ON 4 MARCH IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on March 4, 2019
150: Birth of the Eastern Han famous physician Zhang Zhongjing who died in 219
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Zhongjing
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/1807.html
581: Yang Jian establish the short-lived Sui Dynasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wen_of_Sui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_dynasty
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/2720.html
895: Birth of Liu Zhiyuan, Chinese emperor, founder of the Later Han dynasty who died on March 10, 948
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Zhiyuan
1238: The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdalduring the Mongol invasion of Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sit_River
http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sit_River_(1238)
1351: Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uthong
1602: Birth of Kano Tanyu, Japanese painter, who died on November 4, 1674
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kan%C5%8D_Tan’y%C5%AB
https://www.google.fr/search?
q=Kano+Tanyu&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=EUJST_WjIo6b1AX42fD-Cw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CB4Q_AUoAQ&biw=1192&bih=543
1621: Jakarta, in Java, is renamed Batavia by the Dutch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavia%2C_Dutch_East_Indies#History
1833: According to Akilahiratu Ammananai, Ayya Vaikundar arises from the sea as avatar of Narayana at Thiruchendur (Tamil Nadu state of India)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Vaikundar
1856: Birth of Toru Dutt, Indian poet who died on August 30, 1877
http://torudutt.blogspot.fr/2009/11/toru-dutt-biography.html
http://www.poemhunter.com/toru-dutt/biography/
1878: Birth of Takeo Arishima, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist who died on June 9, 1923
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/228.html
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/arishima-takeo-dlb/
1894: Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13946467
1895: The Japanese take Niuchang city (Manchuria)
http://sinojapanesewar.com/Manchuria.htm
1904: During the Russo-Japanese war, Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops
http://cnparm.home.texas.net/Wars/RusJp/RusJp02.htm
1911: Death of Li Lianying, Imperial eunuch, born on November 12, 1848
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Lianying
1919: Birth of Tan Chee Khoon, Malaysian politician who died on October 14, 1996
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan_Chee_Khoon
https://dinmerican.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/dr-tan-chee-koon-a-model-malaysian-without-fear-or-favour/
1922: Birth of Dina Pathak, Gujarati theatre and film actress who died October 11, 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dina_Pathak
1925: Great Bengali litterateur and poet, Jyotirindranath Tagore passed away, born on May 4, 1849
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotirindranath_Tagore
http://sesquicentinnial.blogspot.fr/2010/08/jyotirindranath-tagore-1849-1925.html
http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/4-march-1925-great-bengali-litterateur-and-poet-jyotirindranath-tagore-passed-away
1938: Birth of Anton Balasingham, the « foreign minister » of the Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka, who died on December 14, 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Balasingham
1939: Death of Har Dayal, Indian anarchist, born on October 14, 1884
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Har_Dayal
https://www.saada.org/item/20141107-3919
1946: Lord Mountbatten deactivates Indochina as a territory under Allied Southeast Asia Command and transfers all control to the French authorities
1951: Birth of Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Yamamoto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jIdPlb-gPQ
1952: China accuses the USA to use bacteriological war in the war of Korea
1956: Elections for the first National Assembly of South Vietnam since the abolition of the monarchy. Election results announced, with 90 of the 123 seats won by Diem favored candidates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnamese_Constitutional_Assembly_election,_1956
1965: Birth of Khaled Hosseini, Afghan author and physician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Hosseini
1969: Birth of Annie Shizuka Inoh, Taiwanese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Shizuka_Inoh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bao2qJB3DM
1975: Birth of Ren Quan, Chinese actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ren_Quan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grSslZX3QCI
1976: Birth of Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jung-Eun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s5IZI4qpG4
1980: Birth of South Korea actress Jung Da-bin who committed suicide on February 10, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Da_Bin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucrljVep_PA
1980: Five of the six main resistance movements ally in an Alliance for Liberation of Afghanistan
1981: Birth of Carol Banawa, Filipino singer and celebrity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Banawa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpwESHjcHI&feature=related
1986: Death of famous female writer Ding Ling, born on October 12, 1904
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Ling
http://www.penciltwister.com/dingling/
1987: Death of Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor, born on December 16, 1884
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seibo_Kitamura
http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.fr/2007/09/kitamura-seibo.html
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Seibo+Kitamura&nord=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=eaIUU5yvM6HNygPDxYKoBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=837&bih=522
1998: While Beijing forbids countries having diplomatic relations with the PRC to have political relations with Taipei, vice-president Lien Chan arrives in Kuala Lumpur for a « private visit »
2000: After new 1997 amendment of the Thai constitution, first election of the 200 senators
2000: Death of Kyi Kyi Htay, Burmese actress, singer, and dancer, born on March 19, 1924
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyi_Kyi_Htay
2000: Death of Ta-You Wu, Chinese-born atomic and nuclear theoretical physicist, born on September 27, 1907
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta-You_Wu
2003: A bomb attack, by Abu Sayyaf group, in the Davao (Mindanao) airport causes 20 people dead and 170 wounded
http://www.cfr.org/philippines/abu-sayyaf-group-philippines-islamist-separatists/p9235
2004: Wang Youcai, activist in 1989 Tiananmen movement, condemned in 1998 to eleven years in jail as the founder of Democratic Party of China is freed and send to the USA
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E1D6103FF936A35750C0A9629C8B63 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Youcai
2007: Murder of Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian born on January 11, 1966
http://naxalwatch.blogspot.fr/2007/03/mrshivraj-patil-your-children-killed.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Kumar_Mahato
2009: Ten former soldiers convicted of being involved in the Philippines’ most prominent assassination case have been released from prison after more than two decades
2010: Death of Tetsuo Kondo, Japanese politician, born on August 29, 1929
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuo_Kondo
2010: The Catholic archbishop of Kuala Lumpur criticizes the government’s decision not to prosecute two Muslim journalists who entered a church and desecrated the communion water
2011: East Timor applies to join Asean
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12644608
2011: Nepal ex-PM Krishna Prasad Bhattarai dies at 87. Bhattarai, who spent nearly 14 years in prison for opposing the autocratic system imposed in the country in 1960, served as prime minister of the Himalayan nation twice, first in 1990 and again in 1999
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12655074
2014: Death of Wu Tianming, Chinese director and producer, born on October 19, 1939
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/movies/wu-tianming-film-director-who-reshaped-chinese-cinema-dies-at-74.html?_r=0
http://artforum.com/passages/id=47593
2014: Popular Vietnamese blogger and journalist Truong Duy Nhat is jailed for two years for posting articles critical of the Communist government and leaders
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/03/vietnam-jails-ex-journalist-over-blog-post-201434125415556634.html