1878 in China explained

Events from the year 1878 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (4th year)
  • Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
  • Viceroy of Min-Zhe — He Jing Viceroy of Huguang — Li Hanzhang
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Zuo Zongtang
  • • • Viceroy of Liangguang — Liu Kunyi Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen Viceroy of Liangjiang — Shen Baozhen

Events

• Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
• Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79^[1]
• The Great Wall construction Was finalized

Births

• Chen Qimei, Tongmenghui member
• Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren, Mongolian independence leader^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Janku, Andrea . Measuring Historical Heat: Event, Performance, and Impact in China and the West . Symposium in Honour of Rudolf G. Wagner on His 60th Birthday. Heidelberg, November 3rd–4th . 2001 . 127–134 . The North-China Famine of 1876–1879: Performance and Impact of a Non-Event . http://www.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/conf/symposium2.pdf#page=127.
2. Brown, William A. and Onon, Urgunge (translators), "History of the Mongolian People's Republic", 1976, . p 750, n. 157