A genealogy timeline
年表篇

Year	China	Outside of China
214 BC 秦始皇卅三年	Guangdong province incorporated into China. Established three quon (郡) or prefectures, Guilin (桂林), Nanhai (南海), Cheung (象). The Siyi (四邑) area was part of Nanhai. This year also marked the start of the largest known construction project ever undertaken by mankind, the Great Wall of China. It stretches about 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) across northern China.
222 AD 吳黃武元年	Established Pingyi County (平夷郡), the forerunner of Xinhui County (新會縣). The name is a good indication of the area's condition since Yi (夷) was the ancient Chinese term for barbarian.	First year of Maximinus I's rule.
280 AD 晉太康元年	Pingyi County was renamed Xinyi County (新夷郡).
420 晉元熙二年	First official usage of the name Xinhui County (新會郡).
618 唐武德元年	Lee Yun (李淵) established the Tang Dynasty (唐朝) with the capital at Ch'ang-an (長安).
701 南周大足元年 南周長安元年	One of China's greatest poet, Li Bai (李白), born.	The end of the Umayyad dynasty (661-701AD), founded by the governor of Syria, a general of Mu'awyah.
743 唐天寶三年	Li Bai was appointed to Yu-lin (翰林供奉).	The year before, Pepin the Short's son Carolus Magnus or Charlemagne is born in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) on April 2. Buddhism became a state cult in Japan
746 唐天寶六年	A disappointed Li Bai left Ch'ang-an and resumed his travelling.	Jun 12, The estimated date for the dedication of the Mayan Temple 22 in Copan, (Honduras).
762 唐上元三年 唐寶應元年	Poet Li Bai died.	The Abbasid family built Baghdad. They built Baghdad as they wanted to have a powerful new Capital away from the supporters of the Umayyad family, long time ruler of the Muslims.
907 唐天祐四年	The Tang Dynasty came to a close after 289 years.
1126 宋靖康元年	The Song capital, Keifeng, under siege by the Jin. A force of 200,000 soldiers from all parts of China tried to left the siege. Failed and the emperor sued for peace. This could well be the year when the Lee clan left Henan for southern China.
1152 宋紹與廿二年	Chongshan County (中山縣) was established from the southeastern portion of Xinhui (新會縣).	Louis VII, the king of France, annulled his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitane. Eleanor of Aquitane married Henry of Anjou
1452 明景泰三年	Land on the northwestern corner of Xinhui (新會縣) became Shunde County (順德縣).	Frederick III was crowned as the first Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor.
1478 明成化十四年	The southwestern corner of Xinhui was spinned off to form Enping County (恩平縣)	Hungary gained Moravia and Silesia. Ivan III incorporated Novgorod into the Duchy of Moscow. Le Thanh Ton (Vietnam) sacks Luang Prabang (Laos)
1499 明弘治十二年	In Febuary Xinning County (新寧縣) was formed by carving a parcel of land from the southern part of Xinhui (新會縣).	Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the English throne, was executed by Henry VII. Switzerland became an independent republic.
1649 清順治六年	Kaiping County (開平縣) was established from the land between Xinning (新寧縣) and Enping (恩平縣).	In England, Charles I was executed and the start of the Cromwell era.
1732 清雍正十年	Xinhui County's (新會縣) boundary was redrawn and Hakshan County (鶴山縣) was created from the northeastern section.	Benjamin Franklin published Poor Richard's Almanac in America The Derby Mercury newspaper was founded. Famine in western Japan. Covent Garden Opera House opened in London.
1857 清咸豐七年 太平天國七年	Start of the Second Opium War (第二次鴉片戰爭) which last till 1860	Australia imposed a head tax of £10 on Chinese arrivals
1860 清咸豐十年 太平天國十年	The joined British and French forced captured Beijing and set fire to the Imperial Garden (圓明園). The subsequent Convention of Beijing (中英北京條約,中法北京條約) forced China to open Tianjin as trading port to both the British and French, the leasing of Kowloon and a crippling indemnity of 4 million taels of silver to each European power	The colony of Vancouver Island introduced legislation proposing a $10 head tax on all Chinese entrants into Canada that was defeated.
1871 清同治十年	Russian forces invaded Xinjing (新彊) Japanese fishermen arrived in Taiwan and conflicted with the locals.	The B.C. Legislative Council proposed a $50 head tax that was defeated. Franco-Prussian War The Siege and Commune of Paris. The Great Fire of Chicago.
