1939 in China
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Events in the year 1939 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: H.H. Kung (until December 11), Chiang Kai-shek (from December 11)
- Vice Premier: Chang Ch'ün (until December 11), Kung Hsiang-hsi (from December 11)
- Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January — The British Hong Kong Government had announced that it will ban the export of weapons and ammunition to the Republic of China via the land boundary of Hong Kong.[1]
February
[edit]- February — Hainan Island Operation
- February 21 — Shenzhen and Lo Wu were bombed by Japanese army, 30 people were killed or injured, Japanese government paid 20,000 HK$ to the British Hong Kong government.[2]
- February — The Hong Kong Government negotiated with the Japanese army, resume shipping between Hong Kong and Guangzhou.[1]
March
[edit]- March 17-May 9 — Battle of Nanchang
- March — Battle of Xiushui River
April
[edit]- April 20-May 24 — Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
June
[edit]- June — Swatow Operation
- June 14-August 20 — Tientsin Incident
September
[edit]- September 13-October 8 — Battle of Changsha (1939)
December
[edit]This month, Chongqing National Government required the assembly of four commercial transport aircraft provided by US companies in Hong Kong, which was rejected by the British Hong Kong Government.[1]
Births
[edit]February
[edit]- February 19 — Erin Pizzey, author and founder of the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world[3]
- February 28 — Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist
- Bao Xuding, 15th Mayor of Chongqing
March
[edit]- March 10 — Li Shuangjiang, military singer
July
[edit]- July 13 — Sha Yexin, playwright and short story writer (d. 2018)
- July 16 — Zhang Lichang, 12th Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2008)
- July 30 — Zeng Qinghong, 7th Vice President of China
August
[edit]- August 16 — Yu Chenghui, actor, action director and martial artist (d. 2015)
- Zhang Delin, 16th Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
September
[edit]November
[edit]- November 10 — Zhu Nenghong, astronomical optical telescope specialist (d. 2024)
- Doje Cering, politician of Tibetan ethnicity
December
[edit]- December 17 — Richard Ng, Hong Kong actor (d. 2023)
- December 31 — Li Deren, scientist
Deaths
[edit]- January 17 — Qian Xuantong, linguist and writer (b. 1887)
- February 21 — Yu Xiusong, an early member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1899)
- May 18 — Tang Juwu, officer and general of one of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies (b. 1898)
- June 5 — Xu Shichang, politician (b. 1855)
- October 23 — Liao Lei, nationalist general from Guangxi (b. 1890)
- November 4 — Ma Xiangbo, former Jesuit priest, scholar and educator (b. 1840)
- November 12 — Norman Bethune, Canadian thoracic surgeon (b. 1890)
- December 4 — Wu Peifu, warlord and major figure of the Warlord era (b. 1874)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 湯開建 蕭國健 陳佳榮 (1998). 《香港6000年（遠古－1997）》. 麒麟書業有限公司. p. 頁500. ISBN 9622321232.(in Chinese)
- ^ "日機狂炸深圳羅湖 英政府已提抗議 是役死傷平民百餘印警一名遭難 日機兩架昨日又來偵察但未投彈". 華字日報第弍張第叁頁. 1939-02-23.(in Chinese)
- ^ World Whos Who of Women 1990/91. July 1990. ISBN 9780948875106.