* October 15 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese military figure ( b. 1901 )

* Tang military leader Li Fuguo kills the wife of Suzong, Empress Zhang, and shortly afterward Suzong dies of a heart attack ; Daizong kills Li.

Many affairs of state were entrusted to the eunuchs Zhao Zhong ( d. 189 CE ) and Zhang Rang ( d. 189 CE ) while Emperor Ling spent much of his time roleplaying with concubines and participating in military parades.

Initially, Sun Quan mourned his brother's death so much that he could do nothing, but at Zhang Zhao's behest, he dressed himself in military uniform and set out to visit the commanderies under his brother's control.

) He listened carefully to his mother Lady Wu's encouraging words, and greatly trusted Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong with regard to civilian affairs and Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, and Lü Fan with regard to military matters.

In April 1925, the Fengtian clique installed the warlord Zhang Zongchang, nicknamed the " Dogmeat General ", as military governor of Shandong Province.

Zhang left China for military training in Europe.

New evidence suggests that it was actually the Whampoa clique, especially the young and extremist officers from the Blue Shirts Society, whom intended to launch military attacks against Zhang, even though He Yingqin rejected their request for military support.

Although some argued for a public trial, Chiang insisted on trying Zhang in a military court.

Sun, assisted by skilled advisors Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao, inspires hidden talents such as Lu Su to join his service, and builds up a strong military force.

* 15 – Zhang Xueliang, 100, Chinese warlord and military figure.

Lacking any military power of his own, he had to play Duan, Zhili leader Cao Kun, and Fengtian leader Zhang Zuolin against each other to stay in power.

Further, the well-known military general Cao Zhang arrived in Luoyang in a hurry, creating the apprehension that he was intending to seize power from his brother.

Zhang Liao ( 169 – 222 ) was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms era of Chinese history.

Zhang Fei disparaged them before warning them that they would be executed under military law if they foundered again.

Zhang Xun had been a general serving the Qing Court and was by this time the military governor of Anhui province.

Zhang He ( died 231 ) was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao during the late Han Dynasty era of Chinese history.

Zhang He began his military career when the Yellow Turban Rebellion erupted in 184 and subsequently served under Han Fu and Yuan Shao before defecting to Cao Cao during the Battle of Guandu.

Yuan Shao appointed Zhang He as a military officer and put him in charge of defending the border against Gongsun Zan.

On November 4, Zhang Bailin ( 張百麟 ) of the revolutionary party in Guizhou led an uprising along with New Army units and students from the military academy.

* Zhang Aiping, Chinese communist military leader

* Zhang Fei ( 167 – 221 ), military general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era.

* Zhang Jiao, leader of the Yellow Turban Rebellion ( d. 184 )

In the third month of 184, Zhang Jiao, leader of the Way of Supreme Peace, a Taoist movement, along with his two brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, led the movement's followers in a rebellion against the government that was called the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

In the middle of the 17th century, the peasant rebel leader Zhang Xianzhong ( 1606 – 1646 ) from Yan ' an, Shanxi Province, nicknamed Yellow Tiger, led his peasant troop from north China to the south, and conquered Sichuan.

On 12 December 1936, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Kuomintang was arrested by Marshal Zhang Xueliang, a former warlord of Manchuria, and Commander of the North Eastern Army who had fought against the Japanese occupation of Manchuria and subsequent expansion into Inner Mongolia by the Japanese and troops of the puppet state of Manchukuo that had been created in Manchuria.

Zhongli Quan () is one of the most ancient of the Eight Immortals ( some others say the oldest is Iron-Crutch Li or Elder Zhang Guo, or Lü Dongbin ) and the leader of the group.

In the third month of 184, soon after the rebellion had broken out, the rebel leader Zhang Mancheng defeated and killed the Grand Administrator of Nanyang, and in the fourth month, at the beginning of summer, the imperial army under Zhu Jun was defeated by Bo Cai in Yingchuan, while the Grand Administrator of Runan was defeated by another force of rebels.

Yang returned to China as one of the 28 Bolsheviks and originally supported the early communist leader Zhang Guotao, but switched allegiance to Mao's faction during the Long March.

* Zhang Shicheng ( 1321 – 1367 ), Red Turban Rebellion leader.

