Portal:China/Anniversaries/November/November 12

Births

• 1528 – Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
• 1866 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)
• 1971 – Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist
• 1984 – Zi Yan, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

• 1969 – Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)