What the records say
- When
- 15 Apr 1989 – 4 Jun 1989
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 400
- Coordinates
- 39.90° N, 116.39° E
- Description
- Chinese pro-democracy movement and subsequent massacre
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Student-led demonstrations in China
Protests led by students and workers, known in China as the June Fourth Incident, were held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a peaceful resolution, the Chinese government initiated martial law in late May and deployed troops to occupy the square on the night of 3 June in what is referr…
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hu Yaobang, the former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, dies”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Çin Komünist Partisi'nin eski Genel Sekreteri Hu Yaobang ölümüne yönelik kamuoyu tepkisi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “die kommunistische Staatsführung der VR China (geführt von Deng Xiaoping) lässt monatelange Studentenproteste in Peking blutig beenden (Massaker auf dem Platz…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Chine : la mort de Hu Yaobang, ancien Secrétaire général du Parti communiste chinois incite les étudiants à se réunir sur la place Tian’anmen à Pékin”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в Пекине на площади Тяньаньмэнь собралось около 100 тысяч студентов в связи с кончиной лидера китайских реформ Ху Яобана”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Pekín (China) suceden las Protestas de la Plaza de Tian'anmen de 1989”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “وفاة الأمين العام السابق للحزب الشيوعي الصيني هو ياوبانغ، تؤدي بعد أسبوع إلى اندلاع مظاهرات ساحة تيانانمن في ، للمطالبة بالإصلاحات”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “六四天安门事件:前中共中央总书记胡耀邦在北京病逝,享年74岁。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “北京で天安門事件が起きる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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