1842 in China

none 1842 Events from the year 1842 in China. Incumbents Daoguang Emperor (22nd year) Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — NerginggeApril 2019 Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Viceroy of Huguang — Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — ? Viceroy of Liangguang — Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Viceroy of Sichuan — Viceroy of Liangjiang — Events Ongoing First Opium War February 1842 — the Nemesis saw action at Taisam in, in a successful skirmish associated with repulse of a much larger Chinese attack on Ningbo.1842 The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia https://books.google.com/books?id=dJhFAQAAMAAJ The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australia Parbury, Allen, and Company 300 In the spring of 1842 the Daoguang Emperor ordered his cousin Yijing to retake the city of Ningpo. In the ensuing Battle of Ningpo on 10 March the British garrison repelled the assault with rifle fire and naval artillery. At Ningpo the British lured the Qing army into the city streets before opening fire, resulting in heavy Chinese casualties.Bulletins of State Intelligence 1842, pp. 578, 594Waley, Arthur (2013) p. 171Lenton Robbren. "Tibetan Expeditionary Force participating in the Opium War https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142143/http://www.tibet.cn/info/history/t20050316_18450_1.htm 14 July 2014 . " https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142143/http://www.tibet.cn/info/history/t20050316_18450_1.htm 2014-07-14 China Tibet Information Center. 15 March — The British pursued the retreating Chinese army, capturing the nearby city of CixiBulletins 1842, p. 601 29 August — The First Opium war officially ends with the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. Greenwood Adrian Victoria's Scottish Lion: The Life of Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde Adrian Greenwood Births Wu Tingfang (no 伍廷芳, also known as Ng Choy or Ng Achoy[1] (no 伍才 Wǔ Cái); 30 July 1842 – 23 June 1922) was a Straits Settlements-born Chinese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of the Republic of China. References 1842 China