A calendar of Chinese history
14 events
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Politics
Abdication of Puyi, the last emperor of China
Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor, twelfth and last ruler of the Qing dynasty, abdicates, bringing to an end the last dynasty to reign over imperial China.
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Birth
Birth of Zaifeng, Prince Chun
Zaifeng, Prince Chun, a Manchu prince of the Qing dynasty and father of Puyi, the last emperor of China, as well as of Pujie and Puren, is born in Beijing. He died in the same city in 1951.
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War
Japanese victory at Weihaiwei
Japanese forces win the Battle of Weihaiwei, in China.
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Birth
Birth of Fang Lizhi
Fang Lizhi, a Chinese astrophysicist and dissident who later co-chaired Human Rights in China, is born in Beijing. He died in exile in the United States in 2012.
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Birth
Birth of Wen Qimei, Mao Zedong's mother
Wen Qimei, born Wen Suqin, a Chinese peasant and the mother of Mao Zedong, is born. She died in 1919.
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Death
Death of Admiral Ding Ruchang
Ding Ruchang, a Chinese admiral of the Qing dynasty born in 1836, dies.
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Politics
A British expeditionary force arrives in Shanghai
An expeditionary force sent by London arrives in Shanghai to protect the British concessions there.
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Birth
Birth of Wang Yeping
Wang Yeping, a native of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, and the wife of Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of the People's Republic of China, is born.
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Birth
Birth of Roman Tam
Roman Tam Pak-sin, a Hong Kong singer known professionally as Law Man and regarded as the "Grand Godfather of Cantopop", is born. He died in 2002.
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Death
Death of Wang Dulu
Wang Dulu, born Wang Baoxiang into a Manchu family in 1909, a Chinese wuxia author and creator of the Crane-Iron series of novels, dies.
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Death
Death of Yan Su
Yan Su, a Chinese playwright and lyricist born in 1930, vice-president of the China Theatre Association, who held a civilian rank equivalent to general in the PLA Air Force song and dance troupe, dies.
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Death
Death of Ren Xinmin
Ren Xinmin, a Chinese scientist born in Ningguo, Anhui, in 1915, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and one of the leading figures of China's missile and space programmes, dies in Beijing.
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Birth
Birth of Li Shixin
Li Shixin, a Chinese diver, is born in Maoming.
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Sport
Women's skeleton at the Winter Olympics
Germany's Hannah Neise, still junior world champion in 2021, wins the women's skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics in China: only eighth after the first run, she dominated the next three.