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+ | | 17 December 1933 || Thirteenth Dalai Lama Passes Away in Lhasa at the age of 57 (Water-Bird Year, 10th month, 30th day) | ||
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+ | | 6 July 1935 || Born in Taktser, Amdo, Tibet (Wood-Pig Year, 5th month, 5th day) | ||
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+ | | July 1939 || Departs Amdo for three-month journey to Lhasa | ||
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+ | | 1939 || Public Declaration of the Official Recognition of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama near town of Bumchen | ||
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+ | | 8 October 1939 || Enters Lhasa after three-month journey from Amdo (Earth-Hare Year, 8th month, 25th day) | ||
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+ | | 22 February 1940 || Enthronement Ceremony (Iron-Dragon Year, 1st month, 14th day) | ||
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+ | | 1940 || Begins monastic education at the age of five | ||
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+ | | 1942 || Receives Vows of Novice Monk from Taktra Rinpoche (1st month, 10th day) | ||
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+ | | 17 November 1950 || Assumes full temporal (political) power after China's invasion of Tibet in 1949 (Iron-Tiger Year, 10th month, 11th day) | ||
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+ | | 16 December 1950 || Departs Lhasa for Dromo because of Chinese threat | ||
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+ | | January 1951 to July 1951 || Resides in Dromo (Yatung) | ||
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+ | | 23 May 1951 || 17-Point Agreement signed by Tibetan delegation in Peking under duress | ||
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+ | | 16 July 1951 || Chinese delegation led by General Chiang Chin-wu, newly appointed Commissioner and Administrator of Civil<br/> and Military Affairs of Tibet, meets with His Holiness in Dromo (Yatung) | ||
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+ | | 24 July 1951 || Departs Dromo (Yatung) for Lhasa (Iron-Hare Year, 5th month, 17th day) | ||
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+ | | 17 August 1951 || Arrives Lhasa from Dromo (Iron-Hare Year, 6th month, 13th day) | ||
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+ | | 1954 || Receives Gelong Ordination from Ling Rinpoche (Wood-Horse Year, 1st month, 15th day) | ||
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+ | | 1954 || Confers 1st Kalachakra Initiation in Norbulingka Palace, Lhasa. | ||
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+ | | July 1954 to June 1955 || Visits China for peace talks and meets with Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders,<br/> including Chou En-Lai, Chu Teh and Deng Xiaoping | ||
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+ | | November 1956 to March 1957 || Visits India to participate in 2500th Buddha Jayanti celebrations | ||
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+ | | February 1959 || Receives Geshe Lharampa Degree during Monlam Ceremonies in Lhasa (Earth-Pig Year, 1st month, 13th day) | ||
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+ | | 10 March 1959 || Tens of thousands of Tibetans gathered in front of Norbulingka Palace, Lhasa to prevent His Holiness from<br/> going to a performance atthe Chinese Army Camp in Lhasa. Tibetan People's Uprising begins in Lhasa. | ||
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+ | | 15 March 1959 || Artillery Shells fired from Chinese troops land outside Norbulingka Palace | ||
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+ | | 17 March 1959 || Escapes at night from Norbulingka Palace in Lhasa | ||
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+ | | March 1959 || Tibetan Government formally reestablished at Lhudup Dzong. 17-Point Agreeement formally repudiated by Tibetan Government. | ||
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+ | | 30 March 1959 || Enters India from Tibet after a 14-day harrowing escape | ||
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+ | | 18 April 1959 || Hold international press conference and formally repudiates the 17-Point Agreement | ||
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+ | | 20 April 1959 || Arrives Mussoorie and resides at Birla House | ||
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+ | | 30 April 1960 || Arrives in Dharamsala to take up residence at Swarg Ashram | ||
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+ | | 1963 || Presents a draft democratic constitution for Tibet. First exile Tibetan Parliament (Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies)<br/> established in Dharamsala. | ||
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+ | | 1967 || First visits abroad (since coming into exile) to Japan and Thailand | ||
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+ | | 1968 || Moves residence from Swarg Ashram to present day Thekchen Choeling (Byrne Estate) | ||
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+ | | September to November 1973 || Firstvisit to the West (Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium,Ireland, Norway,<br/> Sweden, Denmark, UK, West Germany & Austria) | ||
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+ | | 1979 || First contact with the Government of the People's Republic of China established since coming into exile in 1959 | ||
