ON 16 SEPTEMBER IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on September 16, 2019
1507: Birth of Jiajing (or Chia-ching), Emperor of China from 1521 to 1567, the 11th emperor of the Ming dynasty. Born Zhu Houcong, he was the Zhengde Emperor’s cousin. He died on January 23, 1567
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiajing_Emperor
1782: Birth of Chinese Emperor Daoguang (1820-1850) who died on February 25, 1850
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Daoguang_Emperor
1792: Death of Quang Trung, Tay Son dynasty’s emperor of Viet Nam born in 1753
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Hue
1846: Execution of Korean martyr Andrew Kim Taegon, first Korean-born priest and patron saint for Korea, born on August 21, 1821
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Andrew_Kim_Taegon#cite_note-2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujmM3tmbspU
1859: Birth of Yuan Shikai, Chinese General and politician, who died on June 6, 1916
http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/bio/xyz/yuansh.html
1911: Death of Hishida Shunso, Japanese painter from the Meiji period, born on September 21, 1875
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hishida_Shuns%C5%8D
https://www.google.fr/search?q=Hishida+Shunso&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=imvnso&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=83RUUPbZAYnJhAeXioHgDA&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAQ&biw=1140&bih=519
1916: Birth of M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer, who, died on December 11, 2004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._S._Subbulakshmi
1923: Birth of Lee Kuan Yew, father of Singapore independence who died on March 23, 2015
http://www.biography.com/people/lee-kuan-yew-9377339#synopsis
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew
1932: Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gandhi-begins-fast-in-protest-of-caste-separation
1945: Japan surrender Hong Kong to Admiral Cecil Harcourt
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208363
https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2018/07/15/admiral-harcourt-arrives-in-hong-kong/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtdMmBZxU9c
1945: British Rear Admiral Patterson lands in Jakarta. He announces that the British mission is “to maintain law and order until the time that the lawful government of the Netherlands East Indies is once again functioning”
1957: Death of Chinese painter Qi Baishi, born in January 1864
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Qi_Baishi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_Baishi
http://www.google.fr/search?q=Qi+Baishi&hl=fr&rlz=1G1ACAW_FRFR414&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=o2FyTuKhKaqL4gT9t5jpDw&ved=0CDgQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=643
http://history.04007.cn/en.php/HisMain/8985.html
1957: In a coup in Thailand, Premier Plaek Phibun Songkhram is deposed
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/thailand/coup-1957.htm
1963: Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak
http://gboybunker.blogspot.fr/2009/09/16-septemberwhats-so-special.html
http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/09/16/formation-of-malaysia/
http://www.insightguides.com/destinations/asia-pacific/malaysia/cultural-features/the-formation-of-Malaysia
1965: China demands that India dismantles in the coming three days its military buildings on Sikkim border
1965: Death of Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor, composer of the national anthem, born on December 5, 1906
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ahn_Eak-tai
1966: Beijing says that two US warplanes have attacked two Chinese hamlets on September 9. (On September 19 Washington admitted saying there was an mistake with North Vietnam targets)
1967: United Nations General Secretary U Thant asks again the stopping of US bombing on North Vietnam
1967: Birth of Hiroya Oku, Japanese Manga-ka
https://gantz.fandom.com/wiki/Hiroya_Oku
1969: US President Richard Nixon announces the withdrawal of 35,000 soldiers from Vietnam before December 15
1971: Birth of Zilla Huma Usman, Pakistani activist for women emancipation, assassinated on February 20, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zil-e-Huma_Usman
1971: President Nixon says the U.S. will support the P.R.C.’s seating in the U.N. Security Council because it “reflects the realities of the situation,” but adds that “we will vote against the expulsion of the Republic of China.”
1975: Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia
1978: General Zia Ul-Haq becomes president of Pakistan
http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/general-muhammad-zia-ul-haq-1183
http://www.defencejournal.com/april98/ziaulhaqdomination.htm
1981: Birth of Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_Bingbing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANZ5ZyyO9O4
1982: Start of North Korea leader Kim Il-sung visit to China
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/16/world/kim-il-sung-visits-china-by-rail.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zhang-weiwei/deng-xiaoping-remembered_b_5706143.html
1990: A rail link between China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding an important connection to the Eurasian Land Bridge
2002: In Singapore, the government announces the arrest of 19 members of Jemaah Islamiya and of 2 members of the Philippine MILF
2002: Death of Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, Vietnamese cardinal, born on April 17, 1928
http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=1316
http://www.ucanews.com/news/a-path-to-sainthood-that-could-be-explosive/68715
2002: In Thailand, beginning of talks between Sri Lankan government and LTTE Tamil separatists with Norwegian mediation
2005: In Nepal, police arrest 87 journalists and 200 pro-democracy demonstrators
2008: The United Nations pull its staff out of Sri Lanka’s rebel-held northern region after being ensured safe passage by government troops and rebels
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7618016.stm
2009: In Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, who led his party to a landmark victory, takes office as prime minister after a half-century of virtually uninterrupted, one-party rule
https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/461699
2010: Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes tribunal indicts four former Khmer Rouge leaders. Nuon Chea, deputy to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, will stand trial next year, along with former head of state Khieu Samphan, former Foreign Minister Ieng Sary and his wife Ieng Thirith
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11323143
2010: Kim Hwang-sik, head of the Board of Audit and Inspection, a body overseeing the conduct of government agencies and officials, is picked for the post of Prime Minister by Lee Myung-bak, South Korea’s president
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/09/201091663931722847.html
2012: Six US fighter jets are destroyed and two significantly damaged when Taliban attackers stormed a heavily fortified Afghan base where Britain’s Prince Harry is deployed
http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/16/world/la-fg-afghanistan-attacks-20120916
2012: Anti-Japan demonstrations gain momentum outside the Japanese embassy in Beijing, where Chinese demonstrators have been protesting over a group of disputed islands for a second day running
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2012/09/anti-japan-protests-in-china/100370/
http://www.france24.com/en/20120916-anti-japan-outcry-escalates-east-china-sea-islands-protests-embassies-beijing
2013: Death of Chin Peng, former secretary-general of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). He was 90 years old
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/22/chin-peng
http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2013/10/08/chin-peng-and-cleavages-in-malaysian-society/
2015: The U.N.’s top human rights official is urging the creation of a special court including foreign magistrates and investigators to look into atrocities committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war
http://asiancorrespondent.com/135619/un-calls-for-special-court-to-investigate-sri-lanka-wartime-atrocities/
Holidays and observances
Malaysia: Hari Malaysia (formation of Malaysia, 1963)
Papua New Guinea : Independence Day (from Australia, 1975)