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May 4th Movement

China · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1919Date range
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Chronological records

1919

Lu Zongyu5 May 1919

Paris · Warfare / World War, 1st

Chinese representatives in Paris refuse to sign on the peace Treaty, the May 4th Movement win the initial victory, more symbolic than anything else, Japan retains the Shandong Peninsula and Pacific Islands won in World War I

Names involved

Lu Zongyu

Provenance

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