1939 in China
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Events in the year 1939 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Lin Sen
- Premier: H.H. Kung (until December 11), Chiang Kai-shek (from December 11)
- Vice Premier: Chang Ch'ün (until December 11), Kung Hsiang-hsi (from December 11)
- Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January - The British Hong Kong Government had announced that it will ban the export of weapons and ammunition to the Republic of China via the land boundary of Hong Kong.[1]
February
[edit]- February - Hainan Island Operation
- February 21 - Shenzhen and Lo Wu were bombed by Japanese army, 30 people were killed or injured, Japanese government paid 20,000 HK$ to the British Hong Kong government.[2]
- February - The Hong Kong Government negotiated with the Japanese army, resume shipping between Hong Kong and Guangzhou.[1]
March
[edit]- March 17-May 9 - Battle of Nanchang
- March - Battle of Xiushui River
April
[edit]- April 20-May 24 - Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
June
[edit]- June - Swatow Operation
- June 14-August 20 - Tientsin Incident
September
[edit]- September 13-October 8 - Battle of Changsha (1939)
December
[edit]This month, Chongqing National Government required the assembly of four commercial transport aircraft provided by US companies in Hong Kong, which was rejected by the British Hong Kong Government.[1]
Births
[edit]- February 19 – Erin Pizzey, author and founder of the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world[3]
- February 28 - Daniel C. Tsui
- July - Zeng Qinghong
Deaths
[edit]- February 21 – Yu Xiusong, an early member of the Chinese Communist Party.
- December 4 – Wu Peifu
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c 湯開建 蕭國健 陳佳榮 (1998). 《香港6000年（遠古－1997）》. 麒麟書業有限公司. p. 頁500. ISBN 9622321232.(in Chinese)
- ^ "日機狂炸深圳羅湖 英政府已提抗議 是役死傷平民百餘印警一名遭難 日機兩架昨日又來偵察但未投彈". 華字日報第弍張第叁頁. 1939-02-23.(in Chinese)
- ^ World Whos Who of Women 1990/91. July 1990. ISBN 9780948875106.
