1877 in China
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Events from the year 1877 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- Guangxu Emperor (3rd year)
- Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
Viceroys
[edit]- Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe — He Jing
- Viceroy of Huguang — Li Hanzhang
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Zuo Zongtang
- Viceroy of Liangguang — Liu Kunyi
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou
- Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen
- Viceroy of Liangjiang — Shen Baozhen
Events
[edit]- Dungan Revolt (1862–77)
- Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79
- Shandong Famine Relief Committee was established with the participation of diplomats, businessmen, and Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries to combat the famine[1]
- Woosung Road railway purchased and dismantled by Viceroy of Liangjiang Shen Baozhen[2]
Deaths
[edit]- Gu Taiqing (Chinese: 顾太清; Pinyin: Gù Tàiqīng; 1799 – c. 1877) writer and poet, one of the top-ranked women poets of the Qing Dynasty.
- Yaqub Beg, killed in the Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
References
[edit]- ^ Janku, Andrea (2001). "The North-China Famine of 1876–1879: Performance and Impact of a Non-Event" (PDF). Measuring Historical Heat: Event, Performance, and Impact in China and the West. pp. 127–134.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Crush, Peter (1999). Woosung Road: The Story of China's First Railway. The Railway Tavern.
