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Events in the year 1939 in
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
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Lin Sen Lin Sen (; 16 March 1868 – 1 August 1943)), sobriquet Zhang Ren ( zh, c=長仁, w=Chang-jen, labels=no) was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the National Government of China, Chairman of the Nationalist government, National Gove ...
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Premier Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
: H.H. Kung (until December 11), Chiang Kai-shek (from December 11) * Vice Premier: Chang Ch'ün (until December 11), Kung Hsiang-hsi (from December 11) *Foreign Minister:
Wang Ch'ung-hui Wang Chonghui (; 10 October 1881 – 15 March 1958) was a prominent Chinese jurist, diplomat and politician who served the Republic of China from its foundation in 1912 until his death in 1958. He was a close associate of the republic's foundin ...


Events


January

*January — The
British Hong Kong Hong Kong was under British Empire, British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 ...
Government had announced that it will ban the export of weapons and ammunition to the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
via the land boundary of Hong Kong.


February

*February — Hainan Island Operation *February 21 — Shenzhen and Lo Wu were bombed by Japanese army, 30 people were killed or injured,
Japanese government The Government of Japan is the central government of Japan. It consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and functions under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan. Japan is a unitary state, containing forty- ...
paid 20,000 HK$ to the
British Hong Kong Hong Kong was under British Empire, British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 ...
government. *February — The Hong Kong Government negotiated with the Japanese army, resume shipping between
Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
and
Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
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March

*March 17-May 9 — Battle of Nanchang *March — Battle of Xiushui River


April

*April 20-May 24 — Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang


June

*June — Swatow Operation *June 14-August 20 — Tientsin Incident


September

*September 13-October 8 — Battle of Changsha (1939)


December

This month, Chongqing National Government required the assembly of four commercial transport aircraft provided by US companies in Hong Kong, which was rejected by the British Hong Kong Government.


Births


February

*February 19 — Erin Pizzey, author and founder of the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world *February 28 — Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist * Bao Xuding, 15th
Mayor of Chongqing The mayor of Chongqing, officially the Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, is the head of Chongqing, Chongqing Municipality and leader of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government. The mayor is elected by the Chongqing Municipal ...


March

*March 10 — Li Shuangjiang, military singer


July

*July 13 — Sha Yexin, playwright and short story writer (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 ...
) *July 16 — Zhang Lichang, 12th Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d.
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
) *July 30 — Zeng Qinghong, 7th
Vice President of China The vice president of China, officially titled the vice president of the People's Republic of China, is the deputy to the president of the People's Republic of China, the List of state representatives of the People's Republic of China, state r ...


August

*August 16 — Yu Chenghui, actor, action director and martial artist (d.
2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
) * Zhang Delin, 16th Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party


September

*September 10 — Kong Hon, Hong Kong actor and director (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 ...
)


November

*November 10 — Zhu Nenghong, astronomical optical telescope specialist (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 ...
) * Doje Cering, politician of Tibetan ethnicity


December

*December 17 —
Richard Ng Richard Ng Yiu-hon (27 December 1939 – 9 April 2023), also known as Richard Woo, was a Hongkongers, Hong Kong actor known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s. Film and television career Ng a ...
, Hong Kong actor (d.
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
) *December 31 — Li Deren, scientist


Deaths

*January 17 — Qian Xuantong, linguist and writer (b.
1887 Events January * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the United States Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
) *February 21 — Yu Xiusong, an early member of the Chinese Communist Party (b.
1899 Events January * January 1 ** Spanish rule formally ends in Cuba with the cession of Spanish sovereignty to the U.S., concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.''The American Monthly Review of Reviews'' (February 1899), p ...
) *May 18 — Tang Juwu, officer and general of one of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies (b.
1898 Events January * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queen ...
) *June 5 —
Xu Shichang Xu Shichang (Hsu Shih-chang; ; courtesy name: Juren (Chu-jen; 菊人); October 20, 1855 – June 5, 1939) was a Chinese politician who served as the President of the Republic of China, in Beijing, from 10 October 1918 to 2 June 1922. The only p ...
, politician (b.
1855 Events January–March * January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.' * January 5 – Ramón Castilla begins his third term as President of Peru. * January 23 ** The first bridge over the Mississippi River o ...
) *June 12 — Chen Jintao, founder of the
Bank of China The Bank of China (BOC; ; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Banco da China'') is a state-owned Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of ...
(b.
1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Bapaume – Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
) *October 23 — Liao Lei, nationalist general from
Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...
(b.
1890 Events January * January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa. * January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. * January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...
) *November 4 — Ma Xiangbo, former Jesuit priest, scholar and educator (b.
1840 Events January–March * January 3 – One of the predecessor papers of the ''Herald Sun'' of Melbourne, Australia, ''The Port Phillip Herald'', is founded. * January 10 – Uniform Penny Post is introduced in the United Kingdom. * Janu ...
) *November 12 — Norman Bethune, Canadian thoracic surgeon (b.
1890 Events January * January 1 – The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony in the Horn of Africa. * January 2 – Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer in the White House. * January 11 – 1890 British Ultimatum: The Uni ...
) *December 4 — Wu Peifu, warlord and major figure of the
Warlord era The Warlord Era was the period in the history of the Republic of China between 1916 and 1928, when control of the country was divided between rival Warlord, military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions. It began after the de ...
(b. 1874)


See also

* List of Chinese films of the 1930s


References

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