Beijing in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 12 people and 18 moments here, from 1919 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Sun Yat-sen, Lu Xun and Puyi.

Notable people

  1. Bertrand Russell

    in 1921

    1 moment here

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…

  2. Chiang Kai-shek

    in 1928

    1 moment here

    Chinese military commander, revolutionary, and statesman. Chiang Kai-shek led the Nationalist government of China through the Northern Expedition,…

  3. Huang Xianfan

    in 1926

    1 moment here

    Huang Xianfan was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist, educator, and pioneer of field research on minority peoples in Guangxi and neighboring…

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru

    in 1939

    1 moment here

    Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…

  5. Jiang Qing

    from 1930 to 1934

    2 moments here

    Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…

  6. Lu Xun

    from 1920 to 1932

    3 moments here

    Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…

  7. Mao Zedong

    in 1919

    1 moment here

    Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…

  8. Puyi

    in 1924

    2 moments here

    Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…

  9. Rabindranath Tagore

    in 1924

    1 moment here

    Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

  10. Soong Ching-ling

    in 1924

    1 moment here

    Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…

  11. Sun Yat-sen

    from 1924 to 1925

    3 moments here

    Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…

  12. Yang Chen-Ning

    in 1929

    1 moment here

    Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…

Moments

  1. 1919 Return to Beijing Mao Zedong
  2. 1920 Lecturer at Beijing colleges Lu Xun
  3. 1921 Lecturing visit to Peking Bertrand Russell
  4. 1924 Peace-negotiation journey to Beijing Soong Ching-ling
  5. 1924 Birthday at Peking Normal University Rabindranath Tagore
  6. 1924 Refuge at Prince Chun's house Puyi
  7. 1924 Refuge in the Japanese embassy Puyi
  8. 1924 Arrival in Beijing Sun Yat-sen
  9. 1925 Admission to Peking Union Medical College Hospital Sun Yat-sen
  10. 1925 Death in Beijing Sun Yat-sen
  11. 1926 Entered Beijing Normal University Huang Xianfan
  12. 1928 Arrival in Beijing Chiang Kai-shek
  13. 1929 Move to Tsinghua Yuan Yang Chen-Ning
  14. 1929 Lecture visit to Peking Lu Xun
  15. 1930 Theatrical work in Beijing Jiang Qing
  16. 1932 Second Peking lecture visit Lu Xun
  17. 1934 Journey to Beijing after release Jiang Qing
  18. 1939 Visit to China before World War II Jawaharlal Nehru

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