1872 清同治十一年	The Shanghai Streamship Company (上海輪船招商局) established Japan invaded Taiwan.	The B.C. Legislature attempted to exclude Chinese labour on public works projects and was defeated.
1875 清光緒元年	Korea asked China to mediate on the conflict between Korea and Japan.	The Qualifications and Registration of Voters Act was passed, thereby taking away the right of Chinese Canadians to vote in elections in British Columbia.
1878 清光緒四年	Peace restored in Xinjing after 15 years of unrest.	The B.C. Legislature proposed legislation imposing a $10 special tax on Chinese Canadians. It was passed, but ruled unconstitutional by the courts in British Columbia.
1882 清光緒八年	Start of the French Indochina War 1882-83 Sino-Korean Treaty (仁川條約). Another stage in ongoing conflict of Japan's invasion of Korea. This year marked the present of Chinese troops in Korea	The USA passed the Chinese Exclusion Act
1885 清光緒十一年	China ceased control of Vietname to the French as stipulated in the 1884 Treaty of Tianjin (天津條約) China and Japan agreed to withdraw all troops from Korea. In future all events there will be jointly resolved. This effectively ended China's relation with Korea.	The Canadian government imposed a %50 head tax on all Chinese immigrants.
1900 清光緒二十六年	The Boxer Rebellion or Fists of Righteous Harmony (義和團) resulted in the sacking of Beijing by a force composed of the British, French, German, Austrian, Russian, Italian, American and Japanese army units (八國聯軍)	The government of Canada passed the Chinese Immigration Act which raised the head tax to $100, effective 1902.
1901 清光緒二十七年	In order to end foreign powers occupation of Beijing the Qing government was forced to sign the humiliating and sovereignty forfeiting 1901 Treaty. The main contents of the Treaty included: China would pay an indemnity of 450 million taels of silver, with the customs tariffs as the guarantee; the fort at Dagu (天津大沽) was to be demolished and imperialist troops were to be stationed in Beijing and at all strategic points along the railway between Beijing and Shanghaiguan Pass (山海關); Dongjiaominxiang (東郊民巷) of Beijing was designated as the embassies area and all the powers were allowed to send their garrisons for protection and Chinese people were prohibited to reside there	Australia passed the Immigration Restriction Act which is better known as the White Australia Policy
1903 清光緒二十九年	Russia and Japan declared war on each other over conflicting interest in Manchuria	The government of Canada passed the Chinese Immigration Act which raised the head tax to $500, effective 1904.
1914 民國三年	Xinning County (新寧縣)was renamed to Taishan County (台山縣) to avoid conflict with counties elsewhere having the same name.	In August war broke out in Europe with England, France and Russia against Austro-Hungary and Germany.
1922 民國十一年	Dr. Sun Yat-sin (孫中山) left Guangzhou (廣州)for Shanghai (上海). The Chinese Communist Party held its Second National Congress (全國代表大會).	The Canadian parliament passed a resolution in favour of terminating Chinese immigration effective July 1, 1923.
1923 民國十二年	In Shanghai Dr. Sun Yat-sin announced co-operation with the Soviet Union. Dr. Sun Yat-sin returned to Guangzhou and organized the Revolutionary government (革命政府).	The Canadian parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act, banning immigration generally of any Chinese into Canada, with the exception of merchants, university students, Canadian-born Chinese and diplomatic personnel.
1943 民國三十二年	Year Six of the eight years war (八年抗戰) against the Japanese invasion of China (日本侵華).	The United States of America repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act on December 17
1947 民國三十六年	Year Two of the third civil war between the Communists and the ruling Kuomintang (國共內戰).	Canadian parliament repealed the Chinese Immigration Act, following pressure, e.g. by the Committee for the Repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act, formed by church and labour groups. Chinese immigration was henceforth regulated by the 1930 rules for Asiatics which allowed only the sponsorship of wife and children by Canadian citizens
1973	In the grip of the Cultural Revolution (文化革命) unleashed by Mao Zendong (毛澤東) in late 1965	Australia finally removed all discriminations contained in the Immigration Restriction Act of 1901 The last US combat soldier left Vietnam The Watergate Affair of coverups by US President Nixon which eventually led to his resignation The Arab-Israeli War of 1973 was a war between Israel and Egypt and Syria