1913 in China

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← 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1913 in China → 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s
See also:	Other events of 1913 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1913 in China.

Incumbents[edit]

• President of the Republic of China – Yuan Shikai
• Vice President of the Republic of China – Feng Guozhang, Li Yuanhong
• Premier of the Republic of China –
  • Zhao Bingjun
  • Duan Qirui
  • Xiong Xiling

Events[edit]

• Republic of China national football team established^[1]
• May 29 — Republican Party (China) dissolved
• July 1913 — Second Revolution launched when seven southern provinces rebelled against Yuan
• October 6, the British Foreign Ministry recognized the Republic of China's Beiyang government and established the Embassy of the Republic of China in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the capital of London (in 1927, the country of change was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and sent a minister.
• October 6–7 – Yuan Shikai^[2] surrounded Parliament with thousands of military and police impersonating ''Citizens League'' and forced him to elect himself as the official president, while Li Yuanhong as the Vice President.
• November – Second Revolution is crushed by Yuan's government and KMT members go into exile abroad

Births[edit]

• Han Xianchu, PLA general^[3]
• Jin Yunying (1913–1992), Manchu princess

Deaths[edit]

• Song Jiaoren, assassinated, many suspect Yuan Shikai to be behind the plot^[4]
• Empress Dowager Longyu, regent to Xuantong Emperor, last emperor of China

References[edit]