Timeline of Shanghai

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Shanghai in China.

Prior to 1800

 * 5th-7th c. CE - Fishing village develops where Suzhou Creek enters the Huangpu River.
 * 751 CE - Area becomes part of Huating county.
 * 976 CE - Longhua Temple rebuilt.
 * 12th c. - Market town develops.
 * 1216 - Jing'an Temple built.
 * 1292 - Town becomes county seat.
 * 1294 - Wen Miao (temple) active.
 * 1554 - City walls constructed.
 * 1732 - Customs office relocated to Shanghai from Songjiang.
 * 1780 - Yu Garden opens.
 * 1789 - Guyi Garden becomes communal property.

1800-1900

 * 1842
 * 19 June: Shanghai taken by British forces.
 * Shanghai opens to foreigners per Treaty of Nanking.
 * 1843 Captain George Balfour appointed British consul.
 * 1845
 * David Sassoon & Sons in business.
 * British settlement established on outskirts of Old City.
 * 1846 - Richards' Hotel and Restaurant in business.
 * 1849 - French Concession granted.
 * 1850
 * North-China Herald newspaper begins publication.
 * Collège Saint Ignace founded.
 * 1851 - Jardine, Matheson & Co. branch built.
 * 1853
 * Small Swords Society occupies Old City.
 * April: Shanghai Volunteer Corps organized.
 * 1854
 * Imperial Maritime Custom Offices installed.
 * Shanghai Municipal Council formed by westerners.
 * 1855 - Shanghai Race Club founded.
 * 1856 - Wills' Bridge constructed.
 * 1857 - Royal Asiatic Society North-China Branch established.
 * 1859 - Astor House Hotel in business.
 * 1860
 * August: Taiping rebels unsuccessfully attempt to take city.
 * New Northern Gate built into city wall.
 * 1861
 * Battle of Shanghai (1861).
 * Correspondent's Club formed by British residents.
 * 1862
 * American settlement established.
 * Saint Joseph's Church consecrated.
 * 1863 - Hongkou becomes part of American Concession.
 * 1865
 * Kiangnan Arsenal and Long Men College established.
 * Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation branch opens.
 * British Supreme Court for China established.
 * Gas lighting introduced.
 * 1866 - Butterfield & Swire in business.
 * 1868 - Musee de Zikawei founded.
 * 1869 - Holy Trinity Church consecrated; designed by George Gilbert Scott.
 * 1871 - August: Typhoon.
 * 1872 - Shen Bao newspaper begins publication.
 * 1874
 * Rickshaws introduced.
 * Natural history museum established by Royal Asiatic Society North-China Branch.
 * 1876 - Woosung Railway begins operating.
 * 1881 - Population: 302,767.
 * 1882
 * Jade Buddha Temple founded.
 * Electricity introduced.
 * 1884 - Dianshizhai-huabao (magazine) begins publication.
 * 1889 - Ostasiatischer Lloyd newspaper begins publication.
 * 1895 - Population: 411,753.
 * 1896 - Nanyang Public School and Consulate-General of Russia in Shanghai established.
 * 1897
 * April: wheelbarrow riots
 * 22 June: British nationals conduct jubilee events.
 * 1898
 * Songhu Railway begins operating.
 * Bubbling Well cemetery established.

1900s

 * 1901 - Hardoon & Company in business.
 * 1905 - Kiangnan Shipyard and Fudan College established.
 * 1907 - Waibaidu Bridge constructed.
 * 1908
 * Nanjing-Shanghai Railway, Shanghai South railway station, Palace Hotel, and New Stage built.
 * Electric tram begins operating.
 * Art exhibit held in Shanghai Mutual Telephone Company building.
 * Hongkou cinema opens.
 * 1909
 * Shanghai railway station and Shanghai Industrial College established.
 * Shanghai–Hangzhou Railway begins operating.
 * New gates built into city wall.

1910s

 * 1910
 * St. Ignatius Cathedral and Shanghai Club Building constructed.
 * Shanghai Oil Painting Institute, and Eastern City Women's Art School founded.
 * 1912 - Old City walls dismantled.
 * 1913 - Shanghai Art School, Women's Art and Embroidery Institute, and Xinmin Theater Research Society founded.
 * 1914 - Trolleybus begins operating along Fokein Road.
 * 1916 - Asia Building and Union Building constructed on The Bund.
 * 1917
 * Millard's Review of the Far East begins publication.
 * Sincere Department Store branch in business.

