1916 in China
Events in the year 1916 in China.
Incumbents
- President: Yuan Shikai, Li Yuanhong
- Vice President: Feng Guozhang
- Premier: Lu Zhengxiang, Xu Shichang, Duan Qirui
Events
- National Protection War
- 22 March – Disestablishment of the Empire of China (1915–16)
- 21 September – Establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of Eastern Honan
- 30 October – Vice-presidential election
Births
January
- January 9 — Wang Dongxing, military commander and politician
- January 21 — Xiao Hua, general
February
- February 26 — Fang Yi, communist revolutionary, diplomat, and high-ranking politician
March
- March 10 — Xu Jiatun, politician and dissident
April
- April 6 — Zhuo Lin, third and last wife of Deng Xiaoping
- April 15 — Ren Jiyu, philosopher
May
- May 1 — Rong Yiren, 5th Vice President of China
- May 4 — Li Desheng, general
June
- June 6 — Ruan Posheng, politician
July
- July 16 — Sudono Salim, Indonesian banker and businessman
October
- October 1 — Liu Huaqing, revolutionary and an admiral of the People's Liberation Army Navy
- October 6
- *Chiang Wei-kuo, Nationalist army general and adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek
- *Xie Xuegong, politician
December
- December 1 — Wan Li, 5th Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
- December 5 — Lin Hujia, politician
Date unknown
- Wan Xiaotang, politician
- Chen Weida, politician and educator
Deaths
- March 15 — Wei Guangtao, Qing dynasty politician
- April 27 — Sheng Xuanhuai, tycoon, politician and educator
- May 18 — Chen Qimei, revolutionary activist and key figure of the Green Gang
- June 6 — Yuan Shikai, general and statesman
- October 31 — Huang Xing, revolutionary leader and politician
- November 8 — Cai E, revolutionary leader and general