Wuchang uprising ends the Qing
October 10, 1911
An accidental bomb explosion in a rented Wuhan room forced revolutionary soldiers to move early. They seized the arsenal, then the city. Province after province declared independence. Within months two thousand years of imperial China ended, and a fragile republic under Sun Yat-sen took its place, soon to fracture into warlord fiefs.
In context
Also in 1911 (5 other events on record)
- Amundsen reaches the South Pole · Oceania · Exploration
- Triangle Shirtwaist fire · North America · Disaster
- Rutherford's gold foil experiment · Europe · Science
- Machu Picchu rediscovered · South America · Exploration
- Monet's water lilies series · Europe · Culture
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in Politics
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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