Events in the year 1949 in China.

Incumbents

Republic of China: *

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: Chiang Kai-shek (-January 21),

Li Zongren Li Zongren ( zh, c=李宗仁, p=Lǐ Zōngrén; 13 August 1890 – 30 January 1969), also known as Li Tsung-jen, courtesy name Delin (Te-lin; zh, p=Délín), was a Chinese warlord, military commander and politician. He was vice-president an ...

(January 21-) *

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Sun Fo Sun Fo (; 21 October 1891 – 13 September 1973), courtesy name Zhesheng (), was a Chinese politician and high-ranking official in the government of the Republic of China. He was the son of Sun Yat-sen, the founder of the Republic of China, ...

He Yingqin He Yingqin (; April 2, 1890 – October 21, 1987) also Ho Ying-chin, was a Chinese politician and one of the most senior generals of the Kuomintang (KMT) during Nationalist China, and a close ally of Chiang Kai-shek. Early years A native of ...

Yan Xishan Yan Xishan (; 8 October 1883 – 22 July 1960; also romanized as Yen Hsi-shan) was a Chinese warlord who served in the government of the Republic of China from June 1949 to March 1950 as its last premier in mainland China and first premi ...

People's Republic of China: *

Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party The chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( zh, s=中国共产党中央委员会主席, p=Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Zhǔxí) was the party leader, leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The ...

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

* Chairman of the

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Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...

Events

January

*January 21 — Chiang Kai-shek resigns from the presidency in a "temporary absence". Vice President

was named as the successor

April

*April 23 — Communists capture the KMT's capital,

Nanjing Nanjing or Nanking is the capital of Jiangsu, a province in East China. The city, which is located in the southwestern corner of the province, has 11 districts, an administrative area of , and a population of 9,423,400. Situated in the Yang ...

June

* the Communist Party organised a "

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

" (CPPCC) to prepare for the establishment of a "New Democracy" regime to replace the Kuomintang-dominated Republic of China government

July

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kills 1,600 people and destroys more than 63,000 houses in

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

, the worst typhoon on record in the city.

September

*September 21 — The first meeting of the CPPCC, which was attended by the Communist Party along with eight aligned parties *September 27 — Establishment of the

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(), a red field charged in the

canton Canton may refer to: Administrative divisions * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and entertainment * Canton (band), an It ...

(upper corner nearest the flagpole) with five golden

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October

*October 1 — The

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is officially proclaimed in

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*October 17 — Chinese communist troops take

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. *October 25–27 —

Battle of Guningtou The Battle of Kinmen ( zh, t=金門戰役), also known as the Battle of Kuningtou ( zh, t=古寧頭之役) or the Battle of Guningtou, was fought in October 1949 on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy), located in the Taiwan Strait, during the final ...

Kinmen Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from wh ...

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

*October 27 — Chinese communist troops fail to take

in the

Battle of Kuningtou The Battle of Kinmen ( zh, t=金門戰役), also known as the Battle of Kuningtou ( zh, t=古寧頭之役) or the Battle of Guningtou, was fought in October 1949 on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy), located in the Taiwan Strait, during the final ...

; their advance towards

Taiwan 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 ...

is halted.

December

*December 8 — The government of 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 ...

finishes its evacuation to

, and declares

Taipei , nickname = The City of Azaleas , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Taiwan#Asia#Pacific Ocean#Earth , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country ...

its temporary capital city. *December 17 —

Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...

recognizes the

. *December 30 —

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recognizes the

Births

January

*January 1 —

Paula Tsui Paula Tsui Siu Fung (born 1 January 1949) is a Hong Kong singer, with a career spanning over 50 years. She was affiliated with the TVB television station until the mid-1990s and has performed for Asia Television on several occasions since 1995. ...

, Hong Kong

Cantopop Cantopop (a contraction of "Cantonese pop music") is a genre of pop music sung in Cantonese. Cantopop is also used to refer to the cultural context of its production and consumption. The genre began in the 1970s and became associated with Hon ...

singer *January 5 —

Zhang Ruimin Zhang Ruimin (; born 5 January 1949) is the founder of Haier Group. He was also the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Haier Group until his resignation in 2021. He was succeeded in these roles by Liang Haishan. Zhang was app ...

, founder of Haier Group *January 21 —

Wan Sha Lang Wan Sha Lang ( Chinese: 萬沙浪, also spelled Vansalrang; 21 January 1949 – 18 June 2023), known in China as Wang Zhongyi (Chinese: 王忠義), was a Taiwanese singer and film actor. Life and career Sha Lang approached music during his ...

