Chinese Communist Party founded
1921
Thirteen men, including a young Mao Zedong, met on a houseboat on a Zhejiang lake after being chased from a Shanghai safehouse. They drafted a charter for a Chinese Communist Party. At the time there were perhaps fifty members in the entire country. Within thirty years they would rule a quarter of humanity.
In context
Also in 1921 (3 other events on record)
- Insulin isolated in Toronto · North America · Science
- Tulsa race massacre · North America · Politics
- Tomb of the Unknown Soldier dedicated · North America · 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.