1875 in China

Events from the year 1875 in China.

Incumbents

• Tongzhi Emperor (15th year)
• Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
• Guangxu Emperor (1st year)

Events

• Tongzhi Emperor dies without an heir, Empress Dowager Cixi selects her three-year-old nephew Zaitian as the Guangxu Emperor to succeed him
• Dungan Revolt (1862–77)
• February 21 — Margary Affair British explorer Augustus Raymond Margary and his entire staff murdered in Yunnan
• 60 to 70 Christian women in Amoy attended a meeting presided by a missionary John MacGowan formed the Heavenly Foot Society (tianzu literally meaning Heavenly Foot), opposing the practice of footbinding
• American trading company Augustine Heard & Co. becomes bankrupt

Births

• Gao Enhong
• Wang Shoupeng
• Rong Desheng
• Yu Baoxuan
• Du Xigui
• Lin Xu

Deaths

• Empress Xiaozheyi
• Ding Yan
• 12 January — Tongzhi Emperor

References