1933 in China
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Events from the year 1933 in China.
Incumbents
- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: Wang Jingwei
- Vice Premier: Soong Tse-ven (until November 4), Kung Hsiang-hsi (starting November 4)
Events
- January 1 - May 31 â Defense of the Great Wall[1]
- January â March 22 â Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
- February 21 - March 1 â Battle of Rehe
- Battle of Urumqi (1933)
- May 31
- June â Kizil massacre
- July â Battle of Toksun
- Battle of Sekes Tash
- August 25 â 1933 Diexi earthquake[2][3]
- September 25 â beginning of the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet[4][page needed]
- September 26 â Battle of Kashgar (1933)[5]
- September 28 â Nationalists capture Lichuan from Communists.
- October 9 â Failure of Communist attack on Xiaoshi.
- November 12 â Establishment of First East Turkestan Republic
- November 22 â Fujian Rebellion
Births
January
- January 18 â Kar-Sing Lam, Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer (d. 2016)
- Wang Senhao, 12th Governor of Shanxi (d. 2022)
February
April
May
- May 4 â Ni Zhifu, engineer, inventor and high-ranking politician (d. 2013)
- May 11 â Nian Weisi, football manager and player
- May 22 â Chen Jingrun, mathematician (d. 1996)
- May 23 â Fu Jiamo, professor (d. 2015)
- May 28 â Ruan Chongwu, 3rd Governor of Hainan
June
- June 1 â Li Peiyao, politician (d. 1996)
- June 13 â Grace Chang, Hong Kong actress and singer
July
August
September
- September 5 â Lin Wenyue, Taiwanese scholar, writer, translator and professor (d. 2023)
- September 16 â You Benchang, actor
November
- November 4 â Charles K. Kao, physicist (d. 2018)
- November 23 â Huang Qizao, politician (d. 2000)
- Lu Gongxun, delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and 9th National People's Congress (d. 2023)
December
- Liu Lianman, mountain climber (d. 2016)
Deaths
- April 9 â Liang Shiyi, 11th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1869)
- April 27 â Cen Chunxuan, politician in the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China (b. 1861)
- May 1 â Duan Dechang, member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (b. 1904)
- May 6 â Li Ching-Yuen, herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor
- May 7 â Zhang Jingyao, general and military governor of Chahar and later Hunan (b. 1881)
- May 15 â Lu Yongxiang, warlord of the Anhui clique (b. 1867)
- June 18 â Yang Xingfo, management scholar and activist (b. 1893)
- August 9 â Timur Beg, Uyghur rebel military leader (b. 1886)
- September 21 â Deng Zhongxia, important Marxist intellectual and labor movement leader (b. 1894)
- September 22 â Chen Jiongming, lawyer, military general, revolutionary, federalist and politician (b. 1878)
- November 20 â Shen Zemin, one of the earliest members of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1900)
- November 24 â Hu Weide, politician and diplomat (b. 1863)
- December 17 â Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
- December 28 â Du Xigui, naval officer (b. 1874)