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李 氏, 1826–1902 (aged 76 years)

Name
/李/ 氏
Surname
李
Name suffix
氏
Birth
about 1826
妣 main marriage
ZHOU ZhenYao — View this family
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7th President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1829 (aged 3 years)
8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837 (aged 11 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Opium War
from September 4, 1839 (aged 13 years)
Note: Source citation: First Opium War Wikipedia
Note: Great Britain since the 18th century consumed a lot of Chinese tea. There were no manufactured goods from England that the Chinese desired. The tea had to be purchased by English silver, which caused a drop in reserves. Britain then introduced opium from the British East India Company, and found a ready market in an addicted China. Sensing the destructions of their social fabric, Qing emperors fought and lost to the British this war.
9th President of the United States
William Henry Harrison
March 4, 1841 (aged 15 years)
10th President of the United States
John Tyler
April 4, 1841 (aged 15 years)
11th President of the United States
James K Polk
March 4, 1845 (aged 19 years)
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849 (aged 23 years)
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850 (aged 24 years)
Event
California Gold Rush
from January 24, 1848 to 1855 (aged 29 years)
Note: Source citation: California Gold Rush Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts
Taiping Rebellion
from December 1850 to August 1864 (aged 38 years)
Note: Source citation: Taiping Rebellion Wikipedia
Note: The bloodiest civil war in history with upwards to 70 million killed, between the Qing empire and a theocratic Christian based society. The Qing had to seek help from France and the United Kingdom. This weakened the central Qing government and saw the rise of warlords.
China Government/Dynasties
Qing or Ching or Manchu Dynasty
from 1636 to 1912 (10 years after death)
Note: Source citation: Qing Dynasty Wikipedia
Note: 2nd foreign dynasty to rule China—Unlike the Mongols however, the Manchu adopted Chinese dress and customs. However, they did force men to wear the queue. Neo-Confucianism was made the official doctrine, demanding loyalty to the emperor, but Chinese culture was preserved and Chinese were excluded only from the very senior court positions. Increasing European trade causedforeign powers divide China into spheres of influence. The Boxer uprising caused the downfall of this last dynasty. source
Chinese American Events
Tong Wars
from 1800 to 1930 (28 years after death)
Note: Source citation: Tong Wars Wikipedia
Note: These started as conflicts between clans and sensationalized by American media as gang and turf urban warfare.
Event
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Six Companies)
after 1851 (aged 25 years)
Note: Many reasons for these Associations to exist 1. insurance 2. protection 3. companionship 4. ancestor veneration
14th President of the United States
Franklin Pierce
March 4, 1853 (aged 27 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Punti–Hakka Clan Wars
1855 (aged 29 years)
Note: Source citation: Hakka Punti Clan Wars Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts
Red Turban Rebellion
from 1854 to 1856 (aged 30 years)
Note: Source citation: Red Turban Rebellions Wikipedia
Death of a husband
ZHOU ZhenYao
about 1857 (aged 31 years)
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857 (aged 31 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Second Opium War
from October 8, 1856 to October 24, 1860 (aged 34 years)
Note: The contestants were the Qing empire against a consortium of American and European powers. Again the Qing were defeated and lost port cities to the control of the western powers.
Note: Source citation: Second Opium War Wikipedia
16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
March 4, 1861 (aged 35 years)
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865 (aged 39 years)
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869 (aged 43 years)
Event
First transcontinental railroad
from 1863 to May 10, 1869 (aged 43 years)
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (aged 51 years)
Birth of a son
JEW Wa Hing
interpreted 1880 (1899) (aged 54 years)
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (aged 55 years)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (aged 55 years)
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 59 years)
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889 (aged 63 years)
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 (aged 67 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895 (aged 69 years)
Note: Source citation: First Sino Japanese War Wikipedia
Note: This conflict represented failure of the Qing dynasty's military modernization versus Imperial Japan Meiji Restoration's military advancement. The result was ceding of Taiwan and Korea to Japan.
25th President of the United States
William McKinley
March 4, 1897 (aged 71 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Boxer Rebellion
from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901 (aged 75 years)
Note: Source citation: Boxer Rebellion Wikipedia
Note: An anti-foreigner rebellion of Chinese peasants and eventually the Qing empire against a consortium of western and Japanese troops.
26th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
September 14, 1901 (aged 75 years)
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943 (41 years after death)
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
Death
about 1902 (aged 76 years)
Birth
妣 main marriage
Death