* Zhang Hongbao ( 1954 – 2006 ), founder and spiritual leader of Zhōng Gōng ( 中功 )

During the National Protection War of 1915-16, he was sent to Sichuan to fight the Anti-Yuan National Protection Army, but secretly communicated with revolution leader Cai E. In April 1917, he was stripped of his military rank but still led his old troops in the campaign against Zhang Xun and was restored to his rank.

Zhang and Ma attempted to trick Cao Hong into believing that they were planning to attack his retreat route by overtly threatening Cao Hong's rear, but Cao Xiu saw through the ruse, and Zhang Fei's forces suffered a defeat that absolved him from continuing the campaign — Lei Tong and Ren Kui were killed in action, while Wu Lan fled to take shelter from the Di tribes, where he was subsequently killed by a Di leader, Qiangduan.

#* Significance: The first platform ( 綱領 ) of the Party passed ; Mao Zedong attends ( as Hunan representative ); Zhang Guotao acts as top party official ; Chen Duxiu becomes first leader of CPC " Secretariat "; attended by two Comintern representatives ( during Shanghai meetings ).

) However, after the eunuchs ' leader, Zhang Rang pleaded with his daughter-in-law ( Empress Dowager He's sister ), Empress Dowager He relented and summoned them back to the palace.

Being sent to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo was defeated by the rebel leader Zhang Jiao and the battle was turning into a rout.

Two years later the Xiongnu leader died and in the midst of chaos and infighting Zhang Qian escaped.

Zhang Jue ( died 184 ) was the leader of the Yellow Turban rebels during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history.

* Zhang Bao ( Yellow Turban ) ( 張寶 ), a Yellow Turban rebel leader

After releasing Chiang and returning to Nanjing with him, Zhang was placed under house arrest and the generals who had assisted him were executed.

The strike did secure some concessions, but Mao and other student leaders felt that they were now under threat from the furious Zhang, and were sent as representatives to China's provincial centers ; thus, Mao once again traveled to Peking.

A number of martial arts traditions, particularly the ones falling under the category of Neijia ( like T ' ai Chi Ch ' uan, Bagua Zhang and Xing Yi Quan ) embody Taoist principles to a significant extent, and some practitioners consider their art to be a means of practicing Taoism.

Under Emperor An, Zhang also served as Prefect of the Majors for Official Carriages under the Ministry of Guards, in charge of the reception of memorials ( containing policy and administrative suggestions ) submitted to the throne as well as nominees for official appointments.

* Zhang Xun, general under the Tang Dynasty

* Zhang Xun, general under Yuan Shu ( b. 156 )

* Zhang He, general under Cao Cao ( d. 231 )

* Huche ' er, general under Zhang Xiu

* Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun are defeated by Han forces under Liu Yu.

* Wang Lei, minister under Liu Zhang

Lin delivered the keynote address at the Congress: a document drafted by hardliner leftists Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao under Mao's guidance.

* Yang Huai, general under the warlord Liu Zhang

* Yang Ang, general under Zhang Lu

* Zhang Hong, minister under Sun Quan

* 1935: June – July, troops under Zhou and Mao meet with Zhang Gutao's troops.

When the Fourth Red Army under Zhang Guotao was formed in the Sichuan-Shaanxi border area from several smaller units, no standard nomenclature of the armies of the Communist Party existed ; moreover, during the Chinese Civil War central control of separate Communist-controlled enclaves within China was limited.

In June – July 1935, the troops under Mao united with the Fourth Red Army, led by Zhang Guotao, which had retreated west from Henan.

The Imperial Government could not call in the support of most of China's armies, who were under the command of these pro western Governors like Zhang Zhidong and Li Hongzhang.

The party apparatus, under orders from Jiang Qing and Zhang Chunqiao, wrote a eulogy affirming Mao's achievements in order to justify their claims to power.

At noon Zhang Hongfan attacked from the front, hiding additional soldiers under large pieces of cloth.

Once Zhang Hongfan's boats neared the Song fleet, the Yuan sounded the horn of battle, revealing the soldiers under the fabric.

During the Warlord Era in the early twentieth century, Liaoning was under the Fengtian Clique, including Zhang Zuolin and his son Zhang Xueliang ; in 1931, Japan invaded and the area came under the rule of the Japanese-controlled puppet state of Manchukuo.