Shanghai

provincial-level municipality in China

11 dated entries naming Shanghai, drawn from 8 separate years between 1403 CE and 2010 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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15th century

1403The Temple of a City God is constructed in Shanghai.source

16th century

1553Shanghai is fortified for the first time.source

19th century

1843November 17 – The city of Shanghai opens for trade with foreigners for the first time, welcoming a party of traders from the United Kingdom.source

20th century

1927December 1 – Chiang Kai-shek marries Soong Mei-ling in Shanghai.source
1927February 12 – British troops land in Shanghai as a result of UK government concerns about the safety of residents in the British settlement.source
1932April 29 – Korean pro-independence paramilitary Yun Bong-gil detonates a bomb at a gathering of Japanese government and military officials in Shanghai's Hongkou Park, killing General Yoshinori Shirakawa and injuring Mamoru Shigemitsu and Vice Admiral Kichisaburō Nomura.source
1932January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hirohito of Japan. The Kuomintang's official newspaper runs an editorial expressing regret that the attempt failed, which is used by the Japanese as a pretext to attack Shanghai later in the month.source
1989April 21 – Students from Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an and Nanjing begin protesting in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.source
1999October 1 – Shanghai Pudong International Airport opens in China, becoming the primary international airport serving Shanghai and taking over all international flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.source

21st century

2010May 1 – Expo 2010 is held in Shanghai, China.source
2010October 31 – Expo 2010 concludes in Shanghai, China.source