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1855 in China
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1855
Events from the year 1855 in China.
Incumbents
Xianfeng Emperor (5th year)
Viceroys
Viceroy of Zhili — Guiliang
Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Wang Yide
Viceroy of Huguang — Yang Pei then Guanwen
Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Yi Tang
Viceroy of Liangguang — Ye Mingchen
Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Hengchun
Viceroy of Sichuan — Huang Zonghan
Viceroy of Liangjiang — Yiliang
Events
Nian Rebellion
Zhang Lexing took direct action by launching attacks against government troops in central China
By the summer, the fast-moving Nian cavalry, well-trained and fully equipped with modern firearms, had cut the lines of communication between Beijing and the Qing armies fighting the Taiping rebels in the south.
Taiping Rebellion
March — Northern Expedition (Taiping Rebellion) defeated, Taiping advance in Northern China halted
The 3,000 kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi are destroyed by the Taipings China's Political Economy in Modern Times Kent G Deng
Miao Rebellion (1854–1873)
Western naval campaigns against Chinese pirates
Battle of the Leotung
Battle of Ty-ho Bay
Third plague pandemic, major bubonic plague pandemic that begins in Yunnan and later spread across China and into India
Punti–Hakka Clan Wars begin
Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856)
Births
Gurun Princess Rong'an (7 May 1855 – 28 February 1875) was a princess of the Qing Dynasty
Xu Shichang (October 20, 1855 – June 5, 1939) was the President of the Republic of China, in Beijing, from 10 October 1918 to 2 June 1922. The only permanent president of the Beiyang government to be a civilian, his presidency was also the longest of the warlord era.
Metrophanes, Chi Sung (December 10, 1855 – June 10, 1900) was the first Chinese Eastern Orthodox priest to be martyred. He was killed with his family members and church followers in 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion
Ni Tian (1855–1919); born as Baotian, courtesy name Mogeng, sobriquet as Modaoren and Biyuehezhu, was a Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty and Republic Period.
Ma Anliang (1855 – November 24, 1918) was a Hui born in Hezhou, Gansu, China. He became a general in the Qing dynasty army, and of the Republic of China.
Bi Xiugu (1855-1930) also known as Xiao Baicai and Bi Jinlian was the main figure of a cause célèbre in 1870s China known as Yang Niawu and Xiao Baicai
Deaths
Liang Fa (1789–1855), also known by other names, was the second Chinese Protestant convert and the first Chinese Protestant minister and evangelist
Empress Xiaojingcheng (19 June 1812 – 21 August 1855) was an Imperial Noble Consort of the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing dynasty.
Li Kaifang, killed in the Taiping Rebellion's Northern Expedition
Bao Shichen, killed in the Taiping Rebellion's Northern Expedition
References
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