On September 16 in Chinese history | The New ASIA OBSERVER

ON 16 SEPTEMBER IN CHINESE HISTORY, HONG KONG AND TAIWAN

To see another date, on Internet (Google…) type “On (date + month) in Chinese history”

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 1850
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Daoguang_Emperor

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

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

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

1965: China demands that India dismantles in the coming three days its military buildings on Sikkim border

1966: Beijing says that two US war planes have attacked two Chinese hamlets on September 9. (On September 19 Washington admitted saying there was an mistake with North Vietnam targets)

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.”

1981: Birth of Chang Yu-chen, Taiwanese actress
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Zhang_Jia_Hui
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Zhang_Yu_Chen