1857 in China
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Events from the year 1857 in China.
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Incumbents
- Xianfeng Emperor (7th year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Guiliang (- Jan.), Tan Tingxiang (Jan. - )
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â Wang Yide
- Viceroy of Huguang â Guanwen
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan â Yue Bin
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Ye Mingchen
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Hengchun then Wu Zhenyu
- Viceroy of Sichuan â Wu Zhenyu then Wang Qingyun
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Zhao Dezhe then He Guiqing
Events
- Nian Rebellion
- Second Opium War
- January 4 â Battle of Macao Fort[1]
- December 28â31 â Battle of Canton (1857)
- Taiping Rebellion
- Miao Rebellion (1854â73)
- Panthay Rebellion
- Ningpo massacre
- April 20 â James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin appointed plenipotentiary to China.
Births
- Canton â Gin Chow, (1857 â 1933) Chinese immigrant who gained fame in California as a prophet and fortune teller able to predict the weather and other natural events
- Penang, British Malaya â Gu Hongming, (1857 â 1928) was a British Malaya born Chinese man of letters. He also used the pen name "Amoy Ku", later served in the Qing government
- Chengdu â Li Donghai, (1857â1938) a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner
- October 18, Dantu, Jiangsu â Liu E, (1857 â 1909) writer, archaeologist and politician of the late Qing Dynasty
- Gansu â Ma Qixi (1857â1914), a Hui from Gansu, was the founder of the Xidaotang, a Chinese-Islamic school of thought
- Hefei, Anhui â Li Jingxi (1857-?) politician in the Republic of China. He was the Premier of State Council in MayâJuly 1917.[1]
- 20 September 1857 â Imperial Noble Consort Gongsu (1857 â 1921) consort of the Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty
- Jiangsu â Mary Tape (1857â1934) was a desegregation activist who fought for Chinese-Americans' access to education, notably in the case Tape v. Hurley in 1885
Deaths
- November 23 â Ren Xiong (1823 â 1857) painter from Xiaoshan, Zhejiang