1877 in China
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Events from the year 1877 in China.
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Incumbents
- Guangxu Emperor (3rd year)
- Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Li Hongzhang
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â He Jing
- Viceroy of Huguang â Li Hanzhang
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan â Zuo Zongtang
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Liu Kunyi
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Liu Changyou
- Viceroy of Sichuan â Ding Baozhen
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Shen Baozhen
Events
- Dungan Revolt (1862â77)
- Northern Chinese Famine of 1876â79
- 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
- Gu Taiqing (Chinese: é¡¾å¤ªæ¸ ; Pinyin: Gù Tà iqÄ«ng; 1799 â 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