Chen Duxiu - Chronology

Chronology

• October 9, 1879: Birth in Anqing, Anhui.
• 1879 to 1901: Early life and education in China.
• 1901 to 1908: Study in Japan, organising Republican revolutionary groups.
• 1908 to 1911: Working as a teacher.
• 1911 to 1915: Participation in the Xinhai Revolution, the post-revolution Republican government, the anti-Yuan Shikai revolution.
• 1915 to 1920: Leading figure in the May Fourth Movement.
• 1920 to 1927: Founding and leading the Communist Party of China
• 1927 to 1932: Leading Communist forces participating in the Northern Expedition, conflict with Chiang Kai-shek leading to the April 12 Incident and massacre of Communists, conflict with Comintern leading to expulsion from Communist Party. Becomes leader of Trotskyists in China.
• 1932 to 1937: Arrest by Kuomintang authorities and imprisonment.
• 1937 to 1942: Retires from public life.
• May 27, 1942: Death due to heart attack.