1919 in China
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Events in the year 1919 in China.
Incumbents
Events
May
- May 4 â May Fourth Movement, student protests over government's failure in Paris Peace Conference.[1]
August
- August 9 â Jin Yunpeng served as the Premier of the Republic of China.
October
- October 10 â The Chinese Revolutionary Party resurrected to the Kuomintang of China (ä¸å忰黍).
Births
- May 12 â Wu Wenjun, mathematician, historian and writer (d. 2017)
- August 8 â Hau Pei-tsun, Taiwanese general and politician (d. 2020)
- August 11 â Jiang Ying, opera singer and music teacher (d. 2012)
- August 29 â Wu Guanzhong, painter (d. 2010)
- September 12 â Yang Yi, translator (d. 2023)
- October 5 â Yan Huizhu, opera singer (d. 1966)
- October 17 â Zhao Ziyang, 3rd Premier of China (d. 2005)
Deaths
- April 24 â Zhan Tianyou, railroad engineer (b. 1861)
- November 20 â Liu Shipei, philologist, anarchist and revolutionary activist (b. 1884)
- December 28 â Feng Guozhang, general and politician (b. 1859)
