United States Relations with China Timeline: From Trade to the Open Door (1784-1900)
Chronology
Office of the Historian
Washington, DC
1784-1829
1830-1839
1840-1859
1860-1879
1880-18991784: First Representatives of the United States Went to China
1785: First Chinese Arrived in the United States
1796: Macartney Mission to Beijing
1810s: The Opium Trade Began
1821: The Terranova Affair
1830: First American Protestant Missionaries Arrived in China
1834: British East India Company Disbanded
1835: First American Clinic Established
1839: First Major Chinese Exhibition Opens In United States
1839: Outbreak of the First Opium War
1842: Signing of the Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking)
1844: Signing of the Treaty of Wangxia (Wang-hsia/Wang-hiya)
1847: The Coolie Trade Began in the New World
1850-1864: Taiping Rebellion in China
1858: Treaties of Tianjin (Tientsin) Signed
1860: Treaties of Tianjin Enforced
1862: First U.S. Legation Established in China
1868: The First Chinese Mission Abroad
1872: First Official Delegation of Chinese Students Came to United States
1875: First Restrictions Placed on Chinese Immigration
1878: First Chinese Legation Established in the United States
1882: Chinese Exclusion Act Passed
1885: Anti-Chinese Violence Broke Out
1888: Additional Exclusionary Measures Instituted
1892: Geary Act Passed
1894-95: First Sino-Japanese War
1898: Hundred Days Reform Movement
1899-1900: The Open Door Notes
1830-1839
1840-1859
1860-1879
1880-1899
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