| Date | Deaths in Daoxian | Event |
| 1966 | ||
| May 16 | The Cultural Revolution is formally launched in Beijing. | |
| August 16 | The “Sixteen Articles” stipulate that the purpose of the Cultural Revolution is to purge “capitalist roaders” from the CCP. | |
| September | 100,000 “Rightists” and other political targets are detained in Hunan Province. | |
| Late October | Massive rebel faction mass organization Xiang River Storm is established in Changsha, Hunan Province. | |
| 1967 | ||
| January | Shanghai’s existing CCP establishment is overthrown in the “January Storm,” which spreads throughout China. | |
| First half of 1967 | Splits develop among Hunan’s rebel factions, with different groups gaining the favor of the central authorities at different times. | |
| Late summer | In Daoxian, the Red Alliance and Revolutionary Alliance become antagonistic factions. | |
| July 18 | A mass rally is organized in Beijing to criticize President Liu Shaoqi. | |
| August 2–5 | Daoxian Leading Group to Seize Revolution and Push Production calls an urgent meeting of district seize-and-push groups to present the “new situation in class struggle.” | |
| August 5 | Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, and Tao Zhu are denounced at a mass rally at Tiananmen Square; People’s Daily publishes Mao’s essay “Bombard the Headquarters.” | |
| August 8 | Gun-snatching incident at the county PAFD armory by the Revolutionary Alliance. | |
| August 9 | Red Alliance stalwarts decide to withdraw from the county CCP committee compound to Yingjiang Commune. | |
| August 11 | District PAFD heads and Red Alliance heads hold a battle-readiness meeting in Qingtang Commune and decide to organize militia to attack the Revolutionary Alliance headquarters. | |
| County seize-and-push group holds a telephone conference urging districts and communes to strengthen dictatorship over class enemies and organize militias. | ||
| Aug 13 | 1 | First victim: Zhu Mian, in the Xiaba brigade of Shouyan District’s Jiujia Commune. |
| Armed conflict between the Red Alliance and Revolutionary Alliance in Daojiang results in two deaths in the county seat. | ||
| Aug 15 | 7 | The killing campaign begins in Yangjia Commune and Shouyan Commune. |
| Meeting of PAFD cadres at the Red Alliance headquarters in Yingjiang to discuss how to prevent the Revolutionary Alliance from establishing contacts in the countryside. | ||
| Late at night, county CCP deputy secretary Huang Yida and others head for Changsha to alert the provincial authorities to rising tensions in the county and to request intervention. | ||
| Aug 16 | 3 | Killings begin in Lingling County. |
| Aug 17 | 15 | Qingtang District holds a killing-mobilization meeting, and killings begin in that district and Qiaotou District. |
| Killings begin in Jiangyong County. | ||
| Aug 18 | 17 | The Red Alliance formally establishes its frontline command post in Yingjiang. |
| Killings begin in Ningyuan County. | ||
| Aug 19 | 20 | Lingling Military Subdistrict joint investigation group arrives to investigate killings. |
| Killings begin in Gongba District. | ||
| Aug 20 | 23 | Killings begin in Chetou (Meihua) District. |
| Aug 21 | 30 | Leaders of the Lingling Military Subdistrict and Daoxian PAFD make an inspection visit to Yingjiang. |
| Killings begin in Hongyan (Xianzijiao) District. | ||
| Beginning of first major upsurge in killings throughout Daoxian. | ||
| Aug 22 | 87 | Killing rally in Shangguan Commune launches killings in Shangguan District. |
| Aug 23 | 205 | Ganziyuan Commune’s “Supreme People’s Court of the Poor and Lower-Middle Peasants” is formally established, launching the killings in Qingxi District. |
| Qiaotou Commune holds a mass killing rally. | ||
| Killings begin at the Xiaoshui Forestry Management Bureau in Shuangpai County. | ||
| Aug 24 | 135 | Shangguan Commune holds a killing rally. |
| Killings begin in Xianglinpu District. | ||
| Aug 25 | 350 | Gongba Commune’s Yanhetang brigade kills off all of its black elements. |
| Aug 26 | Lingling Military Subdistrict joint investigation group leaves Daoxian. | |
| The 47th Army transmits the Lingling Military Subdistrict’s “Cable on the Social Situation” to the districts and communes. | ||
| After many delays, Huang Yida and others gain access to the provincial leaders and tell them of the killings in Daoxian. | ||
| Aug 26–28 | 638 | The Red Alliance calls a “political and legal work conference” in Yingjiang to transmit the 47th Army’s Cable on the Social Situation. |
| New upsurge in killings begins. | ||
| The provincial leadership sends cables to the Central Cultural Revolution Small Group, Lingling Military Subdistrict, and Daoxian PAFD to take measures to halt the killings. | ||
| Aug 27 | 590 | PAFD leaders in Xianglinpu District launch a three-day “clean up” during which 569 people are killed. |
| Aug 28 | 501 | The 47th Army and Hunan Province Cultural Revolution Committee Preparatory Group send a cable to the Lingling Military Subdistrict and Daoxian PAFD headquarters ordering an end to the killings. |
| Aug 29 | 452 | Troops from the 47th Army’s 6950 Unit are stationed in Daoxian to end factional battles and to stop the killings. |
| Youxiang Commune’s Yuejin brigade releases its “killing satellite.” | ||
| Aug 30 | 273 | Major battle between the Red Alliance and Revolutionary Alliance. |
| Aug 31 | 176 | Killings begin in Jianghua County. |
| Sept 1 | 155 | |
| Sept 2 | 142 | |
| Sept 3 | 88 | |
| Sept 4 | 91 | Killings begin in Qiyang County. |
| Sept 5 | 156 | The Lingling Military Subregion transmits the cable from the 47th Army and provincial revolutionary committee preparatory group prohibiting further killings. |
| Sept 6 | 75 | |
| Sept 7 | 36 | |
| Sept 8 | 47 | Killings begin in Xintian County. |
| Sept 9 | 72 | The Red Alliance and Revolutionary Alliance sign the September 9th Agreement. |
| Sept 10 | 25 | Killings begin in Lanshan County. |
| Sept 11 | 13 | |
| Sept 12 | 12 | |
| Sept 13 | 5 | Huang Yida and others arrive in Changsha from Daoxian. |
| Sept 14 | 5 | |
| Sept 15 | 22 | |
| Sept 16 | 9 | |
| Sept 17 | 2 | |
| Sept 18 | 2 | |
| Sept 19 | 1 | |
| Sept 20 | 3 | |
| Sept 21 | 11 | |
| Sept 22 | 1 | |
| Sept 23 | 1 | Huang Yida and others arrive in Daoxian. |
| Major battle between the Red Alliance and Revolutionary Alliance. | ||
| Sept 26 | 2 | |
| Sept 27 | 0 | The 47th Army and provincial revolutionary committee preparatory group issue an urgent notice prohibiting further killings. |
| Sept 30 | 7 | |
| Oct 1 | 0 | Aircraft drop leaflets throughout Hunan Province printed with the urgent notice prohibiting further killings. |
| Oct 2 | 0 | Further airdrops of leaflets. |
| Oct 10 | 1 | |
| Oct 15 | 1 | |
| Oct 17 | 1 | The last victim: He Yuxiang of Qiaotou Commune’s Shangba brigade. |
| Total | 4,509 |