What the records say
- When
- 28 Sep 1887
- Kind
- Flood
- Coordinates
- 37.76° N, 119.16° E
- Description
- The 1887 Yellow River flood begins in China, killing 900,000 to 2,000,000 people.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1887 Yellow River flood.
Summary
The 1887 Yellow River flood begins in China, killing 900,000 to 2,000,000 people
6 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Eine Flutkatastrophe am Gelben Fluss in China kostet 900.000 Menschen das Leben”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début des inondations de 1887 en Chine causées par une crue du fleuve Jaune”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “наводнение, вызванное разливом Жёлтой реки (Хуанхэ); сотни тысяч погибших”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “中国河南郑州下汛十堡(今惠济区花园口镇石桥村)发生黄河决口,致使200多万(一说93万;一说最保守估计150万;一说700万)人罹难。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “黄河流域で洪水被害、死者90万人以上”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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- Convention of Tientsin18 Apr 1885 · Treaty
- Treaty of Tientsin9 Jun 1885 · Treaty
- Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking1 Dec 1887 · Treaty
- Sino-French15 Jun 1884 · Interstate war · Deaths 12,100
- Port Arthur massacreNov 1894 · Massacre · Deaths 2,600
- Battle of Lushunkou21 Nov 1894 · Battle
- Battle of the Yalu River17 Sep 1894 · Battle