1896 in China
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Events in the year 1896 in China.
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Incumbents
- Guangxu Emperor (22nd year)
Events
- By 1896, China showed interest in Aksai Chin, reportedly a result of Russian instigation.[1]
- February â Russo-Chinese Bank, opened a Shanghai branch.[2]
- August 28 â The Chiniese government partnered with the Russo-Chinese Bank to construct the China Eastern Railway. The bank was renamed Sino-Russian Righteousness Victory Bank (Traditional Chinese: è¯ä¿éåéè¡).[3][4]
- Dungan Revolt (1895â96), a rebellion of various Chinese Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu against the Qing dynasty
Births
- January 4 â Chen Tanqiu, politician and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1943)
- January 9 â Mao Yisheng, structural engineer and social activist (d. 1989)
- February 18 â Li Linsi, educator, diplomat and scholar (d. 1970)
- March 16 â Liu Haisu, painter and art educator (d. 1994)
- March 19 â Luo Zhuoying, nationalist general (d. 1961)
- March 22 â He Long, communist revolutionary and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)
- March 26 â Fu Ssu-nien, historian, linguist and writer (d. 1950)
- April 3 â Mao Zemin, communist revolutionary (d. 1943)
- May 16 â Hu Zongnan, nationalist general (d. 1962)
- June 2 â Li Weihan, communist politician (d. 1984)
- July 4 â Mao Dun, novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic (d. 1981)
- July 12 â Li Ji, archaeologist (d. 1979)
- July 30 â Luo Longji, politician and intellectual (d. 1965)
- August 17 â Deng Zihui, communist revolutionary and one of the influential leaders of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)
- September 2 â Zhang Fakui, 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1980)
- September 10 â Ye Ting, military officer (d. 1946)
- September 22 â Yu Hanmou, 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1981)
- October 11 â Wang Ruofei, high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1946)
- October 22 â Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and a leading revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1929)
- December 7 â Yu Dafu, short story writer and poet (d. 1945)
- December 26 â Xue Yue, nationalist general (d. 1998)
Deaths
- January 12 â Liu Mingchuan, military general and politician (b. 1836)
- April 23 â Wu Xun, educational reformer (b. 1838)
- June 17 â Wanzhen, consort of Yixuan (b. 1841)
Unknown dates
- Xu Gu, painter and poet (b. 1824)
- Ren Bonian, painter (b. 1840)
- Gu Yun, master landscape artist (b. 1835)
- Liu Shiduan, leader of the Big Swords Society (b. 1853)
