1843 in China
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Events from the year 1843 in China.
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Incumbents
- Daoguang Emperor (23rd year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Nergingge[citation needed]
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â
- Viceroy of Huguang â
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan â ?
- Viceroy of Liangguang â
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â
- Viceroy of Sichuan â
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â
Events
- October 8 â Treaty of the Bogue signed between China and the United Kingdom, concluded in October 1843 to supplement the previous Treaty of Nanking[1]
- the first Treaty Ports were opened[2]
- Anglican diocese of Shanghai established after Rev. William Jones Boone appointed Bishop in Shanghai[citation needed]
- Publication of the Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, or Haiguo Tuzhi, a gazetteer compiled by scholar-official Wei Yuan and others, based on initial translations ordered by Special Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu. The Treatise is regarded as the first significant Chinese work on the West[3]