1937 in China

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	Other events of 1937; History of China • Timeline • Years

Events in the year 1937 in China.

Incumbents

President: Lin Sen
Premier: Chiang Kai-shek
Vice Premier: Kung Hsiang-hsi
Foreign Minister: Zhang Qun until March 4, then Wang Chonghui

Events

January

January 14 – Wang Jingwei took a German passenger boat to Shanghai.
January 19 – Hunan University was changed to National Hunan University, and the Ministry of Education appointed Pi Zongshi as the principal.^[1]
January 28 – Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, arrived in Shanghai and departed the next day.

July to December

7–9 July – Marco Polo Bridge Incident
early July-early August – Battle of Beiping–Tianjin
August – Operation Chahar
August–December – Beiping–Hankou Railway Operation
August–November – Tianjin–Pukou Railway Operation
13 August – 26 November – Battle of Shanghai
1 September – 9 November – Battle of Taiyuan
13 September – 11 November – Battle of Xinkou
24 September – 25 September – Battle of Pingxingguan
26 October- 1 November – Defense of Sihang Warehouse
13 December - Nanking Massacre

Births

Deaths

January 8 – Pamela Werner
July 28 – Zhao Dengyu, Tong Linge
October 15 – Hao Mengling
November 21 – Gao Zhihang
December 1 – Rao Guohua
December 25 – Xiong Xiling

References

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[1] 李り新しん總そう主あるじ編へん，中國ちゅうごく社會しゃかい科學かがく院いん近代きんだい史し研究所けんきゅうじょ中華民國ちゅうかみんこく史し研究けんきゅう室しつ，韓かん信夫しのぶ、姜きょう克夫かつお主ぬし編へん (編へん). 《中華民國ちゅうかみんこく史し大事だいじ記き》. 北京ぺきん: 中華ちゅうか書しょ局きょく. 2011. ISBN 9787101079982.: 5343

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Events

January

July to December

Births

Deaths

See also

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