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This is a timeline of Taiwanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Taiwan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Taiwan and History of the Republic of China .
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [1] [2] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [3]
Map of Taiwan with the western coast pointed downwards, c. 1640 (from History of Taiwan) Image 11 Severed heads of Seediq rebels (from History of Taiwan ) Image 12 Mid-17th century portrait of Koxinga ( Guoxingye or "Kok seng ia" in southern Fujianese), "Lord of the Imperial Surname" (from History of Taiwan )
The Second World War's hostilities came to a close on 2 September 1945, with the defeat of the Empire of Japan and Nazi Germany.Taiwan, which had been ceded to Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895, was placed under the control of the Kuomintang-led Republic of China (ROC) by the promulgation of General Order No. 1 and the signing of the Instrument of Surrender on that day.
Prior to 1683, Taiwan was associated with a rumored "Island of Dogs," "Island of Women," etc., which were thought, by Han literati, to lie beyond the seas. Taiwan was officially regarded by Kangxi as "a ball of mud beyond the pale of civilization" and did not appear on any map of the imperial domain until 1683. [8]
WHAT IS TAIWAN'S HISTORY AND FORMAL NAME TODAY? Formerly known as Formosa, the island has been home to indigenous people for thousands of years, before the Dutch and Spanish briefly ruled parts of ...
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Tsai holds up Lai's hand at a DPP campaign rally in Taipei just days before Taiwan's presidential election on January 13, 2014. - Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images