1919

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1919 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:

• Traditional Calendar: jǐwèi 己未, starting on February 1
• Traditional Buddhist Year: 2463
• Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1980
• Mínguó 民國 8
• Taishō 大正 8

Buddhist Events

• April 17: Timothy Richard 李提摩太 dies in London
• The Chinese Buddhist Association 中華佛教會 is shut down by the Běijīng 北京 Police
• Dharmadhatu Seminary 法界學院 opens
• The Tiānjīn Scriptural Press 天津刻經處 is founded by Xú Wèirú 徐蔚如 and others
• At the end of the year, the headquarters of the Awakening Society 覺社 are moved from Shànghǎi 上海 to the Jìngfàn yuàn 淨梵院 on the West Lake in Hángzhōu 杭州

Political Events

• May 4: Student demonstrations of the "May Fourth Movement" in Běijīng 北京
• October 10: Sūn Zhōngshān 孫中山 establishes the Chinese Republican Party in Shànghǎi 上海