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1913 in China

Explore 27 historical events and records for China in 1913.

Historical records for China in 1913

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March

Assassination of Chiaojen Sung

Shikai, Yuan ยท Shanghai ยท Revolution / Revolution of China

Has Sung Chiao-jen assassinated, provokes the Chinese 2nd Revolution

Assassination of Sung Chiao-jen

Chiao-jen, Sung ยท Shanghai ยท Party Leader of Kuomingtang ยท Politics / Kuomingtang

Assassinated by agents of Yuan Shih-kai

Death of Sung Chiao-jen

Chiao-jen, Sung ยท Shanghai ยท Party Leader of Kuomingtang ยท Politics / Kuomingtang

Death of Sung Chiao-jen

July

Declaration of War

Shikai, Yuan ยท Revolution / Revolution of China

The Chinese 2nd Revolution breaks out

September

Capture of Nangking

Shikai, Yuan ยท Nangking ยท Revolution / Revolution of China

Yuans forces capture Nangking from the Nationalist Kuomingtang

Capture of Nanjing

Yuan, Shih-Kai ยท Nanjing ยท President of China ยท Warfare / Military

Captures Nanjing

Reparations

Yuan, Shih-Kai ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Japan sends a flotilla to the Yangtzi because China fails to honour reparations

October

President of China

Shikai, Yuan ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Appointed President of the Republic of China

President of China

Yuan, Shih-Kai ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Appointed President of all China after the resignation of Sun Yat-Sen in the South

November

Kuomingtang

Shikai, Yuan ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Outlaws the Kuomindang Party

Independence of China

Shikai, Yuan ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Declaration by Russia & China of Outer Mongolian autonomy under Chinese suzerainty. China recognizes the autonomy of Outer Mongolia

Independence of Mongolia

Shikai, Yuan ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Declaration by Russia & China of Outer Mongolian autonomy under Chinese suzerainty. China recognizes the autonomy of Outer Mongolia

Rule of Mongolia

Shikai, Yuan ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Declaration by Russia & China of Outer Mongolian autonomy under Chinese suzerainty

Other events (month unknown)

Assassination of Chiaojen Sung

Sung, Chiaojen ยท Politics / Kuomingtang

Sung is assasinated

Capture of River Yangtze

Yuan, Shih-Kai ยท River Yangtze ยท President of China ยท Revolution / Revolution of China

Stops revolution by bringing the Yangtze Valley under the control of the Northern Army

Chinese Revolutionary Party Pledge

Kai-Shek, Chiang ยท Japan ยท Member of Chinese Revolutionary Party ยท Politics / CRP

Pledges support for Sun Yat-senโ€™s developing Chinese Revolutionary Party while opposing Yuan Shikai after the failed Second Revolution.

Death of Chiaojen Sung

Sung, Chiaojen ยท Politics / Kuomingtang

Sung is assasinated

Education

Tse-Tung, Mao ยท Changsha ยท Politics / Communist Party

Mao enrols at Changsha School

Election

Chiao-jen, Sung ยท Party Leader of Kuomingtang ยท Politics / Kuomingtang

The Kuomingtang emerge as the strongest group during the elections

Exile of Chiang Kai-Shek

Kai-Shek, Chiang ยท Warfare / Military

Goes to Japan after the failure of the 1913 Second Revolution against Yuan Shikai.

Independence of China

Yuan, Shih-Kai ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Yunnan declares its independence from the central Government

Independence of Yunnan

Yuan, Shih-Kai ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Yunnan declares its independence from the central Government

Kuomingtang

Yuan, Shih-Kai ยท President of China ยท Government / Government of China

Abolishes the Kuomanting Party

Rebellion of Chiang Kai-Shek

Kai-Shek, Chiang ยท Warfare / Military

Takes part in the 1913 Second Revolution opposing Yuan Shikaiโ€™s increasingly authoritarian rule.

Rebellion of Sun Yat-Sen

Yat-Sen, Sun ยท Party Leader of Kuomingtang ยท Politics / Kuomingtang

Leads a failed rebellion & flees to Japan

Rebellion of Sun Yat-Sen

Yat-Sen, Sun ยท Party Leader of Kuomingtang ยท Revolution / Revolution of China

Leads a failed rebellion & flees to Japan

Rebellion of Sun Yat-Sen

Yat-Sen, Sun ยท Party Leader of Kuomingtang ยท Warfare / Military

Leads a failed rebellion & flees to Japan

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