Chiang Kai-shek was born on 31 October 1887 in Xikou. A Chinese military and political leader, Chiang rose to prominence in the Kuomintang after the death of Sun Yat-sen. He led the Northern Expedition of 1926 to 1928 that nominally reunified China under a Nationalist government in Nanjing. His forces fought the Chinese Communists and, after 1937, Japan, and China became one of the Allied powers in the Second World War. After losing the civil war to Mao Zedong, he retreated to Taiwan in 1949 and ruled the island under martial law as president of the Republic of China until his death. His government was authoritarian and repressed dissent, though Taiwan's economy grew rapidly under his leadership.
Before and after
- 8 August 1887Birth of Shmuel Yosef Agnon
- 12 August 1887Birth of Erwin Schrödinger
- 29 September 1887Founding of Hamburger SV
- 6 October 1887Birth of Le Corbusier
- 31 October 1887Birth of Chiang Kai-shek
- 22 December 1887Birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan
- 1888Rise of Les Nabis
- 9 January 1888Founding of Financial Times
- 13 May 1888Brazil abolishes slavery with the Golden Law
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