1927 in China explained

Events in the year 1927 in China.

Incumbents

• President of the Republic of China

• • V. K. Wellington Koo(署理) (1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927)
• Premier of the Republic of China

• • V. K. Wellington Koo (1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927)
  • Pan Fu (18 June 1927 – 2 June 1928)

Events

March

• 21–27 March – Nanking Incident

April

• 3 April – Hankou Incident
• 12 April – Shanghai massacre
• 15 April – Whampoa Military Academy purge

May

• 22 May – 1927 Gulang earthquake

July

• 15 July – Wuhan coup

August

• 1 August – Nanchang uprising
• 28–31 August – The Far Eastern Championship Games take place in Shanghai.^[1]

September

• 30 September – Start of Battle of Shantou

October

• 1 October – End of Battle of Shantou

December

• 1 December – Marriage of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling in Shanghai.^[2]

Births

• 5 March – Wang You-theng, Taiwanese entrepreneur (d. 2016)
• 18 March – Chang Jen-hu, Taiwanese geographer (d. 2019)
• 28 March – Chin Kung, Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (d. 2022)
• 19 August – Hsing Yun, Chinese Buddhist monk and teacher (d. 2023)
• 22 August – Ye Zhengda, Chinese politician and engineer (d. 2017)
• 19 December – Gao Yaojie, Chinese gynaecologist (d. 2023)
• 26 December – Lin Hu, Chinese general (d. 2018)

Date unknown

• Fan Wanzhang, Chinese fying ace (d. 1952)

Deaths

• 31 March – Kang Youwei
• 28 April – Li Dazhao
• 23 May – Tang Jiyao
• 2 June – Wang Guowei
• 19 July – Zhao Shiyan
• 11 November – Wang Hebo
• 12 December – Zhang Tailei

Notes and References

1. Book: Bell . Daniel . Encyclopedia of international games . 2003 . McFarland & Co . Jefferson, N.C. . 0-7864-1026-4 . 474.
2. News: CHINA: Soong Sisters. TIME. 12 December 1927. https://web.archive.org/web/20080324004409/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737073,00.html. dead. 24 March 2008. 22 May 2011.