[九一八事变 / 九一八事變, jiǔ yī bā shì biànㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ] the Mukden or Manchurian railway incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变, See Also: 柳條溝事變, 柳条沟事变#75216
[芦沟桥事变 / 蘆溝橋事變, Lú gōu qiáo shì biànㄌㄨˊ ㄍㄡ ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ] the Marco Polo bridge incident of 7th July 1937 that sparked WW2 between Japan and China#131316
[四一二事变 / 四一二事變, sì yī èr shì biànㄙˋ ㄧ ㄦˋ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ] the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists; called 反革命政变|反革命政變 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature, See Also: 反革命政变, 反革命政變, 慘案, 惨案
[柳条沟事变 / 柳條溝事變, liǔ tiáo gōu shì biànㄌㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄍㄡ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ] the Mukden or Manchurian railway incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria; also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事变, See Also: 九一八事变
[华北事变 / 華北事變, Huá běi shì biànㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄕˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ] North China incident of October-December 1935, a Japanese attempt to set up a puppet government in north China