1875 in China
Events from the year 1875 in China.
| |||||
| Decades: |
| ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See also: | Other events of 1875 History of China • Timeline • Years | ||||
.svg.png.webp)
Incumbents
- Tongzhi Emperor (15th year)
- Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
- Guangxu Emperor (1st year)
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Li Henian
- Viceroy of Huguang — Li Hanzhang
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Zuo Zongtang
- Viceroy of Liangguang — Yinghan then Liu Kunyi
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Yuezhao then Liu Changyou
- Viceroy of Sichuan — Wu Tang then Li Hanzhang
- Viceroy of Liangjiang — Li Zongxi then Liu Kunyi then Shen Baozhen
Events
- Tongzhi Emperor dies without an heir, Empress Dowager Cixi selects her three-year-old nephew Zaitian as the Guangxu Emperor to succeed him
- Dungan Revolt (1862–77)
- February 21 — Margary Affair British explorer Augustus Raymond Margary and his entire staff murdered in Yunnan
- 60 to 70 Christian women in Amoy attended a meeting presided by a missionary John MacGowan formed the Heavenly Foot Society (tianzu literally meaning Heavenly Foot),[1][2] opposing the practice of footbinding
- American trading company Augustine Heard & Co. becomes bankrupt
Deaths
- Empress Xiaozheyi
- Ding Yan
- 12 January — Tongzhi Emperor
References
- Dorothy Ko (2008). Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding. University of California Press. pp. 14–16. ISBN 978-0520253902.
- 不缠足会
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.