ON 15 MAY IN ASIAN HISTORY
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Updated on May 15, 2016
221: Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han kingdom, the successor of the Han dynasty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Bei#Establishing_the_Shu_regime
https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/three_kingdoms/liubei.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shu_Han
1036: Death of Go-Ichijo, 68th emperor of Japan (1016-1036), born on 12 October 1008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Ichij%C5%8D
1397: Birth of Sejong the Great, Korean (Joseon Dynasty) king, who died on April 8, 1450
http://asiasociety.org/countries/traditions/king-sejong-great
1585: Death of Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord, born on 16 October 1535
http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/niwa-nagahide/
1817: Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority (modern Indonesia), under Thomas Matulesia (aka Kapitan Pattimura)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattimura
https://books.google.fr/books?id=UbZiAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=1817+Ambonese+uprising+against+Dutch+authority&source=bl&ots=YmGull14-E&sig=XXOfPXrgnpH9tT4Wlj0MMmjfCMY&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjphJCBqdrMAhWDshQKHUGNDFwQ6AEITjAI#v=onepage&q=1817%20Ambonese%20uprising%20against%20Dutch%20authority&f=false
1817: Birth of Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer, who died on December 19, 1905
http://www.oshonews.com/2013/04/rabindranath-tagore-poet-and-mystic/
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/debendranath-tagore-5816.php
http://www.thebrahmosamaj.net/founders/debendranath.html
1851: Mongkut, born on 18 October 1804, king of Siam since 1st April is crowned as Rama IV. He died on 1st October 1868
http://tudtu.tripod.com/rama4.html
1868: A last uprise of the shogunate forces take place at the site of today’s Ueno park in Tokyo. Two thousand adherents of the old Tokugawa order were devastatingly crushed by imperial troops under the leadership of Saigo Takamori, the head of the Satsuma forces, in the bloody battle of Ueno
http://wiki.samurai-archives.com/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ueno
1893 : Birth of Jose Nepomuceno, father of the Philippine cinema who died on December 1, 1959
http://pelikulaatbp.blogspot.fr/2008/09/jose-nepomuceno-father-of-rp-movies.html
https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/1129/today-in-philippine-history-may-15-1893-jose-nepomuceno-was-born-in-manila http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1046277/
http://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:200615/FULLTEXT01.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVkLlnvUW84
1904: During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan’s battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Hatsuse
1907: Birth of Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighters, who died on 23 March 1931
http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/history/sukhdev.html
1911: Three hundred three Chinese and five Japanese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution take the city of Torreón
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre%C3%B3n_massacre
http://www.fireinews.com/news-10012232.html
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15225039
1922: Birth of Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese writer and Buddhist nun
http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/909-jakucho-setouchi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy02WyAn1p8
1923: Birth of Johnny Walker, Indian actor who died on 29 July 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Walker_(actor)
1932: In what is called the May 15 Incident, in an attempted coup d’état, the Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed by eleven young navy officers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_15_incident
http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/17.html
1938: Death of Cao Kun, Chinese military leader of the Zhili clique in the Beiyang Army, born on December 12, 1862
http://history.cultural-china.com/en/47History7324.html
1942: Birth of Yusuf Kalla, vice-president of Indonesia and chairman of Golkar Party (2004-2009)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jusuf_Kalla
1946: Birth of Nguyen Van Ly, Vietnamese dissident priest
http://www.freedom-now.org/campaign/father-thadeus-nguyen-van-ly/
1962: Responding to communist attacks in Laos, American President Kennedy orders an immediate build up of US troops in Thailand
1966: Death of Titien Sumarni, Indonesian actress, born on December 28, 1932
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titien_Sumarni
1966: After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam’s ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Ton That Dinh, forcing him to abandon his command
http://www.vietnamwar.net/Ky.htm
http://nguyentin.tripod.com/ttdinh-2.htm
1967: In China, during the Cultural Revolution, the Foreign ministry is occupied by leftists who started to attack Prime Minister Zhou Enlai
1967: Birth of Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhuri_Dixit
http://madhuridixit-nene.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0RkPxC1XHg
1972: The island of Okinawa and Senkaku (claimed by China under the name of Diaoyutai), under US military governance since 1945, are reverted to Japanese control
1982: Birth of Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Fujiwara_Tatsuya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEKVAzKiIvw
1987: Birth of Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress and singer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennylyn_Mercado
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tAHshDqNuo
1988: After more than eight years of fighting in Afghanistan, the Soviet army begins its withdrawal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-begin-withdrawal-from-afghanistan
1989: Visit of Soviet Union leader Gorbatchev to China, first of a Soviet head of state since 1959. Full normalization of the relations between the two countries
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/16/world/gorbachev-meets-deng-in-beijing-protest-goes-on.html
1991: Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Prasad_Bhattarai
1991: Jiang Zemin starts the first visit of a Chinese leader to the Soviet Union since the reconciliation between the two countries
http://articles.latimes.com/1991-05-18/news/mn-1671_1_soviet-official
1996: In India, the BJP arrives first in the legislative elections with 160 seats. A. B. Vajpayee is charged to form a government (he will give up on May 28)
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/elections-1996-bjp-will-add-substantially-to-its-1991-lok-sabha-tally-opinion-poll-shows/1/281179.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_general_election,_1996
1997: The United States government acknowledges the existence of the « Secret War » in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other « Secret War » veterans
1998: In Indonesia, around 470 are killed in arsons on malls set by demonstrators. The strong Fosgoro faction in the Golkar asks President Suharto to resign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1998_riots_of_Indonesia
1999 : Edmund Ho Hau Wah is elected by the Selection Committee for the Chief Executive for the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR). He will be formally sworn in at the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region on 20 December
http://wong_a.tripod.com/1exe.htm
2011: Pakistan’s parliament demand an end to US drone strikes on its territory, as well as an independent probe into the May 2 raid by US forces that killed Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, in Abbottabad
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/05/201151461340733845.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/world/asia/14pakistan.html?_r=1&ref=asia
2013: Taiwan has recalled its envoy to the Philippines and announced it has frozen the hiring of Philippine workers to protest against the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman, rejecting an apology over the incident as inadequate.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/05/201351544057410475.ht
2014: At least five Vietnamese people and 16 others described as Chinese have been killed in the latest incident of rioting as tension between Beijing and Vietnam escalates over the disputed territory in the South China Sea
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/05/dozens-killed-vietnam-anti-china-protests-201451524632499784.html
http://www.euronews.com/2014/05/15/vietnam-mobs-set-fire-to-foreign-factories-in-anti-china-protest/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/15/chinese-nationals-vietnam-riots-cambodia
2014: Death of Norifumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter, born on November 26, 1933
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Norifumi_Suzuki#
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0840651/
2014: Three people are killed and more than 20 others injured in an attack on an anti-government protest camp in the Thai capital
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27419558
http://www.euronews.com/2014/05/15/thailand-interim-pm-flees-meeting-at-least-3-killed-in-bangkok-protests/
2015: Pich Tum Kravel, Cambodian Actor, Arts Patron, Dies at 71
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pich-tum-kravel-actor-and-arts-patron-dies-at-71-83811/