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200  B. C.<\/td>China united under Chin (Qin) Dynasty<\/td><\/tr>
1842<\/td>Treaty of Nanking ends Opium War<\/td><\/tr>
1851-1864<\/td>\u201cTaiping Rebellion\u201d.  Suppressed by Manchu Dynasty with help from  Western Powers<\/td><\/tr>
1881<\/td>Danielle Johannessen and Hans Nesse born near Bergen\u2014Bremnes, Finaas, Norway<\/td><\/tr>
1898-1910<\/td>Hans emigrated to U.S.  Worked as carpenter and Lakes seaman.  School\/seminary<\/td><\/tr>
1899<\/td>U.S. proclaims \u201cOpen Door\u201d policy towards China<\/td><\/tr>
1900<\/td>\u201cBoxer Rebellion\u201d Anti foreign movement ultimately suppressed by Western Powers<\/td><\/tr>
1902<\/td>Missionary interests buy large tract of land on Kikung mountain as summer retreat<\/td><\/tr>
1909<\/td>\u201cSister\u201d Danielle accepts Norwegian Missionary Society call to China as a nurse<\/td><\/tr>
1909<\/td>\u201cReverend\u201d Hans Nesse accepts China call by the Norwegian Luth. Church of America<\/td><\/tr>
1911<\/td>Manchu Dynasty overthrown \u2013 \u201cwarlord era\u201d begins throughout China<\/td><\/tr>
1912<\/td>Hans and Danielle meet on Kikung after 11 years without contact<\/td><\/tr>
1913<\/td>Hans and Danielle married on Kikung \u2013 launch mission work in Suiping, Honan<\/td><\/tr>
1914<\/td>\u201cASK\u201d American School Kikung (now Jigong) for missionary children established<\/td><\/tr>
1915<\/td>Gerhard Nesse born in Sinyang (now Xinyang) Honan (now Henan)<\/td><\/tr>
1917<\/td>Henry Nesse born in Sinyang<\/td><\/tr>
1922<\/td>Arthur Nesse born in Kioshan, Honan<\/td><\/tr>
1926-1927<\/td>Civil war and anti-foreign movement led to exodus of foreigners from China.  Chiang Kai Shek unifies china under Kuomingtang.  Nesse family travels to U.S. via Siberia and Norway.<\/td><\/tr>
1928<\/td>China renews relations with the West and foreign businesses and missionaries return<\/td><\/tr>
1931<\/td>Japan takes Manchuria from China<\/td><\/tr>
1932<\/td>Danielle dies in Sinyang and is buried on Kikung. Hans and the boys travel to U.S. where Gerhard and Henry remain.  Arthur returns to China and ASK<\/td><\/tr>
1937<\/td>Japan launches campaign to conquer China \u2013 continues through end of  WW II -1945<\/td><\/tr>
1937-1938<\/td>Hans with Arthur to U.S. for furlough \u2013 Hans returns to China – Arthur stays in U.S.<\/td><\/tr>
1941<\/td>Pearl Harbor — U.S. – Japan hostilities start<\/td><\/tr>
1942-1945<\/td>Hans interned by the Japanese in Wuhan, Hupeh.  Returns to U.S. in 1946<\/td><\/tr>
1948<\/td>Hans returns to China and resumes work in Sinyang<\/td><\/tr>
1945-1949<\/td>Communists defeat Nationalists who retreat to Taiwan<\/td><\/tr>
1951<\/td>Communists disallow foreign missionary programs and Hans leaves to return to U.S. He dies when visiting his home in Norway en-route to the U.S.<\/td><\/tr>
1951-1953<\/td>Communists purge propertied classes (5-10 million reported killed) and redistribute land to the peasants. <\/td><\/tr>
1957-1958<\/td>\u201cGreat Leap Forward\u201d featuring communal farming and industrialization. Widespread starvation throughout China<\/td><\/tr>
1966-1969<\/td>\u201cCultural Revolution\u201d destroys cultural artifacts and educational infrastructure throughout most of China.<\/td><\/tr>
1972<\/td>Nixon visits China – restoration of cultural, diplomatic and business relations begins to develop again<\/td><\/tr>
1976<\/td>Mao Tse tung and Chou en lai die<\/td><\/tr>
1979<\/td>\u201cWade Giles\u201d phonetic conventions for the Chinese language replaced by \u201cPinyin\u201d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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