, Taiwanese singer and film 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 ...

) *

Chang Wanquan Chang Wanquan (; born January 1949) is a retired general who was the Minister of National Defense and State Councilor of China from 2013 and 2018. He was also a member of the Central Military Commission and helped to manage China's space prog ...

, 11th Minister of National Defense of China

February

*February 13 —

Yeh Chu-lan Yeh Chu-lan (; born 1949) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the Vice Premier of Taiwan under the Yu Shyi-kun cabinet. She has also served as the acting Mayor of Kaohsiung, Minister of Transportation and Communications, Minister of Coun ...

, Taiwanese politician

March

*March 27 —

Michael Kwan Michael Kwan Ching-kit is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer previously with the Philips label (the brand Polygram was not adopted until later in Hong Kong), and later with EMI. His back catalogue (1986–1988) continues to be published by Universal M ...

, Hong Kong Cantopop singer

April

*April 4 —

Shing-Tung Yau Shing-Tung Yau (; ; born April 4, 1949) is a Chinese-American mathematician. He is the director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University and professor emeritus at Harvard University. Until 2022, Yau was the William Caspar ...

, Chinese-American mathematician *April 5 —

Sheng Guangzu Sheng Guangzu ( zh, c=盛光祖, p=Shèng Guāngzǔ; born 5 April 1949) was the last Chinese Minister of Railways, before the position was abolished in March 2013, and the first General Manager of China Railway Corporation. He was formerly the he ...

, last Minister of Railways of China *April 7 — Bennett Pang, Hong Kong musician, singer and actor

May

*May 21 —

Angela Pan Angela Pan Yin-tze (born 5 June 1949), or Violet Pan Ying Zi, is a Hong Kong actress who starred in numerous films and soap operas in the 1970s–1980s. Life and career Pan started her career in Hong Kong in films and stage shows. She becam ...

, Hong Kong actress *May 22 —

Wu Kwok Hung Wu Kwok Hung (; 22 May 1949 – 15 June 2015), nicknamed "Big Head", was a former Hong Kong professional football (soccer), football player. Club career Wu played in the Hong Kong First Division League for teams including Tung Sing FC, Tung Si ...

, Hong Kong football player (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 ...

)

June

*June 1 — Mu Tiezhu, prominent basketball player and coach (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 ...

) *June 23 — Charles Ho, Hong Kong pro-Beijing businessman

July

*July 3 —

Bo Xilai Bo Xilai ( zh, s=薄熙来, p=Bó Xīlái; born 3 July 1949) is a Chinese former politician who was convicted on bribery and embezzlement charges. He came to prominence through his tenures as Mayor of Dalian and then the governor of Liaoning. ...

, politician *July 20 —

Nina Paw Nina Paw Hee-ching (; born 20 July 1949) is a Hong Kong actress. Paw got her start in film but came into prominence portraying mothers on ATV television dramas, such as ''Fatherland'' (1980). Having portrayed many mother and elder sister role ...

, Hong Kong actress *July 22 —

Stephen Shiu Stephen Shiu (born 22 July 1949) is a Taiwan-based Hong Kong media personality, businessperson, film producer, screenwriter, news presenter, and pundit. He founded Hong Kong Reporter in 2004, an internet radio station focused on live talk rad ...

, Taiwan-based Hong Kong media personality

August

*August 8 —

Meng Xuenong Meng Xuenong (; born August 1949) is a Chinese politician. Meng worked as a factory worker in Beijing before getting involved in politics through the local Communist Youth League organization. He was the Vice Mayor of Beijing between 1993 and 200 ...

, 18th

Governor of Shanxi The governor of Shanxi, officially the Governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government, is the head of Shanxi, Shanxi Province and leader of the Shanxi Provincial People's Government. The governor is elected by the Shanxi Provincial People' ...

September

*September 19 —

Chi Shangbin Chi Shangbin ( zh, s=迟尚斌, t=迟尚斌, p=Chí Shàngbīn; 19 September 1949 – 6 March 2021) was a Chinese football player and coach. As player, he spent his whole career playing for Liaoning, and also represented China at international ...

, football player and coach (d.

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

)

October

*October 1 —

Li Congjun Li Congjun (; born October 1949) is the former President of China's Xinhua News Agency. He retired in December 2014 and was replaced by Cai Mingzhao. Biography Li was born in Liu'an, Anhui Province. He started working in October 1968, and joine ...

, former President of

Xinhua News Agency Xinhua News Agency (English pronunciation: ),J. C. Wells: Longman Pronunciation Dictionary, 3rd ed., for both British and American English or New China News Agency, is the official state news agency of the People's Republic of China. It is a ...

