ON 17 FEBRUARY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on February 17, 2019
624: Birth of Chinese only empress Wu Zetian (690-705) who died on February 22, 705
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Zetian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-demonization-of-empress-wu-20743091/?no-ist
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1985.html
763: Shi Chaoyi’s head is delivered to Chang’an ending the An Shi Rebellion of which he was the last leader and committed suicide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Lushan_Rebellion
https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Shi%20Chaoyi
1661: Kangxi becomes emperor of China for the longest reign in China history (61 years)
http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/emperor-kangxi.htm
http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/kangxi_emperor.php
1702: Birth of Muhammad Shah, the last Mughal emperor (1719-1748) who died on April 26, 1748
http://www.storyofpakistan.com/person.asp?perid=P068
http://pakistanspace.tripod.com/khurram/msrangeela.htm
1843: Engagement between a British force of about 2,800 troops under Sir Charles Napier and a host of more than 20,000 followers of the amirs (chiefs) of Sindh ending in a British victory and the annexation of most of Sindh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Miani
1859: French Admiral Rigault de Genouilly takes the city of Saigon, starting the conquest of Cochinchina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Saigon
1862: Birth of Mori Ogai, Japanese novelist and poet who died on July 9, 1922
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mori_%C5%8Cgai
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/342.html
1872: Execution of Filipino Fathers Mariano Gomez, Jose Apolonio Burgos and Jacinto Zamora leading impetus to fight for freedom
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/937/today-in-philippine-history-february-17-1872-fathers-mariano-gomez-jose-apolonio-burgos-and-jacinto-zamora-were-executed
http://filipino.biz.ph/history/gomburza.html
1883: After hunger strile, death of Vasudev Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary, father of the armed struggle for independence, born on November 14, 1845
http://www.hindujagruti.org/news/4072.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasudev_Balwant_Phadke
1897: In Philippine, first Battle of Zapote Bridge won on the Spanish
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/938/today-in-philippine-history-february-17-1897-the-battle-of-zapote-bridge-took-place
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zapote_Bridge_(1897)
1899: Birth of Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author who died on October 22, 1954
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jibanananda_Das
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Jibanananda_Das
1908: Birth of Bo Yibo, one of the Eight Immortals of the Chinese communist party who died on January 15, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Yibo
1931: First talks between Mahatma Gandhi and viceroy of British India, Lord E.W. Irving
1934: Birth of Khun Sa, Burman king of drug, who died on October 26, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khun_Sa
1944: By the Operation Haistone, the US destroy the main Japanese logistical base in central Pacific of Truk in the Caroline Islands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hailstone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoHV6awrQ0E
1944: Beginning of the six-day Battle of Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-troops-land-on-eniwetok-atoll
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eniwetok
http://life.time.com/history/world-war-ii-rare-and-classic-photos-from-eniwetok-atoll/#1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQcE1urSgUE
1955: Birth of Mo Yan, Chinese novelist, Nobel Prise 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_Yan
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/03/14/the-mo-yan-effect-on-chinas-literary-scene/
1961: Birth of Panna Rittikrai, Thai actor, director, and stuntman who died on July 20 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panna_Rittikrai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aznTtEEx04M
1968: Birth of Wu’er Kaixi, one of the student leader in 1989’s Tian’anmen Square demonstrations
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/wu-er-kaixi-the-chinese-dissident-who-cant-get-himself-arrested-not-even-to-go-home-and-see-his-sick-8963140.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu%27erkaixi
1972: Birth of Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Isoya
1972: President Nixon leaves the USA to Hawaii from where he will go to China
1974: Birth of Kaoru Niikura, Japanese musician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_(musician)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn22Dc91kCU
1974: Birth of Al-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah, Crown prince of Brunei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Muhtadee_Billah
http://www.bornrich.com/al-muhtadee-billah.html
1975: Birth of Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harisu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfOwv2aRxso
