The Chinese Imperial Senate, the Tsucheng-yuan, convened for the first time. It had 202 members, of which 100 were elected by provincial assemblies, and the others were appointed by the regent.
The Prince Regent at the time was Zaifeng, who would be the last Chinese figure to hold that title. He accepted the rise of democracy following the Xinhai Revolution in 1911 and voluntarily stepped down when the time came, leading him to be a rare figure who was respected by the Nationalist and Communists, which certainly wasn't the case with his son, who became China's last emperor. He died in 1951 at age 68.
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