Portal:China/Anniversaries/June

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

June 1

Events

1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
2003 – China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.

Deaths

195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)

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June 2

Deaths

2007 – Huang Ju, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1938)
2013 – Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (b. 1930)

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June 3

Events

1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
2013 – At least 120 people are killed in a fire at a poultry plant in Northeast China.

Births

1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)

Deaths

628 – Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
1928 – Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
2009 – Shih Kien, Chinese actor (b. 1913)

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June 4

Events

1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
1989 – The People's Liberation Army violently cracked down on the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving at least 241 dead and 7,000 wounded, and causing widespread international condemnation of the Chinese government.

Births

1982 – MC Jin, American-Chinese rapper and actor
1988 – Li Man, Chinese actress

Deaths

1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)

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June 5

Births

1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)

Deaths

301 – Sima Lun, Chinese usurper (b. 249)

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June 6

Births

1236 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (d. 1283)

Deaths

1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
2012 – Li Wangyang, Chinese activist (b. 1950)

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June 7

Deaths

1995 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk (b. 1918)

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June 8

Births

862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)

Deaths

1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)

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June 9

Events

1885 – Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with Qing China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.

Births

1922 – John Gillespie Magee Jr., Chinese-American pilot and poet (d. 1941)

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June 10

Events

1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.

Births

1904 – Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (d. 1955)
1927 – Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2013)
1930 – Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2013)

Deaths

223 – Liu Bei, Chinese emperor (b. 161)
1992 – Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1931)
2012 – Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (b. 1916)

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June 11

Events

631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of Imperial Examination in 1905.
1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.

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June 12

Births

1107 – Emperor Gaozong of Song (d. 1187)

Deaths

1978 – Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (b. 1892)

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June 13

Births

1905 – Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
1916 – Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (d. 2013)
1928 – Li Ka-shing, Chinese businessman

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June 14

Events

1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.

Births

1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist

Deaths

2007 – Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (b. 1920)

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June 15

Events

1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
2001 – Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Births

1918 – Zhang Ruifang, Chinese actress (d. 2012)
1953 – Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

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June 16

Events

2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.

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June 17

Events

1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
1967 – China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.

Deaths

2012 – Chen Din Hwa, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)

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June 18

Events

618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
1900 – Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.