Historical place archive

Shensi in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Shensi in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records1 event labels4 people1934–1937

Historical events in Shensi

1934

1934
Long March
Chu Teh · Civil War

Tehs 1st Front Army marches 6,000 miles over 13 months from Kiangsi to Shensi

16 October 1934
Long March
Chu Teh · Civil War

Commander in Chief of the Communist forces

16 October 1934
Long March
Mao Tse-Tung · Civil War

Begins a withdrawal after defeats by the Nationalists to the province of Shensi

1935

30 October 1935
Long March
Kao Kang · Civil War

Mao reaches the north Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang

30 October 1935
Long March
Mao Tse-Tung · Civil War

The end of the Long March for the 1st Front Army. Mao reaches the north Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang

1937

May 1937
Long March
Chang Kuo-tao · Civil War

Frced to seek safety with Mao in north Shensi

Provenance

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