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Timeline of Mongolian history
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- December 1st, 1911: Mongolia declares independence from Qing Dynasty under the Eighth Jebtsundamba Khutugtu.
- 1915: Russia, China and Mongolia sign Khiagt treaty about Chinese suzerainty over an autonomous Mongolia.
- 1919: Mongolia occupied by the Republic of China.
- February 1921: Baron Ungern drives Chinese troops out of Urga and becomes Mongolian dictator.
- March 13, 1921: Ungern declares independence of Mongolia.
- March 18, 1921: militia headed by Damdin Sükhbaatar defeats the Chinese garrison in Khiagt
- Spring-Summer 1921: Damdin Sükhbaatar with help of the Red Army defeats Ungern's forces in Mongolia.
- November 26th, 1924: After the death of the Bogd Khan, the Mongolian People's Republic is declared.
- 1928-1932: Failed attempts of collectivization lead to widespread uprisings and give way to a temporary thaw.
- 1937-1939: Stalinist terror leads to the deaths of about 30.000 people.
- May-September 16, 1939: Large scale fighting takes place between Japanese and Soviet-Mongolian forces along Khalkhyn Gol on Mongolia-Manchuria border (Battle of Halhin Gol), ending in defeat of the Japanese expeditionary force. Truce negotiated between U.S.S.R. and Japan.
- August 1945: Republic of China agrees to recognize Mongolia's independence provided that a plebiscite be held.
- August 1945: Mongolia enters WWII. Mongolian army liberates Inner Mongolia from Japanese occupation.
- October 1945: Plebiscite yields a 100% pro-independence vote.
- October 6, 1949: Newly established People's Republic of China recognizes Mongolia and agrees to establish diplomatic relations.
- late 1950s: Herds are collectivized again, this time successfully.
- October 1961: Mongolia becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1965: Yu. Tsedenbal purges intelligentsia.
- March 1981: Gurragcha becomes the first Mongolian in Space.
- August 1984: Resignation of Yu. Tsedenbal.
- January 27, 1987: Diplomatic relations established with the United States.
- December 1989: First popular reform demonstrations. Mongolian Democratic Association organized.
- January 1990: Large-scale demonstrations demanding democracy held in sub-zero weather.
- March 2, 1990: Soviets and Mongolians announce that all Soviet troops will be withdrawn from Mongolia by 1992.
- May 1990: Constitution amended to provide for multi-party system and new elections.
- July 29, 1990: First democratic elections held.
- September 3, 1990: First democratically elected People's Great Hural takes office.
- January 13, 1992: New constitution goes into effect.
- April 8, 1992: New election law passed.
- June 28, 1992: Election for the first unicameral legislature (State Great Hural).
- June 6, 1993: First direct presidential election.
- June 30, 1996: Election of first non-communist government.
- July 2, 2000: Election of the former communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP); formation of new government by Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar.
- 2003: Mongolian troops begin taking part in peace keeping operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Sudan.