1010 Chronicle 2

1911: The Chinese revolutionary organizations, the Literary Society and the Gongjin Association in Wuchang, Hubei Province, launched the Wuchang Uprising, which subsequently evolved into the Xinhai Revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty government. Following successful revolutionary actions across China, Sun Yat-sen returned to China to establish the Republic of China, leading to a standoff between the Nanjing government led by Sun Yat-sen and the Beijing government of Yuan Shikai of the Qing Dynasty. This lasted until Yuan Shikai forced the abdication of the Qing Emperor the following year, and the Republic of China replaced the Qing Dynasty. 1913: Panama Canal completed. 1919: The Chinese Revolutionary Party was reorganized into the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party), under the absolute leadership of Premier Sun Yat-sen. 1924: The Guangzhou military government led by Sun Yat-sen dispatched troops to suppress the Guangzhou Merchant Corps Incident. 1925: The Palace Museum officially opened on the Double Tenth National Day in Beiping, Republic of China (now Beijing, China). 1926: Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army: The National Revolutionary Army occupied Wuchang. 1928: Chiang Kai-shek was appointed Chairman of the National Government and Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission. He subsequently consolidated power over the Kuomintang, the Republic of China government, and the Republic of China Armed Forces, holding a unified party, government, and military authority until his death in 1975. 1933: Latin American countries signed the Saavedra Lamas Pact of Non-Aggression. 1934: Chiang Kai-shek began the fifth encirclement campaign against the Communists, and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army began the Long March.