Historical Figure
Sun Yat-sen
1866–1925
Chinese revolutionary and statesman (1866–1925)
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Key Dates
Death
1925 March 12, 1925 →Biography
Sun Yat-sen, a.k.a. Sun Zhongshan, Sun Wen, was a Chinese physician, revolutionary, statesman, and political philosopher who founded the Republic of China (ROC) and its first political party, the Kuomintang (KMT). As the paramount leader of the 1911 Revolution, Sun is credited with overthrowing the Qing dynasty and served as the first president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1912) and as the inaugural premier of the Kuomintang.
Timeline
Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)
November 12 →Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)
November 12 →Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others establish the Tongmenghui, a Republican, anti-Qing revolutionary organisation, in Tokyo, Japan.
August 20 →Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
December 29 →More from the Interwar & WWII
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