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  • China
    Monday Jan 1, 1912
    Xinhai Revolution

    The First day of The First Year of The ROC.

    China
    Monday Jan 1, 1912

    1 January 1912, was set as the first day of the First Year of the ROC.




  • Paris, France
    Jan, 1912
    Marie Curie

    She Was Hospitalised With Depression and a Kidney Ailment

    Paris, France
    Jan, 1912

    A month after accepting her 1911 Nobel Prize, she was hospitalised with depression and a kidney ailment.




  • China
    Wednesday Jan 3, 1912
    Xinhai Revolution

    The Provisional Vice President

    China
    Wednesday Jan 3, 1912

    On 3 January, the representatives recommended Li Yuanhong as the provisional vice president.




  • Yili, Xinjiang, China
    Sunday Jan 7, 1912
    Xinhai Revolution

    Yili Uprising

    Yili, Xinjiang, China
    Sunday Jan 7, 1912

    On 7 January 1912, the Yili Uprising with Feng Temin began. Qing governor Yuan Dahua fled and handed over his resignation to Yang Zengxin, because he could not handle fighting the revolutionaries.




  • Yili, Xinjiang, China
    Monday Jan 8, 1912
    Xinhai Revolution

    The New Yili Government For The Revolutionaries

    Yili, Xinjiang, China
    Monday Jan 8, 1912

    In the morning of 8 January, a new Yili government was established for the revolutionaries, but the revolutionaries would be defeated at Jinghe in January and February.




  • Beijing, China
    Tuesday Jan 16, 1912
    Xinhai Revolution

    Donghuamen Incident

    Beijing, China
    Tuesday Jan 16, 1912

    On 16 January, while returning to his residence, Yuan Shikai was ambushed in a bomb attack organized by the Tongmenghui in Donghuamen, Beijing. A total of eighteen revolutionaries were involved. About ten of the guards died, but Yuan himself was not seriously injured. He sent a message to the revolutionaries the next day pledging his loyalty and asking them not to organize any more assassination attempts against him.




  • China
    Saturday Jan 20, 1912
    Xinhai Revolution

    Wu Tingfang Officially Delivered The Imperial Edict of Abdication To Yuan Shikai For The Abdication of Puy

    China
    Saturday Jan 20, 1912

    Zhang Jian drafted an abdication proposal that was approved by the Provisional Senate. On 20 January, Wu Tingfang of the Nanking Provisional government officially delivered the imperial edict of abdication to Yuan Shikai for the abdication of Puyi.


  • China
    Monday Jan 22, 1912
    Xinhai Revolution

    Sun Yat-sen announcement about His Resignation's Condition

    China
    Monday Jan 22, 1912

    On 22 January, Sun Yat-sen announced that he would resign the presidency in favor of Yuan Shikai if the latter supported the emperor's abdication. Yuan then pressured Empress Dowager Longyu with the threat that the lives of the imperial family would not be spared if abdication did not come before the revolutionaries reached Beijing, but if they agreed to abdicate, the provisional government would honor the terms proposed by the imperial family.


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