1933 in China

Events from the year 1933 in China.

Incumbents

• President: Lin Sen
• Premier: Wang Jingwei
• Vice Premier: Soong Tse-ven (until November 4), Kung Hsiang-hsi (starting November 4)

Events

• January 1 - May 31 — Defense of the Great Wall
• January – March 22 — Fourth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
• February 21 - March 1 — Battle of Rehe
• Battle of Urumqi (1933)
• May 31
• Battle of Aksu (1933)
• Tanggu Truce
• June — Kizil massacre
• July — Battle of Toksun
• Battle of Sekes Tash
• August 25 — 1933 Diexi earthquake
• September 25 — beginning of the Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet
• September 26 — Battle of Kashgar (1933)
• September 28 — Nationalists capture Lichuan from Communists.
• October 9 — Failure of Communist attack on Xiaoshi.
• November 12 — Establishment of First East Turkestan Republic
• November 22 — Fujian Rebellion

Births

January

• January 18 — Kar-Sing Lam, Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer (d. 2016)
• Wang Senhao, 12th Governor of Shanxi (d. 2022)

February

• February 16 — Xia Meng, Hong Kong actress and film producer (d. 2016)

April

• April 3 — Fu Da-ren, Taiwanese basketball player and television presenter (d. 2018)

May

• May 4 — Ni Zhifu, engineer, inventor and high-ranking politician (d. 2013)
• May 11 — Nian Weisi, football manager and player
• May 22 — Chen Jingrun, mathematician (d. 1996)
• May 23 — Fu Jiamo, professor (d. 2015)
• May 28 — Ruan Chongwu, 3rd Governor of Hainan

June

• June 1 — Li Peiyao, politician (d. 1996)
• June 13 — Grace Chang, Hong Kong actress and singer

July

• An Qiyuan, 11th Secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2024)

August

• Chen Guangyi, 6th Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
• Uliji, 6th Chairman of Inner Mongolia (d. 2000)

September

• September 5 — Lin Wenyue, Taiwanese scholar, writer, translator and professor (d. 2023)
• September 16 — You Benchang, actor

November

• November 4 — Charles K. Kao, physicist (d. 2018)
• November 23 — Huang Qizao, politician (d. 2000)
• Lu Gongxun, delegate to the 8th National People's Congress and 9th National People's Congress (d. 2023)

December

• Liu Lianman, mountain climber (d. 2016)

Deaths

• April 9 — Liang Shiyi, 11th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1869)
• April 27 — Cen Chunxuan, politician in the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China (b. 1861)
• May 1 — Duan Dechang, member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (b. 1904)
• May 6 — Li Ching-Yuen, herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor
• May 7 — Zhang Jingyao, general and military governor of Chahar and later Hunan (b. 1881)
• May 15 — Lu Yongxiang, warlord of the Anhui clique (b. 1867)
• June 18 — Yang Xingfo, management scholar and activist (b. 1893)
• August 9 — Timur Beg, Uyghur rebel military leader (b. 1886)
• September 21 — Deng Zhongxia, important Marxist intellectual and labor movement leader (b. 1894)
• September 22 — Chen Jiongming, lawyer, military general, revolutionary, federalist and politician (b. 1878)
• November 20 — Shen Zemin, one of the earliest members of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1900)
• November 24 — Hu Weide, politician and diplomat (b. 1863)
• December 17 — Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• December 28 — Du Xigui, naval officer (b. 1874)

Dates unknown

• Zhao Ti, general (b. 1871)

References