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These are the selected anniversaries for June that appear on the China portal. The "edit" links edit the portal subpages that are displayed as sections here.
June 1
- Events
- 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
- 2003 – China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.
- Deaths
- 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
- 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)
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June 2
- Deaths
- 2007 – Huang Ju, Chinese politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (b. 1930)
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June 3
- Events
- 1839 – In Humen, China, Lin Tse-hsü destroys 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War.
- 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
- 2013 – At least 120 people are killed in a fire at a poultry plant in Northeast China.
- Births
- 1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (d. 2001)
- Deaths
- 628 – Liang Shidu, Chinese rebel leader
- 1928 – Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
- 2009 – Shih Kien, Chinese actor (b. 1913)
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June 4
- Events
- 1928 – The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- 1989 – The People's Liberation Army violently cracked down on the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing, leaving at least 241 dead and 7,000 wounded, and causing widespread international condemnation of the Chinese government.
- Births
- Deaths
- 1928 – Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
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June 5
- Births
- 1640 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (d. 1715)
- Deaths
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June 6
- Births
- 1236 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (d. 1283)
- Deaths
- 1916 – Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
- 2012 – Li Wangyang, Chinese activist (b. 1950)
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June 7
- Deaths
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June 8
- Births
- 862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang (d. 888)
- Deaths
- 1505 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (b. 1470)
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June 9
- Events
- 1885 – Treaty of Tientsin is signed to end the Sino-French War, with Qing China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
- Births
- 1922 – John Gillespie Magee Jr., Chinese-American pilot and poet (d. 1941)
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June 10
- Events
- 1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
- Births
- 1904 – Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (d. 1955)
- 1927 – Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2013)
- Deaths
- 223 – Liu Bei, Chinese emperor (b. 161)
- 1992 – Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (b. 1916)
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June 11
- Events
- 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
- 1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of Imperial Examination in 1905.
- 1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
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June 12
- Births
- 1107 – Emperor Gaozong of Song (d. 1187)
- Deaths
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June 13
- Births
- 1905 – Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
- 1916 – Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Li Ka-shing, Chinese businessman
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June 14
- Events
- 1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
- 1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
- Births
- Deaths
- 2007 – Ruth Graham, Chinese-American author, poet, and painter (b. 1920)
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June 15
- Events
- 1410 – In a decisive battle at Onon River, the Mongol forces of Oljei Temur were decimated by the Chinese armies of the Yongle Emperor.
- 2001 – Leaders of the People's Republic of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- Births
- 1918 – Zhang Ruifang, Chinese actress (d. 2012)
- 1953 – Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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June 16
- Events
- 2012 – China successfully launches its Shenzhou 9 spacecraft, carrying three astronauts – including the first female Chinese astronaut, Liu Yang – to the Tiangong-1 orbital module.
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June 17
- Events
- 1900 – Boxer Rebellion: Allied Western and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
- 1967 – China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
- Deaths
- 2012 – Chen Din Hwa, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
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June 18
- Events
- 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
- 1900 – Empress Dowager Longyu of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
- Births
- 1904 – Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (d. 1991)
- 1978 – Wang Liqin, Chinese table tennis player
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June 19
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June 20
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June 21
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June 22
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June 23
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June 24
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June 25
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June 26
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June 27
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June 28
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June 29
- 1923 - Birth of Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer.
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June 30
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