* 2008 – The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China.

* 1951 – Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.

* 1900 – The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

* Beijing Guoan ( 2007 – present )

* 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100, 000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

Several lines in China such as Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Mass Rapid Transit, the Beijing – Tianjin Intercity Railway, and the Shanghai – Nanjing High-Speed Railway, serve a similar role with many more under construction or planned.

* 1978 – The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

The Danish flag at the medal ceremony for the Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit | men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Notable violations of embassy extraterritoriality include repeated invasions of the British Embassy, Beijing ( 1967 ), the Iran hostage crisis ( 1979 – 1981 ), the Japanese embassy hostage crisis at the ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru ( 1996 ), the overrunning of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt ( 2011 ).

* G4 Beijing – Hong Kong – Macau Expressway, an expressway in China and Hong Kong

* IOI 2000 was held in Beijing, China, September 23 – 30, 2000

* China – Beijing Jeep Corporation – 1983 to 2009 as Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler Automotive.

* 1644 – The Qing Dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor capture Beijing during the collapse of the Ming Dynasty.

* 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.

* 1215 – Zhongdu ( now Beijing ), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.

* 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge – Japanese forces invade Beijing, China.

* 1919 – May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.

* 1979 – In China, a Hawker Siddeley Trident crashes into a factory near Beijing, killing at least 200.

* Honorary Doctorate in Economics – People's University of China ( Beijing )

In 1987 the Navy consisted ( as it does now ) of the naval headquarters in Beijing ; three fleet commands – the North Sea Fleet, based at Qingdao, Shandong ; the East Sea Fleet, based at Ningbo ; and the South Sea Fleet, based at Zhanjiang, Guangdong – and about 2, 000 ships.

Therefore, it is sometimes difficult to determine the actual origin of a dish as the term " Mandarin " is generalised and refers not only to Beijing, but other provinces as well.

Peking Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the imperial era, and is now considered one of China's national foods.

In Northern China, especially in Beijing, the dish is known as " Sixi Wanzi " ( 四喜丸子 ，" Four Happy Balls ") because the meatballs are usually served in a set of four.

This dish is typical of the northern city of Tianjin, although it may also be found in Beijing.

It was even unofficially rumored the Chinese government had secretly consulted the head chef for the Peking Garden Restaurant of Hong Kong, part of the Maxim's restaurant and catering conglomerate, to teach chefs back at the renowned Quanjude restaurant in Beijing how to make good Peking Duck, Quanjude's signature dish, in the early 1980s as the skills to produce the dish were largely lost during the Cultural Revolution.

Beijing variant has the sauce thin and watery, while the dish as prepared in Dongbei itself often include thicker sauce with ketchup added to it, but both versions are characterized by an intense ginger and garlic flavor.

* Peking Duck: a famous Chinese dish originating from Beijing, prepared since the Ming Dynasty era.

" Hot and sour soup " is a Chinese soup claimed variously by the regional cuisines of Beijing and Sichuan as a regional dish.

The Tonghui river still exists as a wide, concrete lined storm-channel and drain for the suburbs of Beijing.

When these officials had completed their terms in the capital and returned to their native provinces, most of the chefs they brought along often remained in Beijing.

Traditional Chinese food can be found in Taiwan, alongside Fujian and Hakka-style as well as native Taiwanese dishes, includes dishes from Guangdong, Jiangxi, Chaoshan, Shanghai, Hunan, Sichuan and Beijing.

Synagogues are found in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong today, serving both international Jews and native Jews.

Ma Zhiyuan (, c. 1250 – 1321 ), courtesy name Dongli ( 東籬 ), was a Chinese poet and celebrated playwright, a native of Dadu ( 大都, present-day Beijing ) during the Yuan Dynasty.

Toona sinensis is of interest as by far the most cold-tolerant species in the Meliaceae, native in China as far north as 40 ° N in the Beijing area, where its tender shoots, called xiangchun (), are a traditional local leaf vegetable.

Although the Beijing dialect and Standard Chinese are highly similar, various differences generally make clear to Chinese speakers whether an individual is a native of Beijing speaking the local Beijing variant or is an individual speaking Standard Chinese.

One of its longest-serving chiefs was Jia Chunwang, a native of Beijing and a 1964 graduate of Tsinghua University, who is reportedly an admirer of the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ).

*-Guitar and Bass, Beijing native

Xi Jinping was born on 1 June 1953 in Beijing and is, by Chinese convention, a native of Fuping County, Shaanxi.

Zhou Ji is a native of Shanghai, and attended Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he graduated from in 1970.

After two films based in his native province of Shanxi, Jia decided to make a film about his impressions of Beijing as a world city, after a cousin back home asked him about life in a metropolitan environment.

A native of Beijing, he is the author of the novel Jing Hua Yuan ( 鏡花緣 ), or Flowers in the Mirror.