Before Russia coerced a lease of the
Lüshun Naval Port from the
Qing dynasty and established Dalian as a commercial port in 1898, Jinzhou was the center of this region, a thriving walled town, to which the central government official was dispatched to rule this region. •
Three Kingdoms • A revolt in
Liaodong Peninsula (239 A.D.) •
Tang,
Song and
Yuan dynasties • Emperor Li Shimin (
Emperor Taizong of Tang) and his army
campaigned against Goguryeu and captured the Bisa (, Beisha) fortification, on Dahei Mountain, Jinzhou (645). • Government official was sent to a town which was renamed Jinzhou (1218) •
Ming dynasty •
Qing dynasty • Japan occupied Liaodong Peninsula including Jinzhou during the
Sino-Japanese War and tried to lease it (1894), but returned it as the results of the
Triple Intervention by France, Germany and Russia, with Russia swiftly coercing a lease soon afterwards. • Japan re-occupied Liaodong Peninsula during the
Russo-Japanese War (1904) and leases it as
Kwantung Leased Territory (1905) •
Republic of China • Japan's lease agreement was extended to 99 years, until 1999 (1915) • The Soviet forces advanced to Jinzhou and the Communist Party-led Jinzhou Prefectural Government was established (1945) •
People's Republic of China • Jinzhou became part of Lüda City (旅大市) (1950) • After becoming part of Liaonan Special Zone (1966), Jinzhou was returned to Lüda City (1969), which was later renamed as
Dalian City (1981) Recently, it is again a thriving District, having
Dalian Development Area within it as well as becoming a bedroom community to downtown Dalian. == Geography ==