Historical events taking place in Wuhan include the Wuchang Uprising, which led to the downfall of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.[19] Wuhan was briefly the capital of China in 1927 under the left wing of the Kuomintang (KMT) government led by Wang Jingwei.[20] The city later served as the wartime capital of China in 1937 for ten months during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[21][22]