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Chronology of the Last Emperor |
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7 February 1906 Ai Xin Jue Luo Pu Yi born in Beijing. The son of Prince Qun, and nephew to Emperor Guangshu (1875-1908). |
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15 November 1908 Ai Xin Jue Luo Pu Yi decreed Emperor by Empress Dowager Cixi (Old Buddha) The Empress Dowager died later the same day |
 The Empress Dowager Cixi |
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 The newly enthroned Emperor |
2 December 1908 Emperor Ai Xin Jue Luo Pu Yi enthroned in the Imperial Palace, Beijing two months before his 3rd birthday |
 Prince Guobuluo Rongqi (centre) |
 The Emperor Pu Yi (right) and his sister Princess Yun Ying (left) |
 The Emperor Pu Yi with his lifelong friend Prince Rong Qi in the Imperial Gardens within the Forbidden City |
 Prince Rong Qi with Emperor Pu Yi |
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12 February 1912 Forced to abdicate as Emperor, but continued to live in the Imperial Palace in the same manner as before |
 Pu Yi |
1917
Warlord Zhang Xun restored
the monarchy, |
 Pu Yi at the time of the attempted restoration |
1 December 1922
Married Beautiful Countenance (Wang Jun) aged 16, sometimes referred to as Elizabeth, also married Secondary Consort Elegant Ornament (Wen Xui)aged 13 |
 Pu Yi on his wedding day (1922) |
 Wang Jun (Beautiful Countenance) |
 Wang Jun (Beautiful Countenance) on her wedding day (1922) |
 Wen Xui (Elegant Ornament) |
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5 November 1924 Following military action in Beijing, the Imperial Family left the Forbidden City, subsequently spending three months living in the Japanese Embassy compound |
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February 1925
Moved to the Chang Garden Villa in Tientsin |
 Wang Jun and Pu Yi in Tientsin |
 Pu Yi - off to a ball (1927) |
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1931 Secondary Consort Elegant Ornament fled from Chang Garden and was subsequently divorced |
 Wen Xui (Elegant Ornament) |
12 November 1931
Travelled secretly to Lushun (then Port Arthur) and on to Changchun in Manchuria |
 Pu Jie, Pu Yi and Rong Qi in Changchun |
late 1931 -
1934
Ruled Manchukuo, under Japanese authority, as "Chief Executive" |
1 March
1934
Declared Emperor of Manchukuo |
 Pu Yi - Emperor of Manchukuo |
1934 Married Secondary Consort Jade Years ( Tan Yuling) aged 14 |
 Tan Yuling (Jade Years) |
 The 'national flag' of the Japanese puppet state of Manchuoko |
1935 Visited Emperor Hirohito on State Visit to Japan |
 Emperors Hirohito and Pu Yi in Tokyo |
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1936
Pu Yi's sister, Ai Xin Jue Luo Yun Ying married the Empress's brother Guobuluo Rongqi |
 Princess Yun Ying and Prince Rong Qi on their wedding day |
 Yun Ying and her son |
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3 April 1937
Pu Yi's brother Pu Jie married Emperor Hirohito's cousin Hiro Saga |
 Prince Pu Jie and Princess Hiro Saga |
1940 Again visited Tokyo |
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1942
Jade Years died (possibly of typhoid, possibly murdered by the Japanese) |
1943
Married Secondary Consort Jade Lute (Li Yu Chin) aged 16 |
Jade Lute (Li Yu Chin) |
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11 August 1945 Left Changchun ahead of the Soviet advance. |
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17 August 1945 Captured at Shenyang (then Mukden), and confined by USSR in Khabarovsk |
 Wang Jun (Beautiful Countenace) |
June 1946
Empress Beautiful Countenance died following imprisonment in China |
 In 1946, Pu Yi travelled to Tokyo to testify at the Far East International War Crimes Tribunal |
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1 October 1949 Declaration by Mao Zedong of the Peoples' Republic of China |
July 1950 Imperial family was returned by USSR to China |
1950 -1959 Imprisoned at Fushun in Manchuria |
Fushun Detention Centre 
Pu Yi - Prisoner 981 |
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September 1959 Released from prison |
Dec 1959 Returned to Beijing |
March 1960 Became part-time assistant at Botanical Gardens in Beijing |
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1960
Emperor's sister Princess Yun Ying and Empress's brother Prince Guobuluo Ronqi are reunited in Beijing
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 Yun Ying and Rong Qi |
 Yun Ying and Rong Qi |
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1 May 1962
Married Li Shu Xian, referred to as his citizen wife, a nurse |
 Li Shuxian and Pu Yi |
1963 Published his autobiography From Emperor to Citizen |
17 October 1967
Ai Xin Jue Luo Pu Yi died in Beijing |
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 Eileen Jolly, Yun Ying, Bill Jolly and Guobuluo Ronqi in Beijing, 1992 |
16 December 1992
Pu Yi's sister Princess |
 Princess Yun Ying's Memorial Table, set up by Guobuluo Rongqi in their home Note: at the front right is the last photograph ever taken of Yun Ying (with Eileen Jolly in 1992) |
1994 Brother Pu Jie died |
June 1997 Li Shu Xian died |
2006 Guobuluo Rongqi died |
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