Events from the year 1917 in Taiwan, Empire of Japan.
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edit- 5 January – The deadliest part of the 1916–1917 Nantou earthquakes occurred, registering at 6.2 on the Richter scale with a shallow hypocentre, killing 54 people.[1]
- 12 February – Reverend William Campbell returns to China.[2]: 250
- 24 July – Construction of the Yilan line began.[3]: 107
- 22 October – Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa and his wife Fusako visited Taiwan.[3]: 108
- 29 December — The Waseda University baseball team came to Taiwan.[2]: 250
Births
edit- 6 January – Koo Chen-fu, businessman, diplomat, and film producer.[4]
- 18 January – Wang Yung-ching, businessman
- 10 February – Chen Ta-ju, lyricist[5]
References
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- ^ 中央氣象局. "Preface". 台灣地區十大災害地震圖集 (A Collection of Images of Ten Great Earthquake Disasters in the Taiwan Region) (PDF) (in Chinese). Central Weather Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
- ^ a b 王育德著，黃國彥譯 (October 1999). 《臺灣──苦悶的歷史》 (初版二刷 ed.). 草根出版.
- ^ a b 緒方武歲, ed. (1938). 《臺灣大年表》. 臺北市: 緒方武歲/臺北印刷株式會社.
- ^ Yeh, Lindy (15 April 2002). "The Koo family: a century in Taiwan". Taipei Times. p. 3. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ Tsai Wen-ting (May 2002). "Taiwanese Pop Will Never Die". Taiwan Panorama. Translated by Smith, Glenn; Mayer, David. Retrieved 5 August 2024.