1920s

 * 1920 - Shanghai Mint established.
 * 1921
 * July: Chinese Communist Party founded during meeting in Xintiandi.
 * Mingxing Film Company founded.
 * 1923
 * Hongqiao Airport in operation.
 * Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation building constructed.
 * 1924 - General Post Office Building and North China Daily News Building constructed.
 * 1925
 * 30 May: Protest quashed; May Thirtieth Movement launched.
 * Shanghai East Library opens.
 * Tianyi Film Company in business.
 * Institute of Chartered Accountants organized.
 * 1927
 * Shanghai Commune of 1927 active.
 * 12 April: Shanghai massacre of 1927.
 * 7 July: Huang Fu becomes mayor.
 * Shanghai Conservatory of Music founded.
 * Customs House, Zhapu Road Bridge, and Ohel Moishe Synagogue built.
 * City becomes a special municipality.
 * 1928 - Fahua District becomes part of city.
 * 1929
 * Chang Ch'ün becomes mayor.
 * Shanghai Stock Exchange formed.
 * Xinmin Po and Shanghai Evening Post & Mercury newspapers begin publication.
 * Sassoon House built.

1930s

 * 1930 - Nanking Theatre founded.
 * 1932
 * January 28 Incident
 * January: Wu Tiecheng becomes mayor.
 * Grand Theatre rebuilt.
 * 1933 - Paramount Ballroom opens.
 * 1934 - Shanghai Joint Savings Society Building constructed.
 * 1935
 * EWO Brewery Ltd. in business.
 * Sheshan Basilica and Broadway Mansions built.
 * 1937
 * April: Yu Hung-Chun becomes mayor.
 * 13 August - 26 November: Battle of Shanghai; Japanese occupation begins.
 * 26 October - 1 November: Defense of Sihang Warehouse.
 * Bank of China Building constructed.
 * 1938 - Wen Hui Bao newspaper begins publication.
 * 1939 - Shanghai Jewish Chronicle begins publication.

1940s

 * 1940 - November: Chen Gongbo becomes mayor.
 * 1943 - British and American concessions end.
 * 1944 - December: Zhou Fohai becomes mayor.
 * 1945
 * Japanese occupation ends.
 * August: K. C. Wu becomes mayor.
 * City divided into 30 administrative districts.
 * Shanghai Theatre Academy established.
 * 1946 - French concession ends.
 * 1947 – Constitution of the Republic of China passes.
 * 1949
 * Rao Shushi becomes Shanghai Party Committee Secretary.
 * May: Chen Yi becomes mayor.
 * May–June: Shanghai Campaign.
 * Jiefang Daily newspaper begins publication.
 * Shanghai Film Studio founded.
 * October: Proclamation of the People's Republic of China.
 * Shanghai residents find refuge on the island of Taiwan with some fleeing to Hong Kong.

1950s

 * 1950
 * Chen Yi becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Shanghai Women's Federation founded.
 * 1951 - Shanghai Shenhua Football Club formed.
 * 1952 - Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Banking School, and Shanghai Chinese Orchestra founded.
 * 1953 - Population: 6,204,417.
 * 1954
 * Ke Qingshi becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Shanghai Zoo and Shanghai Teachers Training College established.
 * Jing'an Park developed.
 * 1955
 * Shanghai Exhibition Centre completed
 * Hongkou Stadium opens.
 * Shanghai Internal Combustion Engine Components Company in business.
 * 1956 - Shanghai Natural History Museum established.
 * 1958
 * Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences founded.
 * Ke Qingshi becomes mayor.
 * Baoshan, Fengxian, Jiadang, Jinshan, Qingpu, Songjiang districts and Chongming County become part of city.
 * 1959 - Drunken Bai Garden opens.

1960s

 * 1960 - Shanghai Institute of Foreign Languages established.
 * 1961 - Yu Garden opens.
 * 1964 - Population: 10,816,500.
 * 1965
 * Chen Pixian becomes CPC Party chief.
 * Cao Diqiu becomes mayor.
 * Cucumber Lane renovated.
 * 1966 - Cultural Revolution begins.
 * 1967
 * Shanghai People's Commune active.
 * Zhang Chunqiao becomes mayor.

1970s

 * 1970
 * One Strike-Three Anti Campaign.
 * Population: 10,820,000.
 * 1971 - Zhang Chunqiao becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * 1972 - Richard Nixon visits city.
 * 1974 - Shanghai Botanical Garden established.
 * 1976 - Su Zhenhua becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * 1978 - Shanghai Translation Publishing House founded.
 * 1979
 * Peng Chong becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Sister city relationship established with San Francisco, USA.

1980s

 * 1980
 * Shanghai Bar Association founded.
 * Chen Guodong becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * 1981 - Wang Daohan becomes mayor.
 * 1982 - Population: 6,292,960 city; 11,859,700 (urban agglomeration).
 * 1983 - Shanghai History & Cultural Relics Showroom opens.
 * 1984 - Shanghai University of Political Science and Law founded.
 * 1985
 * Rui Xingwen becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Jiang Zemin becomes mayor.
 * Shanghai Daoist Association established.
 * Wenhui Book Review begins publication.
 * 1987 - Jiang Zemin becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * 1988
 * Zhu Rongji becomes mayor.
 * Jin Jiang Tower built.
 * 1989
 * Protests.
 * Zhu Rongji becomes Party Committee Secretary.