*October 14 —

Damian Lau Damian Lau Chung-yan (born 14 October 1949) is a Hong Kong film and television actor, executive producer and film director. Lau has starred in many television drama series of various genres, produced by Hong Kong's TVB and ATV. Biography ...

, Hong Kong film and television actor

November

*November 12 —

Wang Fuli Wang Fuli ( Chinese: 王馥荔; born 12 November 1949) is a Chinese actress. Wang was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, and her ancestral hometown was Tianjin. She graduated from Jiangsu Drama College in 1967, majoring in Peking Opera. Wang l ...

, actress

December

*December 3 — Lu Yao, novelist (d.

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

) *December 8 — Su Shao-lien, Taiwanese poet *December 22 —

Ching Cheong Ching Cheong (; born 22 December 1949) is a Chinese senior journalist with ''The Straits Times''. He is best known for having been interned by the People's Republic of China on allegations of spying for Taiwan. He was detained in April 2005 ...

, journalist

Deaths

January

*January 9 — Wang Maozu, educator and philosopher (b.

1891 Events January * January 1 ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new African territories. * January 4 – The Earl of Zetland issues a ...

) *January 10 —

Qiu Qingquan Qiu Qingquan (; 27 January 1902 – 10 January 1949) was a ROC Army general who excelled himself in Northern Expedition, anti-communist Encirclement Campaigns, Second Sino-Japanese War, and Chinese Civil War. In the Huaihai Campaign, which wa ...

, Nationalist general (b.

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's ...

) *January 15 — Lu Zhengxiang, diplomat (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 ...

)

February

*February 11 —

Dai Jitao Dai Jitao or Tai Chi-t'ao (; January 6, 1891 – February 21, 1949) was a Chinese journalist, an early Kuomintang member, and the first head of the Examination Yuan of the Republic of China. He is often referred to as Dai Chuanxian () or by hi ...

, journalist (b.

) * Tang Yulin, general in the

Northeastern Army The Northeastern Army, also known as the Fengtian Army (see #Terminology, terminology), was a Chinese army that existed from 1911 to 1937. General Zhang Zuolin developed it as an independent fighting force during the Warlord Era. He used the a ...

(b.

)

March

*March 30 — Zaixun, Manchu noble (b.

1885 Events January * January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam. * January 17 – Mahdist ...

)

April

*April 14 —

Hu Zhengzhi Hu Zhengzhi or Hu Lin (1889 in Chengdu Sichuan – April 14, 1949 in Shanghai) was a Chinese newspaper publisher and political figure in Republican China. He is best known as the chief editor of the ''Ta Kung Pao'' from 1916 to 1923, then as its ...

, newspaper publisher (b.

1889 Events January * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the Dakotas ...

) *April 24 —

Liang Huazhi Liang Huazhi () (1 November 1906, Dingxiang County, Dingxiang, Shanxi – April 24, 1949, Taiyuan, Shanxi) was a Kuomintang official who served in the warlord Yan Xishan's government. A relative of Yan, Liang rose rapidly through Shanxi's pow ...

, Nationalist official (b.

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

)

May

*May 7 —

Li Bai Li Bai (, 701–762), Literary and colloquial readings, also pronounced Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai (), was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the greatest and most important poets of the Tang dynasty and in Chinese history as a whole. He and hi ...

, communist spy (b.

1910 Events January * January 6 – Abé people in the French West Africa colony of Côte d'Ivoire rise against the colonial administration; the rebellion is brutally suppressed by the military. * January 8 – By the Treaty of Punakha, t ...

) *May 25 —

Wang Jingzhai Wang Jingzhai (; 1879 - 1949) was a well-known Muslim scholar during the Republic of China period. He was the first or possibly second person to translate the entire Qur'an into Chinese, in either 1927 or 1932. He began the translation due to a r ...

, Muslim scholar (b.

1880 Events January *January 27 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb. Edison filed for a US patent for an electric lamp using "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected ... to platina contact wires." gr ...

)

July

* Ren Kainan, educator (b.

1884 Events January * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London to promote gradualist social progress. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera '' Princess Ida'', a satire on feminism, premières at the Savoy The ...

)

August

*August 27 — Politicians who died in the

Transbaikal Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykal'ye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal at the south side of the eastern Si ...

plane crash **

Ehmetjan Qasim Ehmetjan Qasim (; April 15, 1914 – August 27, 1949) was a Uyghur revolutionary and statesman who held several important positions in the governments of the Second East Turkestan Republic and the Republic of China's Xinjiang Province.劉學銚 ...

