Portal:China/Anniversaries/April

These are the selected anniversaries for April that appear on the China portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.

April 1

Events

• 325 – Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
• 528 – The daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was made the "Emperor" as a male heir of the late emperor by Empress Dowager Hu, deposed and replaced by Yuan Zhao the next day; she was the first female monarch in the History of China, but not widely recognized.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• 2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China, and is detained.

Births

• 1920 – Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor (d. 1997)
• 1987 – Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player

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April 2

Births

• 1614 – Dodo, Chinese prince (d. 1649)

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April 3

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April 4

Events

• 1991 – The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• Children's Day (Taiwan and Hong Kong)

Births

• 1949 – Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese-American mathematician
• 1953 – Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer

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April 5

Events

• 1976 – In the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen incident.

Deaths

• 1975 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)

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April 6

Births

• 1920 – Edmond H. Fischer, Chinese-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1970 – Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer
• 1973 – Sun Wen, Chinese footballer

Deaths

• 2012 – Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist and academic (b. 1936)

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April 7

Events

• 1948 – A Buddhist monastery burns in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.

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April 8

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April 9

Deaths

• AD 92 – Yuan An, Chinese scholar and politician
• 436 – Tan Daoji, Chinese general
• 2013 – Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter (b. 1920)

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April 10

Events

• 1971 – Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.

Births

• 1980 – Shao Jiayi, Chinese footballer

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April 11

Events

• 2001 – The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.

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April 12

Events

• 1927 – April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.

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April 13

Events

• 1972 – The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
• 1987 – Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999.

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April 14

Events

• 2010 – Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.

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April 15

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April 16

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April 17

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April 18

April 18:

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April 19

April 19:

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April 20

Events

• 2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in China's Sichuan province, killing more than 150 people and injuring thousands.

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• UN Chinese Language Day (United Nations)

Deaths

• 1521 – Zhengde Emperor of China (pictured) (b. 1491)
• 2007 – Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Jocasta Innes, Chinese-English journalist and author (b. 1934)

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April 21

Events

• 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

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April 22

Events

• 1911 – Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
• 1951 – Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

Births

• 1935 – Mario Machado, Chinese-American journalist and actor (d. 2013)

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April 23

Events

• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

Births

• 1794 – Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar (d. 1856)
• 1979 – Wu Di, Chinese renju player

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April 24

Events

• 1970 – China's first satellite (Dong Fang Hong 1) is launched into orbit using a Long March-1 Rocket (CZ-1).

Deaths

• 2005 – Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)

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April 25

Events

• 1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
• 1951 – Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.

Births

• 1989 – Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Chinese 11th Panchen Lama

Deaths

• 1644 – Chongzhen Emperor of China (b. 1611)

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April 26

Events

• 1942 – Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1549 Chinese miners dead.

Births

• 1917 – I. M. Pei, Chinese-American architect, designed the National Gallery of Art and Bank of China Tower
• 1961 – Joan Chen, Chinese actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer

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April 27

Births

• 1910 – Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician, 3rd President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)

Deaths

• 2013 – Aloysius Jin Luxian, Chinese bishop (b. 1916)

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April 28

Events

• 1869 – Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay 10 miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
• 1952 – The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• 2008 – A train collision in Shandong, China, kills 72 people and injures 416 more.

Births

• 1897 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)

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April 29

Events

• 1951 – Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.

Deaths

• 643 – Hou Junji, Chinese chancellor during the Tang dynasty
• 2007 – Zhang Taofang, Chinese sniper (b. 1931)

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April 30

Births

• 1994 – Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

• 1063 – Emperor Renzong of Song (pictured) (b. 1010)

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