Beijing in the Qing Dynasty

The atlas holds 6 people and 19 moments here, from 1835 to 1912. The most recorded lives are Empress Dowager Cixi, Puyi and Lavr Kornilov.

Empress Dowager Cixi
from 1835 to 1908
10 moments here
Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Lavr Kornilov
from 1907 to 1910
2 moments here
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was an Imperial Russian Army officer, military intelligence officer, explorer, and general.…
Lu Xun
in 1912
1 moment here
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…
Puyi
from 1906 to 1912
4 moments here
Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1912
1 moment here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1879
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…