Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997)

Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 1978 to 1989. Emerging as China's most influential figure after Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng consolidated political power and guided the country into an era of reform and opening up that transitioned the nation toward a socialist market economy. Credited as the "Architect of Modern China", he is recognized for shaping both socialism with Chinese characteristics and Deng Xiaoping Theory.

Born

1904

August 22

Died

1997

Era

1900s

Country

—

About

Deng, in brief

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

1904 Born
1997 Died

Also on August 22

What else happened on this day, through history

392 Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
851 Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of West Francia.
1138 Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1153 Crusader–Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.

See all of August 22 →

The world in 1904

When Deng arrived

april 4 Two Ms  ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
april 8 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
august 10 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
august 23 The automobile tire chain is patented.

Read the year 1904 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 22

Adam Thielen 1990– American football player Bill Parcells 1941– American football player and coach Bill Woodfull 1897–1965 Australian cricketer and educator (born 1897) Charles Percier 1764–1838 French architect and interior designer (died 1838) Elisabeth Murdoch 1968–2012 Australian businesswoman Henry Bachtold 1891–1983 Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983) James Newland 1881–1949 Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949) Rodrigo Santoro 1975– Brazilian actor Sean Rash 1982– American bowler

See everything on August 22 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1904

Alejo Carpentier 1904–1980 Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904) Bozorg Alavi 1904– Iranian author and activist (died 1997) Cecil Beaton 1904–1980 English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980) Charles R. Drew 1904–1950 American physician and surgeon (born 1904) Clifford Roach 1904– Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (died 1988) Clyfford Still 1904–1980 American painter and academic (born 1904) Coleman Hawkins 1904–1969 American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901) George Klein 1904–1992 Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (died 1992) Gerhard Herzberg 1904–1999 German-Canadian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)

Read about the year 1904 →

Keep going

More to explore

Deng's birthday August 22 Deng's zodiac Leo When Deng arrived 1904