1924 in China

none April 2022 1924 Events in the year 1924 in China. Incumbents President — Cao Kun until October 30, Duan Qirui Premier — Gao Lingwei until January 12, Sun Baoqi until July 2, Yan Huiqing until October 31, Huang Fu Events June 16 — Whampoa Military Academy is founded in China. September 15 – November 3 — Second Zhili–Fengtian War: conflict in the Republic of China's Warlord Era between the Zhili and Fengtian cliques for control of Beijing.Waldron Arthur 97 From War to Nationalism: China's Turning Point, 1924–1925 2003 Cambridge University Press 0-521-52332-X August–October — Canton Merchants' Corps Uprising October — Beijing Coup, coup d'état by Feng Yuxiang against Chinese President Cao Kun, leader of the Zhili clique. Feng called it the Capital Revolution (no 首都革命 Shǒudū Gémìng). The coup occurred at a crucial moment in the Second Zhili–Fengtian War and allowed the pro-Japanese Fengtian clique to defeat the previously dominant Zhili clique Births January 31 — Irene Chou, Hong Kong artist (d. 2011) February 19 — Chi Pang-yuan, Taiwanese writer, academic and Chinese-English translator (d. 2024) March — Zhu Liang, politician (d. 2025) March 10 — Jin Yong, Hong Kong wuxia novelist (d. 2018) April 27 — Hu Yamei, physician and medical researcher (d. 2019) May 21 — Yan Jinxuan, composer (d. 2014) June 25 — Deng Jiaxian, theoretical physicist and nuclear physicist (d. 1986) July 1 — Wang Huo, novelist and screenwriter (d. 2025) July 2 — Chia-ying Yeh, Chinese Canadian sinologist (d. 2024) July 12 — Zhu Qihe, physical chemist (d. 2024) July 19 — Lin Ruo, 11th Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2012) August 5 — Huang Hongjia, scientist (d. 2021) August 9 — Huang Yongyu, painter and scholar of Tujia ethnicity (d. 2023) August 23 — Wang Danfeng, actress (d. 2018) September 1 — Yuan-Shih Chow, Chinese and American probabilist (d. 2022) September 24 — Shi Suxi, Chinese Buddhist priest (d. 2006) October 2 — Zheng Zhemin, explosives engineer (d. 2021) October 4 — Samuel Lamb, protestant pastor (d. 2013) November 6 — Chen Haozhu, cardiologist (d. 2020) November 10 — Tsai Wan-lin, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2004) November 13 — Dai Lixin, chemist (d. 2024) November 14 — Chen Man Hin, Malaysian Chinese politician and physician (d. 2022) November 30 — Wang Zhenyi, pathophysiologist and hematologist December 20 — Ye Xuanping, 12th Governor of Guangdong (d. 2019) December 24 — Qiao Shi, 6th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (d. 2015) December 25 — Zhu Guangya, nuclear physicist (d. 2011) Dates unknown Li Han, MiG-15 pilot (d. 1997) Deaths May 10 — Liang Dunyan, diplomat and politician (b. 1857) June 2 — Ma Fuxing, military commander (b. 1864) June 5 — Qian Nengxun, 9th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1869) July 12 — Ni Sichong, general (b. 1868) September 22 — Wong Nai Siong, revolutionary leader and educator (b. 1849) September 24 — Imperial Noble Consort Wenjing, consort of Emperor Guangxu (b. 1873) October 9 — Lin Shu, man of letters (b. 1852) November 12 — Tian Wenlie, politician (b. 1858) December 24 — Princess Rongshou, princess of the Qing dynasty (b. 1854) See also Warlord Era First Zhili–Fengtian War Zhang Zuolin References 1924 in Category:Years of the 20th century in China