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November 2, 1861 – Xin You's coup d'état, a palace coup d'état initiated by Empress Dowager Cixi in 1861 after the death of Emperor Xianfeng after his illness and death. Defeated the eight forces of the Great Chancellor. As chancellor of the Government of Zanxiang (also known as the Minister of Gu Ming), Crown Prince Zaichun was made emperor and the chief regent of the dynasty, named after the Year of the Xia Dynasty. It was also called "QiXiang Coup" because of the change of its QiXiang era name, also known as the "Beijing Coup".
November 2, 1936 - Duan Qirui, Prime Minister of the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China, dies. Duan Qirui, the character Zhiquan, once used the name Qirui, in his later years known as "Righteous Path Resident", born in Hefei, Anhui, also known as "Duan Hefei". A famous politician during the Republic of China period, known as the "Tiger of beiyang", the leader of the Anhui warlords, and the main target of Sun Yat-sen's "patriotic movement".
November 2, 1937 – Yau Zhiji, a general of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China, dies. Qiu Zhiji, a native of Jieyang, Guangdong, graduated from the third phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. In 1936, he was promoted to colonel and deputy commander of the Fifth Regiment of the Taxation Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance, stationed in the eastern section of Longhai Road, and later stationed in Qingdao. On October 28, 1937, he was ordered to block the Japanese at Liu Jiazhai in Shanghai. On November 2, during the fierce battle with the Japanese, he was martyred. After his death, the Nationalist government posthumously awarded the army major general.
November 2, 1948 – The Liaoshen Campaign ends. The Liaoshen Campaign began on September 12, 1948 and ended on November 2, 1948, lasting 52 days. The Chinese Communist Party called it the Liaoshen Campaign, and the Chinese Nationalist Party called it the Battle of Liaoxi, also known as the "Battle of Liaoshen."
After the Battle of Liaoshen, for the first time, the Chinese People's Liberation Army surpassed the Kuomintang army in terms of troop strength.
November 2, 1996 – Chinese physicist Yan Keats dies. Yan Keats, a physicist and educator, is one of the founders of modern physics research in China, one of the founders of China's optoelectronic research and optical instrument research, and the first person in China to study the crystal piezoelectric effect.