1929

1929 — Korea: Chōsen Exhibition / China: Baise Uprising / United States: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

8 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945	ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949	JapanShōwa era 1926–1989	United StatesUnited States 1776–
Chōsen Exhibition Gwangju Student Independence Movement 1927신간회 결성, 근우회 결성, 조선 소년 연합회 조직, 조선 농민 총동맹 결성 1931The Korean Patriotic Organization (KPO) is founded. 19315월 16일 신간회 해소, 조선어 학회 창립, 한인 애국단 수립	Baise Uprising 梁啟超逝。蒋桂战争。中东路事件。陕西大旱，80%的县受灾，估计死亡加逃亡人数达300万。12月28日古田会议召开。ZH 1927Shanghai massacre 1927Autumn Harvest Uprising 1927Guangzhou Uprising 1927July 15 Incident 19271927 Gulang earthquake 1927Hankou Incident 1927August — Nanchang uprising: Communist forces launched an uprising against the KMT in Nanchang. 1927國共第一次合作破裂、南京國民政府成立，寧漢分裂、四一二事變、剿共、中共發動南昌起义，展开武装割据。中共湖南省委发动秋收暴动，失败后中国工农红军进行三灣改編，自此中共确立“党指挥枪”。王國維自殺，其生前著有《人間詞話》。籌設中央研究院。甘肃古浪县发生了7.6级大地震，死亡4万余人。粤桂战争。 1928동북역치 1928Jinan incident 1928Huanggutun incident 1928Chinese famine of 1928–1930 1928October — Chiang became chairman of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China. 1928湘南暴动。济南惨案。皇姑屯事件。平江起义。蒋介石就任国民政府主席。张学良宣布東北易幟。北伐完成，國民政府初步實現中國統一。 19303月2日中国左翼作家联盟在上海市成立。3月24日汪精卫担任国民政府主席。中原大戰。中国工农红军第一方面军成立。中央苏区第一次反围剿战争。 1931Mukden incident 1931July - November — 1931 China floods: Flooding began in the valleys of the Yellow, Yangtze and Huai Rivers, which would claim as many as four million lives. As of 2024, it was the deadliest natural disaster ever recorded. 1931Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1931Tientsin Incident 1931November — The Chinese Soviet Republic was established in Ruijin. 19311931 Fuyun earthquake 1931December — Chiang resigned under pressure from the KMT. Lin Sen became acting chairman of the Nationalist government. 1931中国第一辆汽车“民生牌75型”于奉天迫击炮厂下线。九一八事变，江桥抗战，東三省被日本关东军佔領。國民政府開始實行《建國大綱》的訓政時期計劃。中國共產黨在江西瑞京成立中華蘇維埃共和國（1931-1937），主張推翻中華民國國民政府和中國國民黨的統治。中国的几条主要河流如长江、珠江、黄河、淮河等都发生非常巨大的洪水，死亡人数估计到400万人。新疆富蕴县发生了8.0级地震，造成10,000人死亡。 1931Encirclement campaign against the Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet	No events recorded for this year 19271927 North Tango earthquake 1927Hankou Incident 1927December — Tokyo Metro Ginza Line between Ueno and Asakusa is built. 1927January to April — Shōwa financial crisis begins. 1928Huanggutun incident 1928to 11 May — Jinan incident. 1930London Naval Treaty 19301930 North Izu earthquake 1930October — Wushe incident, a rebellion on Taiwan, which was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Taiwan. 1931서사이타마 지진 1931September — Japan invaded Manchuria in the aftermath of Mukden incident in Northeastern China.	Saint Valentine's Day Massacre Wall Street crash of 1929 occurs, resulting in the Great Depression. St. Valentine's Day Massacre March 4, 1929 – Hoover becomes the 31st president and Curtis becomes the 31st vice president. 1927Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) was founded, and becomes the second national radio network in the U.S. 1927The Jazz Singer, the first motion picture with sound, is released 1927Charles Lindbergh makes first trans–Atlantic flight 1927Babe Ruth hits a record 60 home runs in a single season 1927Sacco and Vanzetti executed, seven years after they were convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery in Massachusetts 1927Columbine Mine massacre 1927The 15,000,000th Model T rolled off the Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company. 1927U.S. citizenship granted to inhabitants of U.S. Virgin Islands 1928Kellogg–Briand Pact 1928Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. 1928Disney's Steamboat Willie opens, the first animated picture to feature Mickey Mouse 1928First color motion pictures are demonstrated by George Eastman 19281928 U.S. presidential election: Herbert C. Hoover elected president and Charles Curtis vice president 1930London Naval Treaty 1930Castellammarese War 1930Sinclair Lewis is the first American to win Nobel Prize for Literature 1930Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto 1930The Great Depression in the United States continues to worsen, reaching a nadir in early 1933. 1930Hawley-Smoot Tariff 1930The Democrats take Congress in the Midterms. Will keep it until 1946. 1930The Motion Picture Production Code becomes set of industry censorship guidelines governing production of the vast majority of United States motion pictures released by major studios; is effective for 38 years 1930Frozen vegetables, packaged by Clarence Birdseye, become the first frozen food to go on sale 1931Japanese invasion of Manchuria 1931Empire State Building opens in New York. 1931“The Star-Spangled Banner” becomes official U.S. national anthem 1931The Whitney Museum of American Art opens to the public in New York City. 19311931 Valentine earthquake 1931Pearl Buck publishes The Good Earth making heroes of the Chinese peasants 1931Hoover vetoes Veteran Bonus