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+ | | 21 September 1987 || Delivers historic Five Point Peace Plan for Tibet in Washington, D.C. to members of the U.S. Congress | ||
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+ | | June 1988 || Delivers historic Strasbourg Proposal for Tibet in Strasbourg, France to members of the European Parliament | ||
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+ | | 10 December 1989 || Awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in Oslo, Norway | ||
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+ | | 1992 || Initiates a number of additional major democratic steps, including the direct elections of Kalons (Ministers)<br/> by the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies and the establishment of a judiciary branch.<br/>Previously Kalons appointed directly by His Holiness. | ||
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+ | | 2001 || First direct democratic elections held by the Tibetan people forthe post of Kalon Tripa (senior Minister) in the history of Tibet | ||
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+ | [http://www.dalailama.com/biography/chronology-of-events dalailama.com] | ||
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Revision as of 09:48, 13 November 2012
Date | Event (Tibetan Calendar Date) |
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17 December 1933 | Thirteenth Dalai Lama Passes Away in Lhasa at the age of 57 (Water-Bird Year, 10th month, 30th day) |
6 July 1935 | Born in Taktser, Amdo, Tibet (Wood-Pig Year, 5th month, 5th day) |
July 1939 | Departs Amdo for three-month journey to Lhasa |
1939 | Public Declaration of the Official Recognition of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama near town of Bumchen |
8 October 1939 | Enters Lhasa after three-month journey from Amdo (Earth-Hare Year, 8th month, 25th day) |
22 February 1940 | Enthronement Ceremony (Iron-Dragon Year, 1st month, 14th day) |
1940 | Begins monastic education at the age of five |
1942 | Receives Vows of Novice Monk from Taktra Rinpoche (1st month, 10th day) |
17 November 1950 | Assumes full temporal (political) power after China's invasion of Tibet in 1949 (Iron-Tiger Year, 10th month, 11th day) |
16 December 1950 | Departs Lhasa for Dromo because of Chinese threat |
January 1951 to July 1951 | Resides in Dromo (Yatung) |
23 May 1951 | 17-Point Agreement signed by Tibetan delegation in Peking under duress |
16 July 1951 | Chinese delegation led by General Chiang Chin-wu, newly appointed Commissioner and Administrator of Civil and Military Affairs of Tibet, meets with His Holiness in Dromo (Yatung) |
24 July 1951 | Departs Dromo (Yatung) for Lhasa (Iron-Hare Year, 5th month, 17th day) |
17 August 1951 | Arrives Lhasa from Dromo (Iron-Hare Year, 6th month, 13th day) |
1954 | Receives Gelong Ordination from Ling Rinpoche (Wood-Horse Year, 1st month, 15th day) |
1954 | Confers 1st Kalachakra Initiation in Norbulingka Palace, Lhasa. |
July 1954 to June 1955 | Visits China for peace talks and meets with Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders, including Chou En-Lai, Chu Teh and Deng Xiaoping |
November 1956 to March 1957 | Visits India to participate in 2500th Buddha Jayanti celebrations |
February 1959 | Receives Geshe Lharampa Degree during Monlam Ceremonies in Lhasa (Earth-Pig Year, 1st month, 13th day) |
10 March 1959 | Tens of thousands of Tibetans gathered in front of Norbulingka Palace, Lhasa to prevent His Holiness from going to a performance atthe Chinese Army Camp in Lhasa. Tibetan People's Uprising begins in Lhasa. |
15 March 1959 | Artillery Shells fired from Chinese troops land outside Norbulingka Palace |
17 March 1959 | Escapes at night from Norbulingka Palace in Lhasa |
March 1959 | Tibetan Government formally reestablished at Lhudup Dzong. 17-Point Agreeement formally repudiated by Tibetan Government. |
30 March 1959 | Enters India from Tibet after a 14-day harrowing escape |
18 April 1959 | Hold international press conference and formally repudiates the 17-Point Agreement |
20 April 1959 | Arrives Mussoorie and resides at Birla House |
30 April 1960 | Arrives in Dharamsala to take up residence at Swarg Ashram |
1963 | Presents a draft democratic constitution for Tibet. First exile Tibetan Parliament (Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies) established in Dharamsala. |
1967 | First visits abroad (since coming into exile) to Japan and Thailand |
1968 | Moves residence from Swarg Ashram to present day Thekchen Choeling (Byrne Estate) |
September to November 1973 | Firstvisit to the West (Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Belgium,Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, UK, West Germany & Austria) |
1979 | First contact with the Government of the People's Republic of China established since coming into exile in 1959 |
21 September 1987 | Delivers historic Five Point Peace Plan for Tibet in Washington, D.C. to members of the U.S. Congress |
June 1988 | Delivers historic Strasbourg Proposal for Tibet in Strasbourg, France to members of the European Parliament |
10 December 1989 | Awarded Nobel Prize for Peace in Oslo, Norway |
1992 | Initiates a number of additional major democratic steps, including the direct elections of Kalons (Ministers) by the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies and the establishment of a judiciary branch. Previously Kalons appointed directly by His Holiness. |
2001 | First direct democratic elections held by the Tibetan people forthe post of Kalon Tripa (senior Minister) in the history of Tibet |