Timeline of Xinjiang under Qing rule

See also: Xinjiang under Qing rule and Timeline of the Qing dynasty

Map showing wars between Qing dynasty and Dzungar Khanate

This is a timeline of the Xinjiang under the rule of the Qing dynasty.

17th century

1690s

Year	Date	Event
1697		ʿAbdu l-Lāh Tarkhān Beg rebels against the Dzungar Khanate in Hami
1698		Qing dynasty occupies Hami

18th century

1720s

Year	Date	Event
1720		Amin Khoja leads a rebellion in Turpan against the Dzungar Khanate and defects to the Qing dynasty

1730s

Year	Date	Event
1732		Dzungar Khanate attacks Amin Khoja, who takes his people to settle in Guazhou
1737		Abuse by the Dzungars cause residents of the Tarim Basin to flee to the Qing dynasty

1750s

Year	Date	Event
1755		Dzungar–Qing Wars: ʿAbdu l-Lāh Tarkhān Beg, Amin Khoja, Yusuf Beg, and Hakim Beg Hojis join the Qing dynasty in invading the Dzungar Khanate and fighting Amursana's rebellion
1757		Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas: Khoja Burhan-ud-din and his brother Hojan rebel against the Qing dynasty in Yarkand
1759		Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas: 100,000 Qing troops enter Xinjiang, forcing the Khoja brothers to flee to Badakhshan, where the sultan has them put to death and presented to the Qing; the entirety of the Tarim Basin is conquered by the Qing dynasty

1760s

Year	Date	Event
1762		An imperial governor-general is set up in Xinjiang, known as the Ili governor-general; Xinjiang is divided into three geographic units: the Ili and Tarbagatay regions, the eight cities south of the Tian Shan range, and Urumqi

1770s

Year	Date	Event
1777		Population of the Tarim Basin reaches 320,000

19th century

1810s

Year	Date	Event
1814		Hereditary posts in Xinjiang are abolished

1820s

Year	Date	Event
1826		Population of the Tarim Basin reaches 650,000

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