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  2. List of rulers of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    Chief Executive of Taiwan Province: 1: Chen Yi 陳儀 (1883-1950) 29 August 1945: 22 April 1947 Kuomintang: Chairperson of the Taiwan Provincial Government: 1: Wei Tao-ming 魏道明 (1899-1978) 16 May 1947: 5 January 1949 Kuomintang: 2: Chen Cheng 陳誠 (1897–1965) 5 January 1949: 8 December 1949 Kuomintang

  3. Taiwan under Qing rule - Wikipedia

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    The Kangxi Emperor celebrated the defeat of the Ming loyalist regime in Taiwan which had pestered the Qing for decades. He composed two poems in celebration of the victory. [ 5 ] Admiral Shi Lang , who had led Qing forces against the Zheng in naval battle, was awarded a hereditary title, the "Marquis of Sea-pacification," on 7 October 1683.

  4. History of Taiwan - Wikipedia

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    In the Late Pleistocene, sea levels were about 140 metres (460 ft) lower than at present, exposing the floor of the shallow Taiwan Strait as a land bridge. [6] A concentration of vertebrate fossils has been found in the channel between the Penghu Islands and Taiwan, including a partial jawbone designated Penghu 1, apparently belonging to a previously unknown species of genus Homo, dated ...

  5. Emperor Taizong of Song - Wikipedia

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    Zhao Jiong (20 November 939 – 8 May 997), known as Zhao Guangyi from 960 to 977 and Zhao Kuangyi before 960, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizong of Song, was the second emperor of the Song dynasty of China. He reigned from 976 to his death in 997.

  6. President of the Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan was previously led by the emperor of Japan during colonial rule by Japan from 1895 to 1945, represented by the governor-general of Taiwan. After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising against Qing rule in 1911, the revolutionaries elected Sun Yat-sen as the " provisional president " ( 臨時大總統 ) of the transitional government, with ...

  7. Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan

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    ROC troops mostly fled to Taiwan from provinces in southern China, in particular Sichuan Province, where the last stand of the ROC's main army took place. The flight to Taiwan took place over four months after Mao Zedong had proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in Beijing on October 1, 1949. [1]

  8. Wanli Emperor - Wikipedia

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    The Wanli Emperor (4 September 1563 – 18 August 1620), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shenzong of Ming, personal name Zhu Yijun, art name Yuzhai, [2] [ii] was the 14th emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1572 to 1620. He succeeded his father, the Longqing Emperor. His reign of 48 years was the longest among all the Ming ...

  9. Xianfeng Emperor - Wikipedia

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    The Xianfeng Emperor (17 July 1831 – 22 August 1861), also known by his temple name Emperor Wenzong of Qing, personal name Yizhu, was the ninth emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the seventh Qing emperor to rule over China proper.