The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the …

2024年12月27日 · history of Taiwan, a survey of notable events and people in the history of Taiwan. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, the island of Taiwan lies roughly 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of southeastern China. Taipei, in the north, is the seat of government of the Republic of China (ROC; Nationalist China).

2024年1月8日 · But the Taiwanese point to the same history to argue that they were not part of the modern Chinese state that was first formed after the revolution in 1911 - or the People's …

2025年1月23日 · It was a colony of the Netherlands for about 40 years in the early to mid-17th century and was subsequently independent again for about two decades. China gained control there in the late 17th century and ruled Taiwan for some two centuries. Japan acquired Taiwan in 1895 following the first Sino-Japanese War, and it became a colony.

2025年1月4日 · Taiwan's history spans tens of thousands of years, [1] beginning with the earliest evidence of human habitation and the emergence of an agricultural culture around 3000 BCE, attributed to the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [2]

Dutch and Spanish settlers established bases in Taiwan in the early 17th century. Around 1.2 million people relocated from China to Taiwan along with the ROC government in the late …

This is a timeline of Taiwanese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Taiwan and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Taiwan and History of the Republic of China.

Long indoctrinated that all great culture derives from 5,000 years of Chinese history, Taiwan are now embracing native-grown arts and literature. And after 40 years of rule by 1949 immigrants, Taiwan's first native-born president has ushered in an era of growing "Taiwanization" in politics.

Taiwan, [II][i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [27] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.

The history of Taiwan is a subject of continuing research and debate both inside Taiwan and across the world. Below is a curated overview of key historical moments and developments in Taiwan’s history.