The Wuchang Uprising Begins: 10 October 1911
The Wuchang Uprising began on 10 October 1911, igniting the Xinhai Revolution and the collapse of China’s Qing dynasty.
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The Wuchang Uprising began on 10 October 1911, igniting the Xinhai Revolution and the collapse of China’s Qing dynasty.
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On 10 October 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and other activists founded the WSPU in Manchester under the motto Deeds, not words.
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The Great Hurricane began affecting Barbados on 9 October 1780 before devastating the eastern Caribbean and becoming the deadliest Atlantic…
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On 4 October 1966, Basutoland became the independent Kingdom of Lesotho. Constitutional debates and dependence on apartheid South Africa complicated…
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Hendrik Verwoerd, a principal architect of apartheid, was killed in South Africa's House of Assembly on September 6, 1966. His death did not end…
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The Victoria reached Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 6, 1522, completing the first recorded circumnavigation by a ship. Juan Sebastián Elcano led the survivors…
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On September 4, 1781, a group of settlers established a pueblo beside the Los Angeles River. The founding took place on Indigenous land and…
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President William McKinley was shot during a public reception at the Temple of Music on September 6, 1901. He died eight days later, and…
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On September 4, 1957, Arkansas National Guard troops blocked Black students from Little Rock Central High School. The confrontation exposed the gap between a…
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On September 22, 1960, the Soudanese Republic's assembly proclaimed the Republic of Mali after the brief Mali Federation broke apart.
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On September 22, 1862, Lincoln announced that enslaved people in states still in rebellion would be declared free on January 1. The preliminary order…
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On September 26, 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon met in the first nationally televised U.S. presidential debate, changing the staging of democratic…
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Pope Paul III approved the Society of Jesus on September 27, 1540. The small company led by Ignatius of Loyola became a global religious…
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On September 27, 1821, the Army of the Three Guarantees entered Mexico City, marking the effective end of Mexico’s war for independence.
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