1918 in China

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1918
in
China

Decades:
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
See also:Other events of 1918
History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1918 in China.

Incumbents[]

  • President of the Republic of ChinaFeng Guozhang
  • Warlord Era

Events[]

January[]

  • January 17 — USS Monocacy incident was an attack on the American gunboat Monocacy in January 1918 by Chinese soldiers along the Yangtze River. It was one of many incidents at the time involving armed Chinese firing on foreign vessels.[1]

February[]

  • January 13 — 1918 Shantou earthquake occurred in Shantou, Kwangtung, Republic of China. It also caused some damage in what was then British Hong Kong.

March[]

  • March 8 — Wang Yitang and Xu Shuzheng established the Anfu Club.
  • March 23 — Duan Qirui resigns as Premier of the Republic of China.

August[]

  • August 12 — Wang Yitang elect Xu Shichang to the presidency in the 1918 presidential election. (1918 Republic of China National Assembly election)

October[]

  • October 10 — Duan Qirui left as Premier of the Republic of China.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2018-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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