<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taierzhuang" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Taierzhuang">Battle of Taierzhuang</a> begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.