1897 in China
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Events from the year 1897 in China.
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Incumbents
- Guangxu Emperor (23rd year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili â Wang Wenshao
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe â Bian Baoquan
- Viceroy of Huguang â Zhang Zhidong
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan â Tao Mo
- Viceroy of Liangguang â Tan Zhonglin
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui â Songfan
- Viceroy of Sichuan â Lu Chuanlin then Gongshou then Li Bingheng then Yulu
- Viceroy of Liangjiang â Liu Kunyi
Events
- Red Revenue incident, Chinese revenue stamps were overprinted (surcharged) and subsequently used as postage stamps in 1897[1]
Births
- January 15 â Xu Zhimo, romantic poet and writer of modern Chinese poetry (d. 1931)
- February 16 â Wei Lihuang, general (d. 1960)
- April 28 â Ye Jianying, 3rd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (d. 1986)
- May 28 â Dai Li, lieutenant general and spymaster (d. 1946)
- June 1 â Yang Zhongjian, paleontologist and zoologist (d. 1979)[2]
- June 7 â Tan Lark Sye, founder of the Nanyang University (d. 1972)
- July 23 â Tang Feifan, medical microbiologist (d. 1958)
- August 24 â Cheng Fangwu, politician (d. 1984)
- September 19 â Zhu Guangqian, esthetician, modern literary theorist and scholar (d. 1986)
- October 25 â Wu Yun An, surgeon and soldier (d. 1993)
- November 26 â Zhang Guotao, founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1979)
- December 21 â Luo Jialun, historian, diplomat and political activist (d. 1969)
Dates unknown
- He Zhuguo, general (d. 1985)
Deaths
- July 31 â Li Hongzao, government official (b. 1820)
- Yang Changjun, 88th & 91st Viceroy of Shaan-Gan (b. 1825)
- Zhang Zhiwan, statesman and painter (b. 1811)