Events from the year 1861 in China.
Incumbents Xianfeng Emperor (12th year) Tongzhi Emperor Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi Regent: Prince Gong
Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — Hengfu then Wenyu Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Qingrui Viceroy of Huguang — Guanwen Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Xilin Viceroy of Liangguang — Lao Chongguang Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Lin Yuanhao then Fuqing then Pan Duo Viceroy of Sichuan — Chongshi then Luo Bingzhang Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guofan
Events Nian Rebellion Taiping Rebellion Battle of Guanzhong (1861) Battle of Shanghai (1861) Battle of Wuhan (1861) Ningbo surrenders to Taiping forces Eulenburg expedition Miao Rebellion (1854–73) Panthay Rebellion Xinyou Coup, Cixi seizes power Prince Gong made regent establishes the Zongli Yamen after the Convention of Peking Tongzhi Restoration Self-Strengthening Movement begins
Births
Cheng Biguang Duanfang Liu Guanxiong Jiang Chaozong, (江朝宗) Kō Kōketsu; 1861–1943) was a general in the late Empire of China and an acting Premier of the Republic of China in 1917.
Wang Zhanyuan Zhan Tianyou (Jeme Tien-yow), the father of China’s railroads
Deaths
Zaiyuan Xianfeng Emperor Sushun Duanhua Hu Linyi
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