1926 in China

none April 2022 September 2014 1926 Incumbents President: until April 20: Duan Qirui April 20 – May 13: Hu Weide May 13 – June 22: Yan Huiqing June 22 – October 1: Du Xigui starting October 1: Koo Vi-kyuin Premier: until March 4: Xu Shiying March 4 – April 20: Jia Deyao April 20 – May 13: Hu Weide May 13 – June 22: Yan Huiqing June 22 – October 1: Du Xigui starting October 1: Wellington Koo Events March 12 – Japanese warship bombards the Taku Forts, killing several Guominjun troops guarding the forts. Guominjun troops fired back in retaliation and drive the warship out of the Tanggu harbor. March 16 – Ambassadors representing eight countries that were signatory nations to the Boxer Protocol send an ultimatum to the Beiyang Government under Duan Qirui, demanding that the Duan government destroy all defense establishments on the Taku Forts. March 18 – March 18 Massacre in Beijing. April – Guominjun ousts Duan Qirui's government and releases the deposed ex-president Cao Kun to appease the Zhili clique. Conclusion of Anti-Fengtian War. June – Chiang Kai-shek became the Commander-in-Chief of the National Revolutionary Army July 9 – KMT launches Northern Expedition. October – Conclusion of the Canton-Hong Kong strike. October 16 – Explosion of ammunition on the Chinese troopship Kuang Yuang, near Kiukiang, Chinahttps://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0E1FF83C581B7A93C5A8178BD95F428285F9 1,200 Die as Yangtse Troopship Blows Up The New York Times October 17, 1926 Births January January 19 — Wang Hai, fighter pilot and general (d. 2020) March March 12 — Huang Xuhua, mechanical engineer (d. 2025) Buhe, 5th Chairman of Inner Mongolia (d. 2017) April April 2 — Tian Chengren, actor (d. 2020) June June 26 — Gu Fangzhou, virologist (d. 2019) August August 11 — John Gokongwei, Chinese-Filipino billionaire businessman and philanthropist (d. 2019) August 16 — Yu Min, prominent nuclear physicist (d. 2019) August 17 — Jiang Zemin, 4th Paramount Leader of China (d. 2022) September September 10 — Dai Yi, historian (d. 2024) September 23 — Chen Wenxin, biologist (d. 2021) September 28 — Zou Jiahua, member of the 14th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2025) October October 26 — Li Leishi, rebak specialist (d. 2010) November November 3 — Qi Xin, author and the mother of the 6th Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping November 24 — Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist (d. 2024) December December 1 — Yang Rudai, member of the 13th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2018) December 19 — Wang Wenjuan, Yue opera performer (d. 2021) Deaths January 10 — Ying Lianzhi, journalist and educator (b. 1867) April 26 — Shao Piaoping, journalist, author and political activist (b. 1886) August 24 — Zhang Jian, entrepreneur, politician and educator (b. 1853) See also Warlord Era References 1926 in Category:1920s in China