5 March 1898Birth of Chou En-LaiChou En-Lai
Birth of Chou En-Lai
Historical records for China in 1898, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Birth of Chou En-Lai
Zhou Enlai is born in Huai'an, Jiangsu, into a family with roots in Shaoxing.
Appointed Adviser to the Emperor
Conservative court politics encourage hostility to foreign influence.
Tolerates Boxer activity as anti-Christian violence spreads in Shandong.
Appointed Grand Scholar
The "Hundred Days Reform", launched by emperor Guang Hsu/Guang Xu to modernize China, fails when the mother of the emperor, Tsu Hsi/Ci Xi, has him arrested and confined in the Forbidden City
Appointed Secretary of War
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