1844 in China
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Events from the year 1844 in China.
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Incumbents
- Daoguang Emperor (24th year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Nergingge
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â Lin Yunke
- Viceroy of Huguang â Yutai
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan â Funiyang'a
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Qi Gong then Qiying
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Guiliang
- Viceroy of Sichuan â Gioro-Baoxing
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Qiying then Bichang/Sun Shanbao
Events
- 3 July â Treaty of Wanghia signed by the Great Qing Empire and the United States at the Kun Iam Temple in Macau, Portuguese Macau
- The Chinese Union, an early Chinese Protestant Christian missionary society that was involved in preaching to Chinese and sending Chinese workers to mainland China[1] during the late Qing dynasty was founded by Karl Gützlaff in 1844, Hong Kong
- Renji Hospital, the first western hospital in Shanghai, established
- Mary Ann Aldersey, an eccentric British woman, who opens a school for girls in Ningbo