General information about history
- 700,00B.C.: First signs of human activity in present day Mongolia
- Circa 200 B.C.: Hunnu Empire established 552 to circa 900 A.D Syanbu State, Jujian State, Turkic Khaganate, Uighur Khaganate.
- 900 to 1100: Kidan Empire
- 1162: Temuujin is born
- 1196 to 1205: Temuujin unities Mongol tribes, founds Great Mongolian State and is proclaimed Great Genghis Khan
- 1206: Proclamation of Mongol Empire Genghis Khan starts military campaigns
- 1207: First attack on Tanguts
- 1209: Attack on northern China and Kharakhita Empire.
- 1211: Genghis Khan leads invasion of Eastern Turkestan Khanate
- 1218: Attacks on Horesm Shaah State, Samarkand and Buhara
- 1221 to 1223: Mongols invade Azerbaijan, Georgia and Crimea
- 1225 to 1227; Military campaigns in Russia and Bulgaria along the Volga and Kama river
- 1227: Successful second attack on Tangut Empire.
- 1227: Genghis Khan dies.
- 1234: Genghis Khan sons Zuch, Tsagaadai, Ogoidei and Tului divide conquered territories and continue military campaigns.
- 1235: Mongol capital moved to Kharkhorum
- 1236 to 1240: Macro Polo arrives in Kharkhorum
- 1244 to 1252: Genghis Khan’s grandson Batu conquers Ryasan, Vladimir and Kiev. The Turkish and Iranian Empires are also attacked.
- 1254: Franciscan monk Wilhelm Dubuque, envoy of French King Louis IX, arrives in Kharkhorum
- 1258: Conquered Korea
- 1260: Kublai becomes Khan of Mongolia
- 1380 to 1388: Chinese troops invade Mongolia and sack Kharkhorum
- 1400 to 1460: Tribal wars
- 1578: Altan Khan converts to Buddhism
- 1639: Zanabazar proclaims head of Buddhism in Mongolia and is given the Tibetan name Luvsandambijantsan. He declares Urge (now called Ulaanbaatar) at his residence.
- 1691: Manchu Empire conquers Mongolia
- 1754 to 1990: Various anti-Manchurian uprisings are suppressed
- 1911: Independence from China and proclamation of Bogd Gegeen monarchy
- 1919: China invades Mongolia
- 1921: With Russia support, Shukbaatar claims Mongolian independence from China
- 1924: Bogd Khan dies
- 1937 to 1940: Soviet repression: over 700 temples razed and 30,000 monks killed
- 1939: Battle at Khalkhiin Gol River between Soviet-Mongolian and Japanese forces
- 1991: Soviet Union implodes
- 1992: New constitution adopted and true independence arrives.