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Taipei: History, Former Names & Timeline

Prefectural city of late Qing Taiwan and seat of the Japanese Government-General of Taiwan.

Map showing Taipei in 1880Taipei
Border map for 1880. See the world in 1880.

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Former names of Taipei

FromNameNote
1875Taipei

Timeline of Taipei

YearEvent
1875The Qing creates Taipei prefecture
1884The walls of Taipei are completed
1895Taiwan is ceded by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and Japan occupies Taipei
1947The February 28 Incident
1949The Nationalist government moves to Taiwan

Who ruled Taipei

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–1199Unclaimed / no data
1200–1299Taiwanese Tribes
1300–1491Unclaimed / no data
1492–1599Taiwan
1600–1879Unclaimed / no data
1880–1899Taiwan
1900–1913Unclaimed / no data
1914–1944Empire of Japan
1945–todayTaiwan

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