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司徒 氏, 1801–

Name
/司徒/ 氏
Surname
司徒
Name suffix
氏
Birth
about 1801
妣 main marriage
ZHOU YiDong — View this family
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3rd President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson
March 4, 1801 (aged 0)
4th President of the United States
James Madison
March 4, 1809 (aged 8 years)
5th President of the United States
James Monroe
March 4, 1817 (aged 16 years)
6th President of the United States
John Quincy Adams
March 4, 1825 (aged 24 years)
7th President of the United States
Andrew Jackson
March 4, 1829 (aged 28 years)
Birth of a son
ZHOU ZhenYao
about 1830 (aged 29 years)
8th President of the United States
Martin Van Buren
March 4, 1837 (aged 36 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Opium War
from September 4, 1839 (aged 38 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 40 years)
10th President of the United States
John Tyler
April 4, 1841 (aged 40 years)
11th President of the United States
James K Polk
March 4, 1845 (aged 44 years)
12th President of the United States
Zachary Taylor
March 4, 1849 (aged 48 years)
13th President of the United States
Millard Fillmore
July 9, 1850 (aged 49 years)
Death of a husband
ZHOU YiDong
about 1852 (aged 51 years)
Event
California Gold Rush
from January 24, 1848 to 1855 (aged 54 years)
Note: Source citation: California Gold Rush Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts
Taiping Rebellion
from December 1850 to August 1864 (aged 63 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 (aged 111 years)
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 (aged 129 years)
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 50 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 52 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Punti–Hakka Clan Wars
1855 (aged 54 years)
Note: Source citation: Hakka Punti Clan Wars Wikipedia
Chinese Conflicts
Red Turban Rebellion
from 1854 to 1856 (aged 55 years)
Note: Source citation: Red Turban Rebellions Wikipedia
Death of a son
ZHOU ZhenYao
about 1857 (aged 56 years)
15th President of the United States
James Buchanan
March 4, 1857 (aged 56 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Second Opium War
from October 8, 1856 to October 24, 1860 (aged 59 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 60 years)
17th President of the United States
Andrew Johnson
April 15, 1865 (aged 64 years)
18th President of the United States
Ulysses S Grant
March 4, 1869 (aged 68 years)
Event
First transcontinental railroad
from 1863 to May 10, 1869 (aged 68 years)
19th President of the United States
Rutherford B Hayes
March 4, 1877 (aged 76 years)
Birth of a grandson
JEW Wa Hing
interpreted 1880 (1899) (aged 79 years)
20th President of the United States
James A Garfield
March 4, 1881 (aged 80 years)
21st President of the United States
Chester A Arthur
September 19, 1881 (aged 80 years)
22nd President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885 (aged 84 years)
23rd President of the United States
Benjamin Harrison
March 4, 1889 (aged 88 years)
24th President of the United States
Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1893 (aged 92 years)
Chinese Conflicts
First Sino-Japanese War
from July 25, 1894 to April 17, 1895 (aged 94 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 96 years)
Chinese Conflicts
Boxer Rebellion
from November 2, 1899 to September 7, 1901 (aged 100 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.
Chinese American Events
Chinese Exclusion Act
from May 9, 1882 to 1943 (aged 142 years)
Note: An official act legalizing discrimination against Chinese in the United States. Poster: 'Chinese Must Go'.
Note: Source citation: Chinese Exclusion Act Wikipedia
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