1207 Tibet becomes part of empire of Genghis Khan.
1578 Title "Dalai Lama” is used for first time.
1904 (Aug.) British troops become first Western force to conquer Tibet.
1910 China occupies Tibet, and thirteenth Dalai Lama goes into exile.
1911 Tibetans expel Chinese after China's Manchu Dynasty is overthrown.
1949 Communists take power in China.
1950 (Oct. 7) Chinese troops enter Tibet.
1951 Chinese troops move peacefully into Tibet capital, Lhasa.
1951 (May 23) Tibet signs Seventeen-Point Agreement acknowledging Chinese
Sovereignty; Dalai Lama goes into exile in India.
1962 (Oct. 20) China invades India in boundary dispute along Tibet border.
1986 Dalai Lama launches campaign to win international support for a free Tibet.
1987 (Oct.) Anti-Chinese riots leave at least twenty Tibetans dead.
1988 (June) Dalai Lama acknowledges that Tibetan independence is unrealistic goal.
1989 China and Dalai Lama struggle over reincarnation of second highest lama—the Panchen Lama.
1989 (Jan. 28) Panchen Lama, procommunist leader from Tibet, dies, weakening
Chinese support in Tibet.
1989 (Mar.) China declares marital law in Tibet following riots.
1989 (Oct.) Dalai Lama wins Nobel Peace Prize.
1990 (Apr. 30) Martial law ends in Tibet.
1995 Dalai Lama rebukes China for interfering in recognition of Panchen Lama's
Reincarnation.
Of China. It also wanted to avoid a military confrontation with much stronger China.
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