Timeline Saturday 1 October 1949

Events on Saturday 1 October 1949 2

• 1949 Founding of the People's Republic of China Marxism adapted under Mao Zedong The proclamation of the People's Republic of China on October 1, 1949, under Mao Zedong, extended Marxist-inspired revolutionary politics to the world's most populous nation, adapting Marx's theories to a largely agrarian society through Mao Zedong Thought. This cemented Marxist ideology as a central force in 20th-century world history well beyond its European origins.
• 1949 People's Republic of China founded Mao Zedong proclaims the PRC — 1 October 1949 On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong stood at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing and proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan. The Communist victory ended decades of civil war and foreign invasion, beginning a new era of Chinese history under single-party rule that continues to the present day.