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10 notable historical events in Taiwan, in chronological order.
Around 3000 BCE, Austronesian-speaking peoples began migrating from Taiwan into the Philippines and Indonesia, eventually spreading across the Pacific and as far as Madagascar.
After besieging Fort Zeelandia, Koxinga forces the Dutch East India Company to surrender and establishes the Kingdom of Tungning.
After the Battle of Penghu, the Kingdom of Tungning surrenders and Taiwan is incorporated into the Qing empire.
The Qing cede Taiwan and the Penghu Islands to Japan and recognise Korean independence.
Sun Yat-sen is inaugurated as provisional president in Nanjing, founding Asia's first republic.
The revolutionary revered as the 'Father of the Nation' of the Republic of China dies in Beijing.
An uprising against the Kuomintang administration in Taiwan is suppressed, killing thousands and ushering in the White Terror.
Defeated in the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek's government withdraws to Taiwan and makes Taipei its provisional capital.
Chiang Ching-kuo lifts 38 years of martial law, opening the way to Taiwan's democratisation.
Voters in Taiwan directly elect their president for the first time, choosing Lee Teng-hui.