1919 in China

Events in the year 1919 in China.

Incumbents

• President of the Republic of China — Xu Shichang
• Warlord Era

Events

May

• May 4 — May Fourth Movement, student protests over government's failure in Paris Peace Conference.

August

• August 9 — Jin Yunpeng served as the Premier of the Republic of China.

October

• October 10 — The Chinese Revolutionary Party resurrected to the Kuomintang of China (中國國民黨).

Births

• May 12 — Wu Wenjun, mathematician, historian and writer (d. 2017)
• August 8 — Hau Pei-tsun, Taiwanese general and politician (d. 2020)
• August 11 — Jiang Ying, opera singer and music teacher (d. 2012)
• August 29 — Wu Guanzhong, painter (d. 2010)
• September 12 — Yang Yi, translator (d. 2023)
• October 5 — Yan Huizhu, opera singer (d. 1966)
• October 17 — Zhao Ziyang, 3rd Premier of China (d. 2005)

Deaths

• April 24 — Zhan Tianyou, railroad engineer (b. 1861)
• November 20 — Liu Shipei, philologist, anarchist and revolutionary activist (b. 1884)
• December 28 — Feng Guozhang, general and politician (b. 1859)

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