of Shanghai and Beijing,death of Mao Zedong

1951

 * Collapse of the People's Republic of China into civil war

1961

 * Shao Zhou reunifies China and refounds the Second Zhou Dynasty of China

2011

 * Major rebellion against the Mughal Empire

2012

 * The rebellion against the Mughal Empire escalates into a large civil war