title: Timeline of Fuzhou
text: # Timeline of Fuzhou
  
  The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, China.
  
  ## Prior to 10th century
  
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  * 2nd century BCE - City called "Ye."
  * 2nd century CE - City renamed "Houguan."
  * 220 CE - Hans in power (approximate date).
  * 527 - Dizang Temple founded.
  * 789 - City "divided into two counties."
  * 799 - Wu Ta (乌塔) "Black Pagoda" built.
  
  ## 10th-13th centuries
  
  * 901 - City outer walls built.
  * 904 - Bai Ta (白塔) "White Pagoda" built.
  * 909 - City becomes capital of Kingdom of Min.
  * 915 - Yongquan Temple founded.
  * 948 - City renamed "Fuzhou."
  * 1283 - Provincial capital relocated to Fuzhou from Zeytoon.
  
  ## 19th century
  
  * 1843 - Port opens to European commerce per Treaty of Nanking.
  * 1845 - British consulate established.
  * 1847 - American Presbyterian Mission active.
  * 1860 - St. John's Church dedicated.
  * 1871 - Foochow Arsenal constructed.
  * 1874 - Flood.
  * 1878 - 30 August: Demonstration against missionaries.
  * 1881 - Anglo-Chinese College founded.
  * 1884 - 23–26 August: Battle of Fuzhou.
  * 1892 - Population: 635,000 (estimate).
  
  ## 20th century
  
  * 1907 - Fujian Normal University founded.
  * 1911 - Uprising.
  * 1933 - November: Fujian People's Government headquartered in Fuzhou.
  * 1936 - Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University founded.
  * 1937 - Fujian Medical University founded.
  * 1938 - Japanese occupation begins.
  * 1945 - Japanese occupation ends.
  * 1949 - Fujian Ribao newspaper in publication.
  * 1956 - Railway begins operating.
  * 1957 - Population: 616,000.
  * 1958 - Fuzhou University founded.
  * 1966 - Saint Dominic's Cathedral closes.
  * 1979 - Flower Lane Church reopens.
  * 1983 - Fuzhou administration formed into 5 districts and 8 counties.
  * 1985 - Fuzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone established.
  * 1990 - Population: 1,395,739.
  * 1991 - Fuzhou High-tech Development Zone and Fuzhou Science and Technology Park approved.
  * 1992 - Fuzhou Free Trade Zone established.
  * 1997 - Fuzhou Changle International Airport inaugurated.
  
  ## 21st century
  
  * 2005 - Fuzhou Export Processing Zone established.
  * 2006 - Population: 1,457,626 (estimate).
  * 2008 - April: Protests.
  * 2010 - Yuan Rongxiang becomes CPC Party chief.
  * 2012 - November: World Summit on Internet and Multimedia held.
  
  2019: coronavirus (covid-19)
  
  