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1900
Events in the year 1900 in China.
Incumbents
Guangxu EmperorGuangxu emperor of Qing dynasty https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guangxu Encyclopedia Britannica 25 March 2019 en (26th year)https://books.google.com/books?id=7KKODwAAQBAJ&q=Guangxu+Emperor+%2827th+year%29&pg=PA326 The Congress of the Toilers of the East, 1922 9789004280670 Sexton John 2018-11-13
Viceroys
Viceroy of Zhili — Yulu then Li Hongzhang
Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Xu Yingkui
Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Zhidong
Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Wei Guangtao then Songfan
Viceroy of Liangguang — Deshou then Li Hongzhang then Lu Chuanlin then Tao Mo
Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Songfan then Wei Guangtao
Viceroy of Sichuan — Kuijun
Viceroy of Liangjiang — Liu Kunyi
Events
January
January 15 — Li Hongzhang, Viceroy of Liangguang, visited Hong Kong and met with Governor Henry Arthur Blake.
March
March 27 — Li Hongzhang, Viceroy of Liangguang, provinces reported to the central government that some of the gangsters in Hong Kong wanted to attack the provincial capital, and secretly demanded that the Governor of Hong Kong to ban.
June
June 10–28 — Seymour Expedition
June 16–17 — Battle of Dagu Forts (1900)
June — Zhang Decheng went to see the Viceroy of Zhili, Yu Lu. He presented himself to him as the founder of the Boxer movement, and the viceroy promised to provide the Boxers with money and equipment.[2]
June 20 – August 14 — Siege of the International Legations
June Taiyuan Nationalist reaction in China against Christian missionaries and churches claimed more than thirty-two thousand lives. The worst massacres occurred in the northern province of Shanxi, particularly Taiyuan.
July
July 13–14 — Battle of Tientsin
August
August — Gaselee Expedition
August 5 — Battle of Beicang
August 6 — Battle of Yangcun
August 14–15 — Battle of Peking (1900)
September
September 20 — Battle of Beitang
Other events
Boxer Rebellion
Battle of Shanhaiguan (1900)
Boxers attacks on Chinese Eastern Railway
Defence of Yingkou
Battle of Pai-t'ou-tzu
Battles on Amur River (1900)
Russian Invasion of Northern and Central Manchuria (1900)
Births
January 5 — Xun Huisheng, one of the four great 20th-century performers of the Dan role in Peking opera (d. 1968)
January 7 — Shang Xiaoyun, one of the four great 20th-century performers of the Dan role in Peking opera (d. 1976)
May 14 — Cai Chang, politician and women's rights activist (d. 1990)
May 22 — Li Fuchun, former vice premier of China (d. 1975)
June 17 — Xu Haidong, senior general of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1970)
June 30 — Zhang Wentian, 4th General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1976)
July 21 - Sue Wah Chin, Chinese-born Australian entrepreneur (d. 2000 in Australia)
August 10 — Wang Li, linguist, educator, translator and poet (d. 1986)
August 21 — Chen Lifu, nationalist politician (d. 2001)
August 25 — Xia Minghan, early leader of the Chinese Communist Revolution (d. 1928)
September 9
Zhou Shidi, general of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1979)
Huang Baitao, nationalist general (d. 1948)
September 27 — Zhu Liangcai, general of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1989)
October 5 — Bing Xin, one of the most prolific Chinese women writers of the 20th century (d. 1999)
October 30 — Xia Yan, playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
November 22 — Lin Fengmian, painter (d. 1991)
December 8 — Sun Li-jen, nationalist general (d. 1990)
Deaths
July 9 — Nie Shicheng, general (b. 1836)
July 22 — Chen Baozhen, statesman and reformer (b. 1831)
July 28
Xu Jingcheng, diplomat (b. 1845)
Yuan Chang, politician and poet (b. 1846)
August 11
Lishan, politician (b. 1843)
Xu Yongyi, politician (b. 1826)
Lianyuan, official (b. 1838)
August 13 — Ma Fulu, Chinese Muslim general (b. 1854)
August 14 — Wang Yirong, director of the Chinese Imperial Academy (b. 1845)
August 15 — Imperial Noble Consort Keshun, consort of Emperor Guangxu (b. 1876)
August 22 — Tang Caichang, revolutionary and political activist (b. 1867)
August 26 — Chongqi, official (b. 1829)
Dates unknown
Ma Haiyan, Chinese Muslim general (b. 1837)
Cheng Tinghua, renowned master of Chinese neijia (b. 1848)
Gangyi, politician (b. 1837)
Guo Yunshen, xingyiquan master (b. 1829)
Li Bingheng, military figure and statesman (b. 1830)
Xu Tong, official (b. 1819)
Yulu, statesman (b. 1844)
Zhang Decheng, nationalist and leader of the Boxer movement (b. 1846)
Zhang Yinhuan, 3rd Chinese Ambassador to the United States (b. 1837)
References
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