Editing Timeline of Chinese history (section)

== 1st century BC ==
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| 100 <small>BC</small> || || Steel was first used in China.
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| [[91 BC|91 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Sima Qian]] completed the ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]''.
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| [[87 BC|87 <small>BC</small>]] || 29 March || [[Emperor Wu of Han|Wu]] died.  He was succeeded by his young son [[Emperor Zhao of Han]], with [[Huo Guang]], [[Jin Midi]] and Shangguang Jie acting as regents.
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| [[86 BC|86 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Jin Midi|Jin]] died.
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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | [[74 BC|74 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Emperor Zhao of Han|Zhao]] died.
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| 18 July || The [[Prince of Changyi]] was appointed [[emperor of China|emperor]] of [[Han dynasty|Han]] by [[Huo Guang]].
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| 14 August || The [[Prince of Changyi]] was deposed.
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| || [[Huo Guang|Huo]] appointed [[Emperor Wu of Han|Wu's]] great-grandson, then a commoner, [[Emperor Xuan of Han]].
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| [[67 BC|67 <small>BC</small>]] || December || ''[[Battle of Jushi]]'': [[Han dynasty|Han]] forces defeated the people of the [[Gushi culture]], at that time subject to the [[Xiongnu]], at Jiaohe in modern [[Turpan]].
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| 60 <small>BC</small> || || The [[Protectorate of the Western Regions]] was established.
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| [[49 BC|49 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Emperor Xuan of Han|Xuan]] died.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[48 BC|48 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Emperor Xuan of Han|Xuan's]] son [[Emperor Yuan of Han]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Han dynasty]].
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| || [[Consort Ban]] was born.
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| 40 <small>BC</small> || || The earliest surviving Chinese record of the treadle-operated tilt hammer appeared.
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| [[37 BC|37 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Jing Fang]] died.
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| [[36 BC|36 <small>BC</small>]] || December || ''[[Battle of Zhizhi]]'': A [[Han dynasty|Han]] force breached and destroyed a fortress occupied by the [[Xiongnu]] [[chanyu]] [[Zhizhi Chanyu]] at [[Taraz]], killing him.
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| [[33 BC|33 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Emperor Yuan of Han|Yuan]] died.  He was succeeded by his son [[Emperor Cheng of Han]].
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| 30 <small>BC</small> || || The earliest surviving mention of the wheelbarrow appeared.
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| [[18 BC|18 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Liu Xiang (scholar)|Liu Xiang]] compiled the ''[[Biographies of Exemplary Women]]''.
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| [[7 BC|7 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Emperor Cheng of Han|Cheng]] died.  He was succeeded by his nephew [[Emperor Ai of Han]].
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[1 BC|1 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Emperor Ai of Han|Ai]] died.
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| || [[Emperor Ai of Han|Ai's]] young cousin [[Emperor Ping of Han]] was appointed [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Han dynasty]], with [[Wang Mang]] acting as regent.
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