Fuzhou

capital city of Fujian province, China

8 dated entries naming Fuzhou, drawn from 8 separate years between 202 BCE and 1746 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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3rd century BC

  • 202 BCELiu Bang gives the area of today's Fujian province to Wuzhu as his kingdom. Wuzhu starts the construction of his own capital Ye (Fuzhou).source

3rd century

  • 282A new city is constructed in Fuzhou, slightly south of the original city Ye (the main street of the city has remained unchanged since that time).source

10th century

  • 901In China, Fuzhou City (Fujian Province) is expanded, with the construction of a new city wall ("Luo City").source
  • 909April 27 – The Min Kingdom (modern-day Fujian province) is established by governor Wang Shenzhi (Prince of Langye), with Fuzhou (known as Changle) as its capital. Wang Shenzhi tries to attract scholars who will help to construct an efficient bureaucracy and tax system.source
  • 925December 30 — Wang Shenzhi, the Chinese ruler of the Min Kingdom (now part of the Fujian province, with a capital of Fuzhou), dies after a long illness and is succeeded by his eldest son, Wang Yanhan.source
  • 974The city of Fuzhou, located in Fujian province, builds new city walls.source

13th century

  • 1276June 15 – Remnants of the Chinese Song court in Fuzhou province conduct the coronation ceremony for Prince Zhao Shi to become Emperor Emperor Duanzong (until 1278).source

18th century

  • 1746July 3 – Father Joachim Royo, the last of the five Spanish Catholic missionaries to Fuzhou in China, is captured by Chinese authorities, after having spent three decades defying orders to not evangelize.source

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