Events:
- 1895 – Qing Empire signs the Treaty of Shimonoseki ceding the mainland Liaodong Peninsula and the islands of Taiwan and the Pescadores to the Empire of Japan, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
- 1989 - Chinese Taipei's gymnastics team land in Beijing, the first Taiwanese sports team to arrive in China for a sporting event since 1949.
Births:
- 1982 - Cathy Chung (鍾欣怡), Taiwanese actress.
Deaths: