1879 in China

← 1878 1877 1876 1875 1874 1879 in China → 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1879 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Events from the year 1879 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (5th 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 then Zhang Shusheng then Yukuan
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Shen Baozhen then Liu Kunyi

Events

• Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79 [1]^[1]
• St. John's College (Shanghai) founded^[2]

References

• Jian-Xin Qi, Ming-Sheng Zhu & Wilson R. Lourenço. http://sea-entomologia.org/Publicaciones/RevistaIbericaAracnologia/RIA10/R10-012-137.pdf