May Fourth movement in Beijing
May 4, 1919
Chinese students marched on Tiananmen when news broke that Versailles had handed former German concessions in Shandong to Japan rather than returning them to China. The protests swelled into a nationwide rejection of traditional culture and foreign submission, reshaping Chinese intellectual life for a generation. Among the young men who were listening was a quiet librarian named Mao Zedong.
In context
Also in 1919 (7 other events on record)
- Treaty of Versailles signed · Europe · Politics
- Amritsar massacre · South Asia · Politics
- Mussolini founds the Fascist movement · Europe · Politics
- Weimar Republic takes form · Europe · Politics
- Spartacist uprising crushed · Europe · Politics
- March First movement in Korea · East Asia · Politics
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Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.