Timeline of Xinjiang under Qing rule

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

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

Map showing wars between Qing dynasty and Dzungar Khanate

17th century

1690s

Year	Date	Event
1697		ʿAbdu l-Lāh Tarkhān Beg rebels against the Dzungar Khanate in Hami[1]
1698		Qing dynasty occupies Hami[2]

18th century

1720s

Year	Date	Event
1720		Amin Khoja leads a rebellion in Turpan against the Dzungar Khanate and defects to the Qing dynasty[2]

1730s

Year	Date	Event
1732		Dzungar Khanate attacks Amin Khoja, who takes his people to settle in Guazhou[2]
1737		Abuse by the Dzungars cause residents of the Tarim Basin to flee to the Qing dynasty[1]

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[2]
1757		Revolt of the Altishahr Khojas: Khoja Burhan-ud-din and his brother Hojan rebel against the Qing dynasty in Yarkand[3]
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[4]

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[4]

1770s

Year	Date	Event
1777		Population of the Tarim Basin reaches 320,000[5]

19th century

1810s

Year	Date	Event
1814		Hereditary posts in Xinjiang are abolished[6]

1820s

Year	Date	Event
1826		Population of the Tarim Basin reaches 650,000[5]