1855 in China
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Events from the year 1855 in China.
.svg)
Incumbents
- Xianfeng Emperor (5th year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Guiliang
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â Wang Yide
- Viceroy of Huguang â Yang Pei then Guanwen
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan â Yi Tang
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Ye Mingchen
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Hengchun
- Viceroy of Sichuan â Huang Zonghan
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Yiliang
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- Zhang Lexing took direct action by launching attacks against government troops in central China
- By the summer, the fast-moving Nian cavalry, well-trained and fully equipped with modern firearms, had cut the lines of communication between Beijing and the Qing armies fighting the Taiping rebels in the south.
- Taiping Rebellion
- March â Northern Expedition (Taiping Rebellion) defeated, Taiping advance in Northern China halted
- The 3,000 kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi are destroyed by the Taipings[1]
- Miao Rebellion (1854â1873)
- Western naval campaigns against Chinese pirates
- Third plague pandemic, major bubonic plague pandemic that begins in Yunnan and later spread across China and into India
- PuntiâHakka Clan Wars begin
- Red Turban Rebellion (1854â1856)
Births
- Gurun Princess Rong'an (7 May 1855 â 28 February 1875) was a princess of the Qing Dynasty
- Xu Shichang (October 20, 1855 â June 5, 1939) was the President of the Republic of China, in Beijing, from 10 October 1918 to 2 June 1922. The only permanent president of the Beiyang government to be a civilian, his presidency was also the longest of the warlord era.
- Metrophanes, Chi Sung (December 10, 1855 â June 10, 1900) was the first Chinese Eastern Orthodox priest to be martyred. He was killed with his family members and church followers in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion
- Ni Tian (1855â1919); born as Baotian, courtesy name Mogeng, sobriquet as Modaoren and Biyuehezhu, was a Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty and Republic Period.
- Ma Anliang (1855 â November 24, 1918) was a Hui born in Hezhou, Gansu, China. He became a general in the Qing dynasty army, and of the Republic of China.
- Bi Xiugu (1855-1930) also known as Xiao Baicai and Bi Jinlian was the main figure of a cause célèbre in 1870s China known as Yang Niawu and Xiao Baicai
Deaths
- Liang Fa (1789â1855), also known by other names, was the second Chinese Protestant convert and the first Chinese Protestant minister and evangelist
- Empress Xiaojingcheng (19 June 1812 â 21 August 1855) was an Imperial Noble Consort of the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
- Li Kaifang, killed in the Taiping Rebellion's Northern Expedition
- Bao Shichen, killed in the Taiping Rebellion's Northern Expedition