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✦ History

Shenyang

City · 41.81, 123.43

The chief city of Manchuria, the early Qing capital, and site of the 1905 battle and the 1931 incident that began the Japanese conquest of Manchuria.

Names

Mukden until August 20, 1945 The Manchu name, used in Western and Japanese sources until 1945

Held by

Republic of China de jure · February 12, 1912 – October 1, 1949
Republic of China de facto · February 12, 1912 – September 19, 1931
Japan de facto · September 19, 1931 – March 1, 1932 Seized by the Kwantung Army
Manchukuo de facto · March 1, 1932 – August 20, 1945 Japanese puppet state
Republic of China de facto · March 13, 1946 – November 2, 1948
People's Republic of China de jure · since October 1, 1949

Events here 2

Battle of Mukden February 20 – March 10, 1905
Mukden Incident September 18, 1931