1896 in China

Events in the year 1896 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (22nd year)

Events

• By 1896, China showed interest in Aksai Chin, reportedly a result of Russian instigation.
• February — Russo-Chinese Bank, opened a Shanghai branch.
• August 28 — The Chiniese government partnered with the Russo-Chinese Bank to construct the China Eastern Railway. The bank was renamed Sino-Russian Righteousness Victory Bank (Traditional Chinese: 華俄道勝銀行).
• Dungan Revolt (1895–96), a rebellion of various Chinese Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu against the Qing dynasty

Births

• January 4 — Chen Tanqiu, politician and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1943)
• January 9 — Mao Yisheng, structural engineer and social activist (d. 1989)
• February 18 — Li Linsi, educator, diplomat and scholar (d. 1970)
• March 16 — Liu Haisu, painter and art educator (d. 1994)
• March 19 — Luo Zhuoying, nationalist general (d. 1961)
• March 22 — He Long, communist revolutionary and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)
• March 26 — Fu Ssu-nien, historian, linguist and writer (d. 1950)
• April 3 — Mao Zemin, communist revolutionary (d. 1943)
• May 16 — Hu Zongnan, nationalist general (d. 1962)
• June 2 — Li Weihan, communist politician (d. 1984)
• July 4 — Mao Dun, novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic (d. 1981)
• July 12 — Li Ji, archaeologist (d. 1979)
• July 30 — Luo Longji, politician and intellectual (d. 1965)
• August 17 — Deng Zihui, communist revolutionary and one of the influential leaders of the People's Republic of China (d. 1972)
• September 2 — Zhang Fakui, 3rd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1980)
• September 10 — Ye Ting, military officer (d. 1946)
• September 22 — Yu Hanmou, 2nd Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of China Army (d. 1981)
• October 11 — Wang Ruofei, high-ranking member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1946)
• October 22 — Peng Pai, pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and a leading revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1929)
• December 7 — Yu Dafu, short story writer and poet (d. 1945)
• December 26 — Xue Yue, nationalist general (d. 1998)

Deaths

• January 12 — Liu Mingchuan, military general and politician (b. 1836)
• April 23 — Wu Xun, educational reformer (b. 1838)
• June 17 — Wanzhen, consort of Yixuan (b. 1841)

Unknown dates

• Xu Gu, painter and poet (b. 1824)
• Ren Bonian, painter (b. 1840)
• Gu Yun, master landscape artist (b. 1835)
• Liu Shiduan, leader of the Big Swords Society (b. 1853)

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