Sun Yat-sen forced into exile & succeeded by Yuan Shikai

Category
Government
Place
China
Date
1912
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"Yuan Shikai (1859-1916): The last commander of the Manchu imperial army. Yuan transferred his loyalty to Sun Yat-sen after the revolution of 1911, only to seize power from Sun a few months later. Yuan died after an unsuccessful attempt to restore the dynastic system." [Fall and Rise of China Guidebook, p. 211]

This event is linked to the following periods

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Begin
End
Category
Republic of China
1912
1949
Chinese