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The Wuchang Uprising was an armed rebellion against the ruling Qing dynasty that took place in Wuchang (now Wuchang District of Wuhan) in the Chinese province of Hubei on 10 October 1911, beginning the Xinhai Revolution that successfully overthrew China's last imperial dynasty.
The 1911 Revolution overthrew the Qing government and four thousand years of monarchy. [1] Throughout Chinese history, old dynasties had always been replaced by new dynasties. The 1911 Revolution, however, was the first to overthrow a monarchy completely and attempt to establish a republic to spread democratic ideas throughout China.
In November 1911 the revolutionary group in the Wuchang District of Wuhan, China, led by Li Yuanhong came together with the revolutionary group in Shanghai led by Chen Qimei and Cheng Dequan (程德全) to prepare for the establishment of a new central government.
On 10 October 1911, the military Wuchang Uprising took place and was led again by Huang Xing. The uprising expanded to the Xinhai Revolution, also known as the "Chinese Revolution", to overthrow the last emperor, Puyi. [82]
October 10, 1911: Revolutionary groups organise the Wuchang Uprising in the Hubei city of Wuchang. This serves as the catalyst for the Xinhai Revolution and the establishment of the Republic of China. January 1, 1912: Sun Yat-sen announces the establishment of the Republic of China in Nanking, and is inaugurated as the provisional president of ...
Monument to remember the martyrs killed in the Railway Protection Movement in People's Park, Chengdu.. The Railway Protection Movement (simplified Chinese: 保路运动; traditional Chinese: 保路運動; pinyin: bǎo lù yùndòng), also known as the "Railway Rights Protection Movement", was a political protest movement that erupted in 1911 in late Qing China against the Qing government's ...
Photograph of the provisional government assembled in Nanjing to elect a leader after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911. The 1911 Chinese provisional presidential election was the election held on 29 December 1911 during the Xinhai Revolution for the First Provisional President and Vice President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China.
The museum is located in the Wuchang District, Wuhan City, with a total construction area of 22,142 square meters. [8] The construction of the Xinhai Revolution Museum started in August 2009 and was completed in September 2011, and has been open to the public for free since October 15, 2011. [9]