Sources: Fox News
A strong 7.9 earthquake strikes between the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and the regional headquarter city of Pokhara. The Government of Nepal declares a state of emergency with 1500 dead. A number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are destroyed, including the historic Dharahara tower. Deaths are also recorded in India, Bangladesh and the Chinese province of Tibet. 2015-04-25
A Tibetan teenager dies after self-immolating in Gansu, China, in the seventh such incident this week and 70th since 2009. 2012-11-11
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the Dalai Lama is responsible for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks. 2012-03-15
Three more Tibetan protesters set themselves on fire in Sichuan, China. 2012-02-4
Hundreds of people protest in western China after the self-immolation of a Tibetan monk in Aba, Sichuan. 2011-03-17
The 14th Dalai Lama formally submits his resignation as Tibet's political leader to the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile in Dharamsala, India. 2011-03-14
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, says that cultural genocide is taking place in Tibet, particularly in light of the Chinese authority’s requirement of Mandarin as the language of instruction in schools in Tibet. 2010-11-19
The People's Republic of China reports an outbreak of the plague in Tibet, with 5 people infected and 1 fatality. 2010-09-26
The 11th Panchen Lama, the 20-year-old living Buddha on Monday visited south Tibet's Shannan Prefecture, held large prayer services and gave head-touch blessings to more than 5,000 local devotees. 2010-06-8
Tibet Governor Padma Choling announces to the National People's Congress that China will decide Tenzin Gyatso's reincarnation as Dalai Lama. 2010-03-8