1843 in China

Events from the year 1843 in China.

Incumbents

• Daoguang Emperor (23rd year)

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
• 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

• October 8 — Treaty of the Bogue signed between China and the United Kingdom, concluded in October 1843 to supplement the previous Treaty of Nanking
• the first Treaty Ports were opened
• Anglican diocese of Shanghai established after Rev. William Jones Boone appointed Bishop in Shanghai
• Publication of the Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms, or Haiguo Tuzhi, a gazetteer compiled by scholar-official Wei Yuan and others, based on initial translations ordered by Special Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu. The Treatise is regarded as the first significant Chinese work on the West

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