Sun Yat-sen was born on 12 November 1866 in Cuiheng. A Chinese revolutionary leader, Sun trained as a physician in Hong Kong before turning to politics, and spent years abroad raising funds and support for the overthrow of the Qing dynasty. He promoted the Three Principles of the People: nationalism, democracy and the people's livelihood. After the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 he served briefly as the first provisional president of the Republic of China, then stepped aside in favour of Yuan Shikai. He later founded the Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang, and in the 1920s cooperated with the Soviet Union and the Chinese communists. He died in Beijing of cancer before China was reunified, and is honoured as the father of the nation in both Taiwan and the mainland.
Before and after
- from 18 August 1866 to 10 May 1871Unification of Germany
- September 1866Construction of Moscow Conservatory
- 21 September 1866Birth of H. G. Wells
- 12 October 1866Birth of Ramsay MacDonald
- 12 November 1866Birth of Sun Yat-sen
- 22 November 1866Birth of Wassily Kandinsky
- 1867Rise of Deobandi
- 1867Publication of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy
- 1867Dynamite
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