1939 in China

Events in the year 1939 in China.

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Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1939 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• President: Lin Sen
• Premier: H.H. Kung (until December 11), Chiang Kai-shek (from December 11)
• Vice Premier: Chang Ch'ün (until December 11), Kung Hsiang-hsi (from December 11)
• Foreign Minister: Wang Ch'ung-hui

Events

January

• January — The British Hong Kong Government had announced that it will ban the export of weapons and ammunition to the Republic of China via the land boundary of Hong Kong.^[1]

February

• February — Hainan Island Operation
• February 21 — Shenzhen and Lo Wu were bombed by Japanese army, 30 people were killed or injured, Japanese government paid 20,000 HK$ to the British Hong Kong government.^[2]
• February — The Hong Kong Government negotiated with the Japanese army, resume shipping between Hong Kong and Guangzhou.^[1]

March

• March 17-May 9 — Battle of Nanchang
• March — Battle of Xiushui River

April

• April 20-May 24 — Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang

June

• June — Swatow Operation
• June 14-August 20 — Tientsin Incident

September

• September 13-October 8 — Battle of Changsha (1939)

December

This month, Chongqing National Government required the assembly of four commercial transport aircraft provided by US companies in Hong Kong, which was rejected by the British Hong Kong Government.^[1]

Births

February

• February 19 — Erin Pizzey, author and founder of the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world^[3]
• February 28 — Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist
• Bao Xuding, 15th Mayor of Chongqing

March

• March 10 — Li Shuangjiang, military singer
• March 15 — Xiong Guangkai, general in the People's Liberation Army
• March 29 — Qian Shugen, general in the People's Liberation Army

July

• July 13 — Sha Yexin, playwright and short story writer (d. 2018)
• July 16 — Zhang Lichang, 12th Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 2008)
• July 30 — Zeng Qinghong, 7th Vice President of China

August

• August 16 — Yu Chenghui, actor, action director and martial artist (d. 2015)
• Zhang Delin, 16th Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

September

• September 10 — Kong Hon, Hong Kong actor and director (d. 2017)

November

• November 10 — Zhu Nenghong, astronomical optical telescope specialist (d. 2024)
• November 16 — Ivy Ling Po, Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer
• Doje Cering, politician of Tibetan ethnicity

December

• December 17 — Richard Ng, Hong Kong actor (d. 2023)
• December 31 — Li Deren, scientist

Deaths

• January 17 — Qian Xuantong, linguist and writer (b. 1887)
• February 21 — Yu Xiusong, an early member of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1899)
• May 18 — Tang Juwu, officer and general of one of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies (b. 1898)
• June 5 — Xu Shichang, politician (b. 1855)
• June 12 — Chen Jintao, founder of the Bank of China (b. 1871)
• October 23 — Liao Lei, nationalist general from Guangxi (b. 1890)
• November 4 — Ma Xiangbo, former Jesuit priest, scholar and educator (b. 1840)
• November 12 — Norman Bethune, Canadian thoracic surgeon (b. 1890)
• December 4 — Wu Peifu, warlord and major figure of the Warlord era (b. 1874)

See also

• List of Chinese films of the 1930s