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Yuan Shikai

1859 - 1916

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Yuan Shikai (simplified Chinese: 袁世凯; traditional Chinese: 袁世凱; pinyin: Yuán Shìkǎi; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese general and statesman who served as the second provisional president of the Republic of China and head of the Beiyang government from 1912 to 1916. A major political figure during the late Qing dynasty, he spearheaded a number of major modernisation programs and reforms and played a decisive role in securing the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor in 1912, which marked the collapse of the Qing monarchy and the end of imperial rule in China. Born to an affluent family in Henan, Yuan began his career in the Huai Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuan Shikai has received more than 2,231,053 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Yuan Shikai is the 688th most popular politician (down from 655th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from China and the 25th most popular Chinese Politician.

Yuan Shikai was most famous for his role in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yuan Shikai ranks 688 out of 15,577Before him are Augustus III of Poland, Nebuchadnezzar I, Gwangjong of Goryeo, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Louis the Stammerer, and Albert I of Belgium. After him are Enver Pasha, Edvard Beneš, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Enrico Dandolo, Childeric III, and Henry I of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Yuan Shikai ranks 13Before him are Knut Hamsun, L. L. Zamenhof, Svante Arrhenius, Georges Seurat, Alfred Dreyfus, and Billy the Kid. After him are Sholem Aleichem, Jean Jaurès, Alexandre Millerand, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Verner von Heidenstam, and Hugo Junkers. Among people deceased in 1916, Yuan Shikai ranks 6Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Grigori Rasputin, Jack London, Ernst Mach, and Henryk Sienkiewicz. After him are Umberto Boccioni, Élie Metchnikoff, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, and William Ramsay.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yuan Shikai ranks 47 out of 1,392Before him are Yongzheng Emperor (1678), Nurhaci (1559), Mozi (-470), Charles K. Kao (1933), Hong Taiji (1592), and Lu Xun (1881). After him are Zhu Xi (1130), Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029), Shunzhi Emperor (1638), Sun Quan (182), Liu Shaoqi (1898), and Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566).

Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Yuan Shikai ranks 25Before him are Zhou Enlai (1898), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), Emperor Taizong of Tang (598), Yongzheng Emperor (1678), Nurhaci (1559), and Hong Taiji (1592). After him are Shunzhi Emperor (1638), Sun Quan (182), Liu Shaoqi (1898), Emperor Gaozu of Tang (566), Cao Pi (187), and Sima Yi (179).