Editing Timeline of Chinese history (section)

== 21st century BC ==
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! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:10%" | Date || Event
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| 2075 <small>BC</small> || || [[Xiang of Xia]] became [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of the [[Xia dynasty]].
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 2047 <small>BC</small> || || [[Xiang of Xia|Xiang]] was murdered and displaced as [[Chinese sovereign|king]] on the orders of the warlord Han Zhuo.  His pregnant wife fled the capital [[Shangqiu]].
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| || [[Xiang of Xia|Xiang's]] wife gave birth to a son, [[Shao Kang]].
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| | 2007 <small>BC</small> || || The people of [[Shangqiu]] welcomed an army loyal to [[Shao Kang|Shao]] into the city.  Han committed suicide.
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{{anchor|2nd millennium BC}}

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