1916 in China
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Events in the year 1916 in China.
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Incumbents
- President: Yuan Shikai (until 6 June), Li Yuanhong (from 7 June)
- Vice President: Feng Guozhang
- Premier: Lu Zhengxiang (until 22 March), Xu Shichang (from 22 March to 23 April), Duan Qirui (from 23 April)
Events
- National Protection War
- 22 March â Disestablishment of the Empire of China (1915â16)
- 21 September â Establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Honan[1]
- 30 October â Vice-presidential election
Births
January
- January 9 â Wang Dongxing, military commander and politician (d. 2015)
- January 21 â Xiao Hua, general (d. 1985)
February
March
April
- April 6 â Zhuo Lin, third and last wife of Deng Xiaoping (d. 2009)
- April 15 â Ren Jiyu, philosopher (d. 2009)
May
- May 1 â Rong Yiren, 5th Vice President of China (d. 2005)
- May 4 â Li Desheng, general (d. 2011)
June
- June 6 â Ruan Posheng, politician (d. 2017)
July
- July 16 â Sudono Salim, Indonesian banker and businessman (d. 2012)
October
- October 1 â Liu Huaqing, revolutionary and an admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy (d. 2011)
- October 6
- Chiang Wei-kuo, Nationalist army general and adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek (d. 1997)
- Xie Xuegong, politician (d. 1993)
December
- December 1 â Wan Li, 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (d. 2015)
- December 5 â Lin Hujia, politician (d. 2018)
Date unknown
- Wan Xiaotang, politician (d. 1966)
- Chen Weida, politician and educator (d. 1990)
Deaths
- March 15 â Wei Guangtao, Qing dynasty politician (b. 1837)
- April 27 â Sheng Xuanhuai, tycoon, politician and educator (b. 1844)
- May 18 â Chen Qimei, revolutionary activist and key figure of the Green Gang (b.1878)
- June 6 â Yuan Shikai, general and statesman (b.1859)
- October 31 â Huang Xing, revolutionary leader and politician (b.1874)
- November 8 â Cai E, revolutionary leader and general (b.1882)
