Guangzhou
City
Main city of southern China, a trading port and a base of Sun Yat-sen's governments; called Canton in the West.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1911 Imperial China
- 1912 – September 30, 1949 Republic of China
- October 27, 1938 – September 9, 1945 Japan Military occupation
- since October 1, 1949 People's Republic of China
Capital of
- April 23, 1949 – October 12, 1949 Republic of China
Events here 12
- September 4, 1839 – August 29, 1842 First Opium War
- March 18, 1841 Battle of Canton (March 1841)
- May 21–30, 1841 Battle of Canton (May 1841)
- October 24, 1844 Treaty of Whampoa
- 1847 Treaty of Canton
- October 8, 1856 – October 24, 1860 Second Opium War
- December 28–31, 1857 Battle of Canton (1857)
- October 26, 1895 First Guangzhou Uprising
- April 27, 1911 Second Guangzhou Uprising
- March 20, 1926 Canton Coup
- December 11, 1927 Guangzhou Uprising
- November 2002 – May 2004 2002–2004 SARS outbreak