Beijing

Country

People's Republic of China

Coordinates

39.9040, 116.4075

History

• Beijing (1368–1421), Ming dynasty
• Beijing (1421–1644), Ming dynasty
• Beijing (1644–1911), Qing dynasty
• Beijing (1911–1912)
• Beijing (1912–1928), Beiyang Government
• 北平市 (1928–1937), Republic of China
• Beijing (1937–1940), Provisional Government of the Republic of China
• Beijing (1940–1945), Wang Jingwei regime
• 北平市 (1945–1949), Republic of China
• Beijing (1949–), People's Republic of China

Composers

• Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746), died in Beijing
• Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977), died in Beijing
• Xiao Shuxian (1905–1991), died in Beijing
• Li Huanzhi (1919–2000), died in Beijing
• Thomas Oboe Lee (1945–), was born in Beijing
• Zhou Long (1953–), was born in Beijing
• Mo Wuping (1958–1993), died in Beijing
• Wen Zhanli (1981–), was born in Beijing