Historical figures in Beijing
The atlas holds 81 people and 192 moments here, from 215 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Puyi, Kim Il Sung and Empress Dowager Cixi. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Jurists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Hugo Chávez
in 1999
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Ibn Battuta
in 1345
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1939
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
in 1976
2 moments here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Jiang Qing
from 1930 to 1991
8 moments here
Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…
Jiang Zemin
from 2008 to 2011
2 moments here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
José Mujica
in 2013
1 moment here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
Khaleda Zia
from 2002 to 2005
2 moments here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Kim Dae-jung
in 2009
1 moment here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kim Il Sung
from 1953 to 1991
10 moments here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Kublai Khan
from 1271 to 1294
2 moments here
Kublai Khan (1215–1294) was a Mongol ruler who became Great Khan in 1260 and founded the Yuan dynasty in China.…
Kwame Nkrumah
in 1966
1 moment here
Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…
Lavr Kornilov
from 1907 to 1910
2 moments here
Lavr Georgiyevich Kornilov was an Imperial Russian Army officer, military intelligence officer, explorer, and general.…
Lee Kuan Yew
in 1980
1 moment here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Li Keqiang
from 1978 to 2013
6 moments here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Liu Xiaobo
from 1982 to 2009
8 moments here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Lu Xun
from 1912 to 1932
4 moments here
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…
Manmohan Singh
from 2008 to 2013
2 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Mao Zedong
from 1919 to 1976
7 moments here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Marco Polo
in 1275
1 moment here
Venetian merchant, traveler, and author whose account describes journeys across Asia between 1271 and 1295.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1984
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1989
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mother Teresa
in 1995
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1982
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Moments
- 1950 Return to Beijing during Korean War crisis Zhou Enlai
- 1952 Assumes central posts in Beijing Deng Xiaoping
- 1952 Beijing Peace Conference speech Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1953 State visit to Beijing Kim Il Sung
- 1954 Visit to China Nikita Khrushchev
- 1954 Chinese National Day visit Kim Il Sung
- 1955 Visit to Beijing Simone de Beauvoir
- 1956 First visit to Beijing Sukarno
- 1956 First visit to China Norodom Sihanouk
- 1957 Mao–Khrushchev state visit Mao Zedong
- 1957 Visit to the People’s Republic of China Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1957 Stop in Beijing Ho Chi Minh
- 1958 Diplomatic visit to Beijing Kim Il Sung
- 1959 Tenth PRC anniversary parade Kim Il Sung
- 1959 Return to Beijing Puyi
- 1961 Sino-North Korean treaty signing Kim Il Sung
- 1962 Marriage to Li Shuxian Puyi
- 1964 CPPCC literary editor Puyi
- 1964 Peking Opera reform speech Jiang Qing
- 1965 Meeting Chinese leaders in Beijing Norodom Sihanouk
- 1965 Visit with Mao Zedong Pridi Banomyong
- 1966 All-Army Artistic Creation Conference Jiang Qing
- 1966 Arrival in Beijing after coup Kwame Nkrumah
- 1966 Red Guard public appearance Mao Zedong
- 1967 Death in Beijing Puyi
- 1970 Visit to Beijing before the 1970 coup Pol Pot
- 1970 Arrival in Beijing after deposition Norodom Sihanouk
- 1970 Meeting Mao in Beijing Kim Il Sung
- 1971 Meeting with Zhou Enlai in Beijing Yang Chen-Ning
- 1971 Peking School of Medicine visit Gough Whitlam
- 1971 Arrival in Beijing Haile Selassie
- 1972 State visit to China Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1972 First return visit to Beijing Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1972 State visit to Beijing Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1972 Red Detachment of Women performance with Nixon Jiang Qing
- 1972 Meeting with President Nixon Mao Zedong
- 1972 China state visit: Beijing Richard Nixon
- 1972 Reception of Richard Nixon in Beijing Zhou Enlai
- 1972 Insulin discussions in Beijing Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1973 Return from exile to Beijing Deng Xiaoping
- 1973 Meeting with Mao Zedong Yang Chen-Ning
- 1973 Official visit to China Gough Whitlam
- 1974 Official visit to Peking Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1975 Normalization visit to Beijing Ferdinand Marcos
- 1975 China normalization visit Gerald Ford
- 1975 Meeting with President Ford Mao Zedong
- 1976 Meeting Mao Zedong Hosni Mubarak
- 1976 Death in Beijing Zhou Enlai
- 1976 Official visit to Peking Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1976 Return to Zhongnanhai during Mao's final illness Jiang Qing