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PRC established
Korean War
Sine-Soviet agreement signed
communist campaign against religion
Marriage law passed
Mao launches Anti-movements
Abolition of rival parties
first five year plan
Death of Joseph Stalin
The Gao Gang and Rao Rashi affair
Reform of the mandarin language
collectivisation
Mao attends Moscow conference
Launch of the Hundred Flowers Campaign
The Great Leap Forward
The Great Famine
Lushan Conference
Tibetan Rising
Liu Shaoqui and Deng xiaoping appointed to tackle the famine
Mao withdraws from public life
publication of The Little Red Book
publication of the Diary of Lei Feng
The wu han affair: the play 'the dismissal of Hai Rui from office' attacked
creation of the CCRG: Central Cultural Revolution Group
Mao's first public appearance since 1962
First Tiananmen Rally
Liu Shaoqui and Deng xiaoping dismissed form office
launch of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
launch of 'the cleansing of the class ranks' campaign
Lin Biao and his family killed in a plane crash
launch of the criticise Lin Biao and Confucius campaign
Liu Shaoqui dies in prison
Deng Xiaoping and zhou Enlai re-enter government
1 million barefoot doctors trained
Death of Mao Zedong