KoreaKorea under Japanese rule 1910–1945

ChinaTaiwan 1912–1949

JapanShōwa era 1926–1989

United StatesUnited States 1776–

Chōsen Exhibition
Gwangju Student Independence Movement

1927신간회 결성, 근우회 결성, 조선 소년 연합회 조직, 조선 농민 총동맹 결성
1931The Korean Patriotic Organization (KPO) is founded.
19315월 16일 신간회 해소, 조선어 학회 창립, 한인 애국단 수립

Baise Uprising
梁啟超逝。蒋桂战争。中东路事件。陕西大旱，80%的县受灾，估计死亡加逃亡人数达300万。12月28日古田会议召开。ZH

1927Shanghai massacre
1927Autumn Harvest Uprising
1927Guangzhou Uprising
1927July 15 Incident
19271927 Gulang earthquake
1927Hankou Incident
1927August — Nanchang uprising: Communist forces launched an uprising against the KMT in Nanchang.
1927國共第一次合作破裂、南京國民政府成立，寧漢分裂、四一二事變、剿共、中共發動南昌起义，展开武装割据。中共湖南省委发动秋收暴动，失败后中国工农红军进行三灣改編，自此中共确立“党指挥枪”。王國維自殺，其生前著有《人間詞話》。籌設中央研究院。甘肃古浪县发生了7.6级大地震，死亡4万余人。粤桂战争。
1928동북역치
1928Jinan incident
1928Huanggutun incident
1928Chinese famine of 1928–1930
1928October — Chiang became chairman of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China.
1928湘南暴动。济南惨案。皇姑屯事件。平江起义。蒋介石就任国民政府主席。张学良宣布東北易幟。北伐完成，國民政府初步實現中國統一。
19303月2日中国左翼作家联盟在上海市成立。3月24日汪精卫担任国民政府主席。中原大戰。中国工农红军第一方面军成立。中央苏区第一次反围剿战争。
1931Mukden incident
1931July - November — 1931 China floods: Flooding began in the valleys of the Yellow, Yangtze and Huai Rivers, which would claim as many as four million lives. As of 2024, it was the deadliest natural disaster ever recorded.
1931Japanese invasion of Manchuria
1931Tientsin Incident
1931November — The Chinese Soviet Republic was established in Ruijin.
19311931 Fuyun earthquake
1931December — Chiang resigned under pressure from the KMT. Lin Sen became acting chairman of the Nationalist government.
1931中国第一辆汽车“民生牌75型”于奉天迫击炮厂下线。九一八事变，江桥抗战，東三省被日本关东军佔領。國民政府開始實行《建國大綱》的訓政時期計劃。中國共產黨在江西瑞京成立中華蘇維埃共和國（1931-1937），主張推翻中華民國國民政府和中國國民黨的統治。中国的几条主要河流如长江、珠江、黄河、淮河等都发生非常巨大的洪水，死亡人数估计到400万人。新疆富蕴县发生了8.0级地震，造成10,000人死亡。
1931Encirclement campaign against the Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet

No events recorded for this year

19271927 North Tango earthquake
1927Hankou Incident
1927December — Tokyo Metro Ginza Line between Ueno and Asakusa is built.
1927January to April — Shōwa financial crisis begins.
1928Huanggutun incident
1928to 11 May — Jinan incident.
1930London Naval Treaty
19301930 North Izu earthquake
1930October — Wushe incident, a rebellion on Taiwan, which was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Taiwan.
1931서사이타마 지진
1931September — Japan invaded Manchuria in the aftermath of Mukden incident in Northeastern China.

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Wall Street crash of 1929 occurs, resulting in the Great Depression.
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
March 4, 1929 – Hoover becomes the 31st president and Curtis becomes the 31st vice president.

1927Columbia Broadcasting System (later called CBS) was founded, and becomes the second national radio network in the U.S.
1927The Jazz Singer, the first motion picture with sound, is released
1927Charles Lindbergh makes first trans–Atlantic flight
1927Babe Ruth hits a record 60 home runs in a single season
1927Sacco and Vanzetti executed, seven years after they were convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery in Massachusetts
1927Columbine Mine massacre
1927The 15,000,000th Model T rolled off the Assembly Line at Ford Motor Company.
1927U.S. citizenship granted to inhabitants of U.S. Virgin Islands
1928Kellogg–Briand Pact
1928Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
1928Disney's Steamboat Willie opens, the first animated picture to feature Mickey Mouse
1928First color motion pictures are demonstrated by George Eastman
19281928 U.S. presidential election: Herbert C. Hoover elected president and Charles Curtis vice president
1930London Naval Treaty
1930Castellammarese War
1930Sinclair Lewis is the first American to win Nobel Prize for Literature
1930Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
1930The Great Depression in the United States continues to worsen, reaching a nadir in early 1933.
1930Hawley-Smoot Tariff
1930The Democrats take Congress in the Midterms. Will keep it until 1946.
1930The Motion Picture Production Code becomes set of industry censorship guidelines governing production of the vast majority of United States motion pictures released by major studios; is effective for 38 years
1930Frozen vegetables, packaged by Clarence Birdseye, become the first frozen food to go on sale
1931Japanese invasion of Manchuria
1931Empire State Building opens in New York.
1931“The Star-Spangled Banner” becomes official U.S. national anthem
1931The Whitney Museum of American Art opens to the public in New York City.
19311931 Valentine earthquake
1931Pearl Buck publishes The Good Earth making heroes of the Chinese peasants
1931Hoover vetoes Veteran Bonus