Timeline of Hangzhou

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

Prior to 10th century

 * 328 CE - Lingyin monastery founded near Hangzhou.
 * 606 - City walls built.
 * 609 - Grand Canal built.
 * 630 - Mosque built (approximate date).
 * 822 - Poet Bai Juyi becomes governor.

10th century

 * 904 - City becomes capital of the Wuyue Kingdom.
 * 954 - Huiri Yongming Temple built at West Lake.
 * 963 - Baochu Pagoda built at West Lake.
 * 970 - Liuhe Pagoda built.
 * 975 - Leifeng Pagoda built.

12th-17th centuries

 * 1127 - Song Dynasty capital relocated to Hongzhou from Kaifeng after the Jingkang Incident of the Jin–Song wars.
 * 1221 - Yue Fei Temple built
 * 1275 - Population: 1.75 million.
 * 1277 - Hangzhou Salt Distribution Commission established.
 * 1276 - Mongols in power.
 * 1621 - Huanduzhai publishing house in business.
 * 1661 - Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception built.

19th century

 * 1861 - Taiping rebels take city.
 * 1863 - Imperial forces take city.
 * 1867 - Hangchow Presbyterian Boys' School in operation.
 * 1870 - Hu Ch'ing Yu T'ang medicine shop in business (approximate date).
 * 1871 - Kwang-Chi Hospital established.
 * 1885 - Kwang Chi Medical School established.
 * 1896 - City opens to foreign trade per Treaty of Shimonoseki.
 * 1897 - Qiushi Academy founded.
 * 1899 - Hangzhou High School established.

20th century

 * 1904 - Xiling Society of the Seal Art founded.
 * 1907 - Qing Tai Men Station opens.
 * 1908
 * Zhejiang Official Secondary Normal School in operation.
 * Presbyterian Mission Girls School opens.
 * 1911
 * October 27: Uprising.
 * Zhejiang Medical School founded.
 * Population: 141,859.
 * 1922 - Sisters of Charity Hospital founded.
 * 1928
 * Kuomintang in power.
 * Population: 817,267.
 * 1929
 * Zhejiang Provincial Museum established.
 * 1929 Westlake exposition held.
 * 1937 - Japanese occupation begins.
 * 1947 – Constitution of the Republic of China adopted
 * 1949 - May: Communists take city.
 * 1955 - Hangzhou Ri Bao (Hangzhou Daily) newspaper begins publication.
 * 1956 - Hangzhou Xuejun High School and Hangzhou Botanical Garden established.
 * 1957
 * Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport begins operating civilian flights.
 * Population: 784,000.
 * 1958 - Hangzhou Zoo opens.
 * 1962 - Wang Zida becomes mayor.
 * 1966 - Hangzhou Gymnasium (arena) opens.
 * 1972 - February: Richard Nixon visits city.
 * 1977 - Zhang Zishi becomes mayor.
 * 1978 - Hangzhou Teachers College founded.
 * 1979 - Chen Anyu becomes mayor.
 * 1981 - Zhou Feng becomes mayor.
 * 1984 - Zhong Boxi becomes mayor.
 * 1988 - Zhang Taiyan Museum opens.
 * 1989
 * Protests.
 * Hangzhou Wahaha Nutritional Foods Factory in business.
 * Lu Wenge becomes mayor.
 * 1990 - Population: 2,589,504.
 * 1991
 * Hangzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone approved.
 * 1947 Constitution amended, former Nationalist government in Taiwan downplays claim to Hangzhou
 * 1992
 * Wang Yongming becomes mayor.
 * Yue Fei Tomb shopping mall built.
 * 1993 - Hangzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone approved.
 * 1998
 * Zhejiang University established.
 * Hangzhou Xiaoshan Sports Centre (stadium) built.
 * Hangzhou Greentown Football Club formed.
 * 1999 - Hangzhou railway station rebuilt.
 * 2000
 * Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport begins operating.
 * Hangzhou Export Processing Zone approved.
 * Dragon Well Manor in business.
 * Population: 3,240,947.

21st century

 * 2002
 * Xihuwenhua Square built.
 * Wang Guoping becomes CPC Party chief.
 * Leifeng Pagoda reconstructed.
 * 2003 - Yellow Dragon Sports Center and Hangzhou No.2 Telecom Hub constructed.
 * 2005 - Sun Zhonghuan becomes mayor.
 * 2007
 * Hangzhou Sanchao Football Club formed.
 * Cai Qi becomes mayor.
 * 2008
 * Hangzhou Public Bicycle program launched.
 * City logo design adopted.
 * 2010
 * Shanghai–Hangzhou Passenger Railway begins operating.
 * Huang Kunming becomes CPC Party chief.
 * 2011 - Shao Zhanwei becomes mayor.
 * 2012 - November: Hangzhou Metro begins operating.
 * 2013 - Air pollution in Hangzhou reaches annual mean of 61 PM2.5 and 106 PM10, much higher than recommended.