- No events recorded for this year
- 1931The Korean Patriotic Organization (KPO) is founded.
- 19315월 16일 신간회 해소, 조선어 학회 창립, 한인 애국단 수립
- 1932Hongkou Park Incident
- 1932January. The Sakuradamon incident occurs, in which KPO member Lee Bong-chang fails in his attempt to assassinate Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo.
- 1932이봉창·윤봉길 의거
- 19353 November. Runner Sohn Kee-chung becomes the first Korean to win an Olympic gold medal, and sets a world record time. However, Sohn begrudgingly competed as an athlete of the Empire of Japan. The Dong-A Ilbo removes the Japanese flag from his uniform in an image, which leads to retaliation from the colonial government.
- 1935민족 혁명당 창당
| - Defense of the Great Wall
- Battle of Rehe
- Battle of Kashgar (1933)
- 1933 Diexi earthquake
- Kizil massacre
- Battle of Ürümqi
- 长城抗战。巴金在成都著《家》、《春》、《秋》三部曲。中央將北平故宮博物院重要古物南遷。國聯十九國委員會反對承認滿洲國，日本抨擊國聯。福州發生閩變事件，成立「中華共和國」（1933-1934）。四川茂县叠溪镇发生了7.5级大地震，近10,000人死亡。ZH
- 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
- 1932January 28 incident
- 1932February — The independent state of Manchukuo was established on the territory of Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
- 1932February — Defense of Harbin: Japanese bombs and artillery forced the Jilin Self-Defence Army to retreat from Harbin.
- 1932January — Lin Sen became chairman of the Nationalist government.
- 19321932 Changma earthquake
- 1932March — Pacification of Manchukuo: The Big Swords Society rebelled en masse against the government of Manchukuo.
- 1932一二八事變日本攻占上海。3月1日《建国宣言》宣布滿洲國成立，溥仪成为满洲国皇帝。5月5日淞沪停战协定签订。
- 1934Long March
- 1934Battle of Kashgar (1934)
- 1934February — Chiang and his wife Soong Mei-ling established the quasi-fascist New Life Movement.
- 1934推行新生活運動。中国工农紅軍放弃瑞金及井冈山根据地，長征開始。沈從文著《邊城》。考古學家黃文弼著《高昌陶集》
- 1935December 9th Movement
- 1935February — First Encirclement Campaign against Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet: Red Army forces forced the retreat of a KMT army attempting to encircle the soviet of Hubei, Henan and Shaanxi.
- 1935中共举行遵義會議（毛澤東逐渐进入中共核心）。夏鼐等發掘殷墟。《为抗日救国告全体同胞书》发表。一二·九运动。
| - No events recorded for this year
- 1931서사이타마 지진
- 1931September — Japan invaded Manchuria in the aftermath of Mukden incident in Northeastern China.
- 1932소련-일본 국경 분쟁
- 1932League of Blood Incident
- 1932May — Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated during the Japanese coup d'état.
- 1932January to 3 March — Shanghai incident begins and lasts only two months.
- 1932March — Manchukuo, a puppet state of Japan, is established.
- 1934Teijin Incident
- 1935天皇機関説問題、相沢事件。
| - President Roosevelt establishes the New Deal, a response to the Great Depression, and focusing on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform
- United States government recognizes the Soviet Union
- Agricultural Adjustment Act
- Kansas City massacre
- 1933 Long Beach earthquake
- Frances Perkins appointed United States Secretary of Labor
- San Francisco Ballet founded
- Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak killed during a failed assassination attempt on President-elect Roosevelt by Giuseppe Zangara; the intended target was not wounded.
- Over 12 million or 25% of Americans were unemployed
- Emergency Banking Act
- March 4, 1933 – Roosevelt becomes the 32nd president. He is the last president to be inaugurated on March 4. It also began his "Hundred Days". Garner becomes the 32nd vice president. He is the last vice president to be inaugurated on March 4.
- 20th Amendment, establishing the beginning and ending of the terms of the elected federal offices.
- 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition
- 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
- 1932U.S. presidential election, 1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt elected president, John N. Garner elected vice president
- 1932Bonus Army marches on DC; repressed by President Hoover
- 1932Stimson Doctrine opposes Japanese expansion into Manchuria
- 1932Baby son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped and found dead
- 1932Reconstruction Finance Corporation finances relief
- 1932Norris-La Guardia Act strengthens labor unions
- 1934Dust Bowl begins, causing major ecological and agricultural damage to the Great Plains states; severe drought, heat waves and other factors were contributors.
- 1934Tydings–McDuffie Act
- 1934Indian Reorganization Act
- 1934John Dillinger killed
- 1934Share the Wealth society founded by Huey Long
- 1934Federal Housing Administration
- 1934U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission established
- 1934Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
- 1934Glass–Steagall Act
- 1934The first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz
- 1934Philippine Commonwealth established
- 1934Johnson Act
- 1935Roerich Pact
- 1935Alcoholics Anonymous founded
- 1935Social Security Act
- 1935Works Progress Administration
- 1935The F.B.I. is established with J. Edgar Hoover as its first director.
- 1935Huey Long assassinated
- 1935Congress of Industrial Organizations formed
- 1935Motor Carrier Act
- 1935Middletown is published
- 1935Neutrality Act
- 1935National Labor Relations Act
- 1935Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
- 1935Revenue Act of 1935
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