1990s

 * 1990 - Population: 13,341,900.
 * 1991
 * Nanpu Bridge and Yangpu Bridge open.
 * Wu Bangguo becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Huang Ju becomes mayor.
 * The Chinese Republic on Taiwan unofficially abandoned the claims to Shanghai after amending the constitution.
 * 1992 - Shanghai Star newspaper begins publication.
 * 1993
 * Pudong Special Economic Zone established.
 * Shanghai Metro begins operation.
 * Shanghai International Film Festival begins.
 * 1994
 * Huang Ju becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Oriental Pearl Tower constructed in Lujiazui.
 * Australian Chamber of Commerce Shanghai established.
 * 1995
 * Xu Kuangdi becomes mayor.
 * Dajing Ge Pavilion museum opens (approximate date).
 * 1996
 * Shanghai Library building opens.
 * Shanghai Biennale art exhibit begins.
 * Yan'an Elevated Road and King Tower built.
 * Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai established.
 * 1997 - Xupu Bridge opens.
 * 1998
 * Shanghai Grand Theatre opens.
 * Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai Sen Mao International Building, Shanghai Futures Building, and Lippo Plaza built.
 * 1999
 * Shanghai Pudong International Airport begins operating.
 * Shanghai Century Publishing Group established.
 * Shanghai Daily newspaper begins publication.
 * Shanghai public transport card launched.
 * 2000
 * International Ocean Shipping Building, World Finance Tower, and Bank of China Tower constructed.
 * Fireworks Festival begins.
 * Population: 16,407,700.

2000s

 * 2001
 * Chen Liangyu becomes mayor.
 * Plaza 66 and Pudong International Information Port built.
 * Shanghai Film Group Corporation in business.
 * Benelux Business Association established.
 * 2002
 * Chen Liangyu becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Shanghai Ocean Aquarium and Super Brand Mall open.
 * Shanghai Fashion Week begins.
 * Shanghai Golden Eagles baseball team formed.
 * 2003
 * Han Zheng becomes mayor.
 * Lupu Bridge opens.
 * Tomorrow Square, Shanghai Dong Hai Plaza, Aurora Plaza, and Raffles Square built.
 * Nanhui New City construction begins.
 * 2004
 * Shanghai Maglev Train begins operating.
 * Shanghai Railway Museum and Shanghai International Circuit open.
 * Chinese Grand Prix begins.
 * 2005
 * Shanghai Institute of Visual Art and Shanghai City Symphonic Orchestra established.
 * Donghai Bridge, Shimao International Plaza, Grand Gateway Shanghai, Longemont Shanghai, Citigroup Tower, and Bank of Shanghai Headquarters built.
 * Shanghai Oriental Art Center and Qi Zhong Stadium inaugurated.
 * 2006
 * Han Zheng becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * Shanghai pension scandal.
 * Island6 Art Center opens.
 * Chenghuang Miao (temple) restored.
 * PLA Unit 61398 active (approximate date).
 * 2007
 * Xi Jinping becomes Party Committee Secretary, succeeded by Yu Zhengsheng.
 * Oasis Skyway Garden Hotel built.
 * 2008 - Shanghai World Financial Center, One Lujiazui, and Zhongrong Jasper Tower built.
 * 2009
 * Shanghai Pride begins.
 * Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge and Happy Valley (amusement park) open.
 * Shanghai Masters tennis tournament held.

2010s

 * 2010
 * Expo 2010 Shanghai China (world expo) held.
 * Shanghai Arena opens.
 * Minpu Bridge and Shanghai Wheelock Square built.
 * 15 November: Fire on Jiaozhou Road, Jing'an District.
 * Population: 23,019,148.
 * 2011
 * Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway begins operating.
 * Huamin King Tower built.
 * 2012
 * November: Han Zheng becomes Party Committee Secretary.
 * December: Yang Xiong becomes mayor.
 * Power Station of Art opens.
 * Turkish Chamber of Commerce established.
 * 2014
 * 31 December: 2014 Shanghai stampede
 * 2016
 * June 16: Shanghai Disneyland Park opened.
 * 2017
 * 26 April : Shanghai Tower officially opened its sightseeing deck to the public.
 * 10 June: Protest against changes to housing regulations by the municipal authorities on Nanjing Road

Published in the 20th century

 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.
 * David Fraser, “Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements and Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai,” chapter 2 in The Consumer Revolution in Urban China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000) 25-53.

Published in the 21st century

 * 2000s
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.
 * Piper Gaubatz, “Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou,” chapter 6 in Restructuring the Chinese City: Changing Society, Economy and Space (New York: Routledge, 2005) 98-121.


 * 2010s