Tiananmen Square Timeline of Events

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Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen Gate located to its North, separating it from the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the third largest city square in the world...

Timeline of Events

1919

5.4.1919

May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.

1989

4.21.1989

Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

5.13.1989

Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.

5.30.1989

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

6.3.1989

The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.