Massacre

March 18 Massacre

18 Mar 1926 · 39.93° N, 116.42° E

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When
18 Mar 1926
Kind
Massacre
Deaths
47
Coordinates
39.93° N, 116.42° E
Description
massacre by the Peiyang Government in 1926

March 18 Massacre

1926 nationalist demonstration against the Beiyang Government

The March 18 Massacre (三·一八惨案) was a massacre that took place on 18 March 1926, amid an anti-warlord and anti-imperialist demonstration in Beijing, China. The date, March 18, was referred to by Chinese writer Lu Xun as the "darkest day since the founding of the Republic".

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