1937 in China
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Events in the year 1937 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
- Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
- Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun until March 4, then Wang Chonghui
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 14 – Wang Jingwei took a German passenger boat to Shanghai.
- January 19 – Hunan University was changed to National Hunan University, and the Ministry of Education appointed Pi Zongshi as the principal.[1]
- January 28 – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, arrived in Shanghai and departed the next day.
July to December
[edit]- 7–9 July – Marco Polo Bridge Incident
- early July-early August – Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
- August – Operation Chahar
- August–December – Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
- August–November – Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
- 13 August – 26 November – Battle of Shanghai
- 1 September – 9 November – Battle of Taiyuan
- 13 September – 11 November – Battle of Xinkou
- 24 September – 25 September – Battle of Pingxingguan
- 26 October- 1 November – Defense of Sihang Warehouse
- 13 December - Nanking Massacre
Births
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- January 8 – Pamela Werner
- July 28 – Zhao Dengyu, Tong Linge
- October 15 – Hao Mengling
- November 21 – Gao Zhihang
- December 1 – Rao Guohua
- December 25 – Xiong Xiling
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 李新總主編，中國社會科學院近代史研究所中華民國史研究室，韓信夫、姜克夫主編 (編). 《中華民國史大事記》. 北京: 中華書局. 2011. ISBN 9787101079982.: 5343
