1844 in China explained

Events from the year 1844 in China.

Incumbents

• Daoguang Emperor (24th year)

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Lin Yunke
• Viceroy of Huguang — Yutai
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Funiyang'a
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Qi Gong then Qiying
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Guiliang
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Gioro-Baoxing
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Qiying then Bichang/Sun Shanbao

Events

• 3 July — Treaty of Wanghia signed by the Great Qing Empire and the United States at the Kun Iam Temple in Macau, Portuguese Macau
• The Chinese Union, an early Chinese Protestant Christian missionary society that was involved in preaching to Chinese and sending Chinese workers to Mainland China^[1] during the late Qing Dynasty was founded by Karl Gützlaff in 1844, Hong Kong
• Renji Hospital, the first western hospital in Shanghai, established
• Mary Ann Aldersey, an eccentric British woman, who opens a school for girls in Ningbo

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith, Carl T.. 2005 . Chinese Christians . Hong Kong University Press . Hong Kong. 9789622096882 . p. 8