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Yip Man
1893Oct, 1

Yip Man

Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
Ip Man, also known as Yip Man, (Chinese: 葉問 / 叶问; 1 October 1893 – 2 December 1972) was a Chinese martial artist and a grandmaster of the martial art Wing Chun. He had several students who later became martial arts masters in their own right, the most famous among them being Bruce Lee.

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Events on 1893

  • 17Jan

    Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii

    Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
  • 22Jul

    America the Beautiful

    Katharine Lee Bates writes America the Beautiful after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • 15Aug

    Lagos Colony

    Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  • 28Oct

    Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky)

    Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death.
  • 28Nov

    New Zealand general election, 1893

    Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the New Zealand general election, 1893.