Incumbents

* President: ** until April 20: Duan Qirui ** April 20 – May 13: Hu Weide ** May 13 – June 22: Yan Huiqing ** June 22 – October 1: Du Xigui ** starting October 1: Koo Vi-kyuin *

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: ** until March 4: Xu Shiying ** March 4 – April 20: Jia Deyao ** April 20 – May 13: Hu Weide ** May 13 – June 22: Yan Huiqing ** June 22 – October 1: Du Xigui ** starting October 1: Wellington Koo

Events

*March 12 – Japanese warship bombards the Taku Forts, killing several

Guominjun The Guominjun (), also known as the Kuominchun, abbreviated as GMJ and KMC, was a military faction founded by Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi and Sun Yue during China's Warlord Era. The KMC had control of much of Northwest China, including Shaanxi ...

troops guarding the forts. Guominjun troops fired back in retaliation and drive the warship out of the Tanggu harbor. *March 16 – Ambassadors representing eight countries that were signatory nations to the

Boxer Protocol The Boxer Protocol was a Protocol (diplomacy), diplomatic protocol signed in China's capital Beijing on September 7, 1901, between the Qing dynasty, Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance that had provided military forces (including ...

send an ultimatum to the

Beiyang Government The Beiyang government was the internationally recognized government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China between 1912 and 1928, based in Beijing. It was dominated by the generals of the Beiyang Army, giving it its name. B ...

under Duan Qirui, demanding that the Duan government destroy all defense establishments on the Taku Forts. *March 18 – March 18 Massacre in Beijing. *April – Guominjun ousts Duan Qirui's government and releases the deposed ex-president Cao Kun to appease the Zhili clique. Conclusion of Anti-Fengtian War. *June – Chiang Kai-shek became the Commander-in-Chief of the

National Revolutionary Army The National Revolutionary Army (NRA; zh, labels=no, t=國民革命軍) served as the military arm of the Kuomintang, Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, or KMT) from 1924 until 1947. From 1928, it functioned as the regular army, de facto ...

*July 9 – KMT launches

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. *October – Conclusion of the Canton-Hong Kong strike. *October 16 – Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship ''Kuang Yuang'', near Kiukiang, China

Births

January

*January 19 — Wang Hai, fighter pilot and general (d.

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

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March

*March 12 — Huang Xuhua, mechanical engineer (d.

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

) * Buhe, 5th Chairman of Inner Mongolia (d.

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

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April

*April 2 — Tian Chengren, actor (d.

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June

*June 26 — Gu Fangzhou, virologist (d.

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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August

*August 11 — John Gokongwei, Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and philanthropist (d.

) *August 16 — Yu Min, prominent nuclear physicist (d.

) *August 17 —

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, 4th Paramount Leader of China (d.

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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September

*September 10 — Dai Yi, historian (d.

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

) *September 23 — Chen Wenxin, biologist (d.

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

) *September 28 — Zou Jiahua, member of the 14th

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(d.

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October

*October 26 — Li Leishi, rebak specialist (d.

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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November

*November 3 — Qi Xin, author and the mother of the 6th Chinese paramount leader

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...

*November 24 — Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist (d.

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December

*December 1 — Yang Rudai, member of the

13th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party The 13th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), formally the Political Bureau of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, was elected at the 1st plenary session of the 13th Central Committee of the CCP on 2 November 19 ...

(d.

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

) *December 19 — Wang Wenjuan, Yue opera performer (d.

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Deaths

*January 10 — Ying Lianzhi, journalist and educator (b.

1867 There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska. When the territory transferred from the Russian Empire to the United States, the calendric transition from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar was made with only 1 ...

) *April 26 — Shao Piaoping, journalist, author and political activist (b.

1886 Events January * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British rule in Burma, British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5–January 9, 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson ...

) *August 24 — Zhang Jian, entrepreneur, politician and educator (b.

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – ** Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. **U.S. President-elect ...

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References

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