Portal:China/Anniversaries/February

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

February 1

Events

• 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.

Births

• 1987 – Wu Jingyu, Chinese martial artist

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February 2

Events

• 1848 – California Gold Rush: The first ship with Chinese immigrants arrives in San Francisco.

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February 3

Births

• 1899 – Lao She, Chinese author and playwright (d. 1966)

Deaths

• 2009 – Sheng-yen, Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Deng Wei, Chinese photographer (b. 1959)

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February 4

Events

• 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
• 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
• 1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.

Births

• 1952 – Li Yinhe, Chinese sociologist and sexologist

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February 5

Births

• 1937 – Wang Xuan, Chinese computer scientist (d. 2006)

Deaths

• 2012 – Jiang Ying, Chinese opera singer (b. 1919)

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February 6

Births

• 1611 – Chongzhen Emperor, Emperor of China (d. 1644)
• 1970 – Zhou Kehua, Chinese criminal and murderer (d. 2012)
• 1985 – Yang Yu, Chinese swimmer

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February 7

Births

• 1906 – Puyi, Emperor of China (d. 1967)
• 1920 – An Wang, Chinese-American engineer and businessman, founded Wang Laboratories (d. 1990)
• 1991 – Zhou Yimiao, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

• 812 – Li Ning, Chinese prince (b. 793)

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February 8

Events

• 1904 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

Deaths

• 1924 – Gee Jon, Chinese-American criminal (b. 1895)

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February 9

Births

• 1979 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
• 1984 – Han Geng, Chinese singer, actor, and dancer (Super Junior)

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February 10

Births

• 1902 – Walter Houser Brattain, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1999 – Tiffany Espensen, Chinese-American actress

Deaths

• 2013 – Zhuang Zedong, Chinese table tennis player (b. 1940)

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February 11

Events

• 1978 – China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.

Births

• 1983 – Huang Shengyi, Chinese actress and singer
• 1988 – Junjun, Chinese-Japanese singer (Morning Musume and v-u-den)
• 1995 – Yang Zhaoxuan, Chinese tennis player

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February 12

Events

• 1912 – The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, (pictured) abdicates.

Births

• 528 – The only daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, the first female monarch in the History of China, but not widely recognised (death year unknown)

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February 13

Births

• 1920 – Zao Wou-Ki, Chinese-French painter (d. 2013)
• 1990 – Gyaincain Norbu, Chinese 11th Panchen Lama

Deaths

• 1982 – Zeng Jinlian, Chinese giant (b. 1964)

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February 14

Events

• 1950 – Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People's Liberation Army.

Births

• 1975 – Xie Hui, Chinese footballer
• 1986 – Gao Lin, Chinese footballer

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February 15

Events

• 1996 – At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.

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February 16

Births

• 1961 – Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1988 – Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player

Deaths

• 549 – Zhu Yi, Chinese official of the Liang dynasty (b. 483)
• 1997 – Chien-Shiung Wu, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1912)

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February 17

Events

• 1979 – The People's Republic of China invades northern Vietnam, launching the Sino-Vietnamese War.

Births

• 624 – Wu Zetian, Chinese empress (d. 705)
• 1908 – Bo Yibo, Chinese politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1968 – Wu'er Kaixi, Chinese Dissident, Tienanmen Student Leader

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February 18

Events

• 1932 – The Empire of Japan declares Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) independent from the Republic of China.
• 1942 – World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore.

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February 19

Events

• 1960 – China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.

Births

• 1980 – Ma Lin, Chinese table tennis player

Deaths

• 1997 – Deng Xiaoping, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1904)
• 2008 – Lydia Shum, Chinese-Hong Kong actress and singer (b. 1945)

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February 20

Events

• 1950 – the People's Liberation Army defeats the National Revolutionary Army in the Battle of Tianquan, during the Chinese Civil War.
• 1968 – the China Academy of Space Technology is established in Haidian District, Beijing.

Holidays, observances, and anniversaries

• Chinese New Year – did you know that it is extremely rare for the Chinese New Year to begin after February 20th?

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February 21

• 1972 - President Richard Nixon becomes the first American head of state to visit China.

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February 22

Events

• 705 – Empress Wu Zetian abdicates the throne, restoring the Tang dynasty.
• 1973 – Cold War: Following President Richard Nixon's visit to the People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison offices.

Births

• 1799 – Heshen, Chinese official (b. 1750)

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February 23

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February 24

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February 25

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February 26

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February 27

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February 28

Events

• 202 BC – coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty's rule over China.
• 1947 – 228 massacre: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
• 1972 – Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.

Births

• 1939 – Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

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