The Xinhai Revolution began with an uprising by army units in Wuchang on 10 October 1911 and quickly spread across China's southern and central provinces. It grew out of widespread discontent with the Qing dynasty, whose reforms had failed to stop foreign encroachment or to satisfy reformers and revolutionaries such as Sun Yat-sen. By the end of 1911 many provinces had declared independence, and Sun Yat-sen was chosen provisional president of the new Republic of China in Nanjing in January 1912. The last Qing emperor, the child Puyi, abdicated in February 1912, ending more than two thousand years of imperial rule. Power soon passed to the general Yuan Shikai, and China entered a long period of political fragmentation.
Before and after
- 25 August 1911Birth of Võ Nguyên Giáp
- 19 September 1911Birth of William Golding
- 24 September 1911Birth of Konstantin Chernenko
- from 29 September 1911 to 18 October 1912Italo-Turkish War
- from 10 October 1911 to 12 February 1912Xinhai Revolution
- from 10 October 1911 to 1 December 1911Wuchang Uprising
- 3 November 1911Founding of Chevrolet
- 11 December 1911Birth of Naguib Mahfouz
- 11 December 1911Publication of Jana Gana Mana
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