Hundred Days' Reform (1898)

1. Guangxu issues first major reform edict

   Jun 11, 1898Labels: Guangxu Emperor

   • Britannica
   • Britannica China

2. Imperial University of Peking is authorized

   Jun 11, 1898Labels: Imperial University

   • PKU History
   • Britannica

3. Kang Youwei receives first imperial audience

   Jun 16, 1898Labels: Kang Youwei

   • Britannica
   • Britannica China

4. Stream of reform decrees accelerates

   Jul 1, 1898Labels: Reform decrees

   • Britannica China
   • Britannica

5. University charter approved; Liang Qichao involved

   Jul 3, 1898Labels: Liang Qichao, Imperial University

   • Peking Univ
   • Sun Jianai

6. Conservative coalition mobilizes around Cixi

   Aug 1, 1898Labels: Empress Dowager

   • Britannica China
   • Britannica

7. Yuan Shikai factor enters reformist strategy

   Sep 18, 1898Labels: Yuan Shikai

   • Yuan Shikai

8. Empress Dowager Cixi stages palace coup

   Sep 21, 1898Labels: Empress Dowager, Palace coup

   • Britannica China
   • JACAR

9. Guangxu placed under house arrest at Yingtai

   Sep 21, 1898Labels: Guangxu Emperor, Yingtai

   • Britannica China
   • Hundred Days

10. Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao flee into exile

    Sep 22, 1898Labels: Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao

    • Britannica
    • Hundred Days

11. Six leading reformers executed at Caishikou

    Sep 28, 1898Labels: Six Gentlemen

    • Tan Sitong
    • Six Gentlemen

12. Reform decrees broadly halted or reversed

    Oct 1, 1898Labels: Reform decrees

    • Britannica
    • Britannica China

13. Baohuanghui formed in overseas Chinese communities

    Jul 20, 1899Labels: Baohuanghui

    • Prog Party
    • CERA