Events in the year 1927 in China.

Incumbents President of the Republic of China: V. K. Wellington Koo(署理) ( 1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927 ) Premier of the Republic of China: V. K. Wellington Koo ( 1 October 1926 – 16 June 1927 ) Pan Fu ( 18 June 1927 – 2 June 1928 )

Events

March 21–27 March – Nanking Incident

April 3 April – Hankou Incident 12 April – Shanghai massacre 15 April – Whampoa Military Academy purge

May 22 May – 1927 Gulang earthquake

July 15 July – Wuhan coup

August 1 August – Nanchang uprising 28–31 August – The Far Eastern Championship Games take place in Shanghai.

September 30 September – Start of Battle of Shantou

October 1 October – End of Battle of Shantou

December 1 December – Marriage of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling in Shanghai.

Births 5 March – Wang You-theng, Taiwanese entrepreneur (d. 2016) 18 March – Chang Jen-hu, Taiwanese geographer (d. 2019) 28 March – Chin Kung, Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar (d. 2022) 19 August – Hsing Yun, Chinese Buddhist monk and teacher (d. 2023) 22 August – Ye Zhengda, Chinese politician and engineer (d. 2017) 19 December – Gao Yaojie, Chinese gynaecologist (d. 2023) 26 December – Lin Hu, Chinese general (d. 2018)

Date unknown Fan Wanzhang, Chinese fying ace (d. 1952)

Deaths 31 March – Kang Youwei 28 April – Li Dazhao 23 May – Tang Jiyao 2 June – Wang Guowei 19 July – Zhao Shiyan 11 November – Wang Hebo 12 December – Zhang Tailei

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