1976 Macau adopts its constitution (Organic Law of Macau)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macau_Basic_Law
1979: In response to Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, China launches a several-week attack in northern Vietnam
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/17/newsid_2547000/2547811.stm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/china-invades-vietnam
http://sinovietnamesewar.com/
http://www.hanoitimes.vn/news/defend-the-sovereignty/2019/02/81E0D34F/a-look-back-at-vietnam-war-against-chinese-invasion-after-40-years/
http://china-underground.com/2016/04/09/sino-vietnamise-war-images/?rdp_we_resource=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSino-Vietnamese_War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEOv_JTshCw
1985: Birth of Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Curtis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9V7FJ_TsWo&feature=related
1986: Death of Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher , born on May 11, 1895
http://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-krishnamurti/biography.php
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/17-february-1986-jiddu-krishnamurti-philosopher-and-author-died
1997: After a huge victory, Nawaz Sharif comes back for the second time as Pakistan’s Prime Minister
https://www.facebook.com/rulers.pakistan/posts/550342545039403:0
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2241_97.htm
2001: Thailand king installs a new government led by Thaksin Shinawatra whose party, the Thai Rak Thai having 17 of 22 ministries
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1108114.stm
2002: The Nepali communist guerilla launches its largest scale offensive since the beginning of the insurrection in 1996. 137 are killed
2003: Mgr Joseph Zen, bishop of Hong Kong (named by the pope), accuses the governments of Beijing and Hong Kong of the will to increase the repression against the 347 000 Hong Kong catholics through an anti-subversion law in preparation
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=5460&size
2006: A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.
2009: The long-awaited UN-backed trial of former Khmer Rouge leader in Cambodia Kaing Guek Eav – better known as Duch opens at a Phnom Penh court, 30 years after the murderous regime fell. He was head of a notorious prison camp and is accused of presiding over the murder and torture of at least 15,000 inmates
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7893138.stm
2010: The European Union has decided to suspend Sri Lanka’s preferential trade benefits because of concerns over the country’s human rights record
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8518054.stm
2011: Death of Mgr. Hu Daguo underground bishop of Shiqian. The prelate, 89, has spent decades of his life re-education camps and restrictions because of his Catholic faith
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Death-of-Mgr.-Hu-Daguo-underground-bishop-of-Shiqian-20808.html
2013: Death of Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright, born March 11, 1923
http://www.indianetzone.com/29/manoranjan_das_indian_theatre_personality.htm
http://incredibleorissa.com/en/dramatist-manoranjan-das-passes/
2014: The United Nations’ human rights chief calls for an international war crimes investigation into alleged atrocities carried out in the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/10644023/UN-calls-for-Sri-Lankan-war-crimes-inquiry.html
2014: Death of R. K. Srikantan, Indian singer, born on January 14, 1920
http://scroll.in/article/656630/RK-Srikantan,-last-link-to-a-golden-age-of-Carnatic-music,-dies-at-94
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/rk-srikantan-passes-away/article5699784.ece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7SuKTXJuEg
2014: A stunning catalog of torture and the widespread abuse of even the weakest of North Koreans reveal a portrait of a brutal state “that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world,” a United Nations panel says
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/17/world/asia/north-korea-un-report/index.html?hpt=ias_c1
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/02/n-korea-hits-out-at-un-abuses-report-2014217104927326115.html
2015: Myanmar declares a state of emergency in a conflict-torn border region, where ferocious fighting between the army and ethnic rebels has sent thousands fleeing airstrikes and fierce gun battles
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/myanmar-declares-state-emergency-war-torn-region-150217124515270.html
2016: A Maldives court convicts opposition leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla of terrorism and sentenced him to 12 years in jail
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35593011
2017: Donald Tsang Yam-kuen becomes Hong Kong’s first ever chief executive to be convicted in a criminal trial
http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2071852/donald-tsang-guilty-misconduct-office-making-him-first-hong
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/hknews/2017-02/17/content_15573309.html