| 700thousands B.C. | The Peking Man appeared in the beijing area |
| 1027B.C. | Emergence of a city in the Beijing area. |
| 226 B.C. | State of Qing annihilated State of Yan and occupied the city of Ji (Beijing) |
| 350 A.D. | State of Qian Yan occupied the city of Ji and made it capital. |
| 756 A.D. | An Lushan declared himself emperor of Dayan State and made the city of Ji capital |
| 911 A.D. | Liu Shouguang declared himself emperor of Dayan State and made the city of Ji
capital |
| 938 A.D. | Rulers of Liao Dynasty renamed You zhou Nanjing and raised it to status of secondary |
| 1153 A.D. | Emperor Hailing of Jin Dynasty moved capital to Yanjing,renamed Zhongdu |
| 1215 A.D. | Mongol army occupied (beijing) |
| 1272 A.D. | Yuan Dynasty renamed the city Dadu |
| 1285 A.D. | Construction of Dadu was basically completed |
| 1386 A.D. | Ming army occupied Dadu and renamed the city Beiping |
| 1403 A.D. | Ming court renamed the city Beijing |
| 1406 A.D. | Ming emperor made Beijing capital |
| 1407 A.D. | Ming began constructing city wall,palaces and temples in Beijing |
| 1420 A.D. | Consturction of Beijing by Ming was completed |
| 1421 A.D. | Ming formally moved capital to Beijing |
| 1564 A.D. | Ming completed construction of outer wall of Beijing |
| 1644 A.D. | Qing Dynasty moved capital to Beijing |
| 1912 A.D. | Last Qing emperor abdicated |
| 1927 A.D. | Nationalist government made Nanjing capital of China and restored the name of
"beijing"for Beijing |
| 1937 A.D. | Japanese army occupied Beijing |
| 1949 A.D. | The Pelple`s Republic of China was founded with Beijing as its capital |
