1924 in China explained

Events in the year 1924 in China.

Incumbents

• President – Cao Kun until October 30, Duan Qirui
• Premier – Gao Lingwei until January 12, Sun Baoqi until July 2, Yan Huiqing until October 31, Huang Fu

Events

• June 16 – Whampoa Military Academy is founded in China.
• September 15 – November 3 – Second Zhili–Fengtian War: conflict in the Republic of China's Warlord Era between the Zhili and Fengtian cliques for control of Beijing.^[1]
• August–October - Canton Merchants' Corps Uprising
• October - Beijing Coup, coup d'état by Feng Yuxiang against Chinese President Cao Kun, leader of the Zhili clique. Feng called it the Capital Revolution . The coup occurred at a crucial moment in the Second Zhili–Fengtian War and allowed the pro-Japanese Fengtian clique to defeat the previously dominant Zhili clique

Births

• January 31 – Irene Chou
• February 6 – Jin Yong
• July – Wang Huo
• August – Huang Hongjia
• September 1 – Yuan-Shih Chow
• September 24 – Shi Suxi
• October 4 – Samuel Lamb, Chinese Christian pastor (d. 2013)
• November – Wang Zhenyi
• November – Tsai Wan-lin, Taiwanese businessman (d. 2004)
• December – Qiao Shi
• Yan Jinxuan
• Li Han (aviator)

Deaths

• June 5 – Qian Nengxun
• October 9 – Lin Shu
• November 12 – Tian Wenlie

See also

• Warlord Era
• First Zhili–Fengtian War
• Zhang Zuolin

Notes and References

1. Book: Waldron, Arthur. 97. From War to Nationalism: China's Turning Point, 1924–1925. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 0-521-52332-X.