, Uyghur revolutionary and statesman (b.

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

) **

Abdulkerim Abbas Abdulkerim Abbas (also russified as Abbasov; 1921 – 27 August 1949) was a Uyghur revolutionary, statesman, and educator active in Xinjiang, China, during the early 20th century. He was one of the leaders of the Ili Rebellion of 1944, which re ...

, Uyghur politician (b.

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

) ** Ishaq Beg Munonov, ethnic Kyrgyz political leader (b.

) **

Dalelkhan Sugirbayev Dalelkhan Sugirbayev, also Dālil Khan, Delilhan, Delilhan Sugurbayoglu or Talilhan Sukurbayeff Forbes 1986203/ref> ( zh, s=达列力汗·苏古尔巴也夫, t=達列力汗·蘇古爾巴也夫, p=Dálièlìhàn·Sūgǔ'ěrbāyěfū; ; /, ; 24 June ...

, ethnic Kazakh political leader (b.

) ** Luo Zhi, revolutionary activist and leader in

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

(b.

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 * ...

) *August 31 —

Chan Chak Andrew Chan Chak (; 2 April 1894 – 31 August 1949) was a Chinese admiral of the Republic of China Navy, best known for his role in a breakout in five Royal Navy torpedo boats from the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. ...

, Admiral of the

Republic of China Navy The Republic of China Navy (ROCN, Chinese, 中華民國海軍) , colloquially known as the Taiwanese Navy ( Chinese, 台湾海军) by Western or mainland Chinese media, or commonly referred as the National Military Navy ( Chinese, 國軍海軍) ...

(b.

1894 Events January * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United States. * Ja ...

)

September

*September 6 —

Yang Hucheng Yang Hucheng () (26 November 1893 – 6 September 1949) was a Chinese general during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang (KMT) general during the Chinese Civil War. Warlord years Yang Hucheng joined the Xinhai Revolution in ...

, general (b.

1893 Events January * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * January 6 – The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress; th ...

)

October

*October 2 —

Wu Zanzhou Wu Zanzhou () (April 25, 1885 – October 2, 1949) was a military officer and politician in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Beijing Government and Zhili clique. In the end, he became an important politician in the Provisional Governm ...

, military officer and politician (b.

) *October 17 — Liu Wencai, landlord (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 ...

)

November

*November 2 —

Chen Shufan Chen Shufan () (1885 – November 2, 1949) was a Chinese general active during the early Republican period in China. He was a prominent general of the Anhui Clique and won the Order of Rank and Merit and Order of Wen-Hu. Biography Born in A ...

, general of the

Anhui Clique The Anhui clique () was a military and political organization, one of several mutually hostile cliques or factions that split from the Beiyang clique in the Republic of China's Warlord Era. It was named after Anhui province because several of it ...

(b.

) *November 20 —

Jiang Zhuyun Jiang Zhuyun (; 20 August 1920 – 14 November 1949) was a Chinese communist revolutionary.Spymaster: Dai Li and the Chinese Secret Service - Page 166 Frederic E. Wakeman - 2003 "Occasionally, but only very seldom, was a woman able to shame her ...

, communist resistance fighter (b.

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen in Finland, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its ow ...

) *November 26 —

Hu Ruoyu Lt. Gen. Hu Ruoyu () (1894 – November 26, 1949) was governor of Yunnan in 1927. Hu was born in Luoping, Yunnan, China. He participated in the uprising against the Qing Dynasty in 1911 as a student at Yunnan Military College and served as a re ...

Governor of Yunnan The governor of Yunnan, officially the Governor of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, is the head of Yunnan Province and leader of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government. The governor is elected by the Yunnan Provincial People's Congr ...

(b.

)

Dates unknown

Li Shaogeng Li Shaogeng (; Hepburn: ''Ri Shōkō''; b. 1896), was a politician in the early Republic of China who subsequently served in a number of cabinet posts of the Empire of Manchuria. Biography A native of Liaoyang Liaoning Province, Li graduat ...

, politician (b.

1896 Events January * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports Wilhelm Röntgen's dis ...

) *

Qi Yaolin Qi Yaolin () (1863 – ?)徐友春主編『民国人物大辞典増訂版』2317頁作生于1863年。Who's Who in China 3rd ed., p.160作生于1864年。 was a Chinese politician of the late Qing Dynasty and early period of the Republic of Chi ...

, politician (b.

1862 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – Second French intervention in Mexico, French intervention in Mexico: Second French Empire, French, Spanish and British ...

)

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