1877 in China

Events from the year 1877 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (3rd 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
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Shen Baozhen

Events

• Dungan Revolt (1862–77)
• Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79
• Shandong Famine Relief Committee was established with the participation of diplomats, businessmen, and Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries to combat the famine
• Woosung Road railway purchased and dismantled by Viceroy of Liangjiang Shen Baozhen

Deaths

• Gu Taiqing (Chinese: 顾太清; Pinyin: Gù TàiqÄ«ng; 1799 – c. 1877) writer and poet, one of the top-ranked women poets of the Qing Dynasty.
• Yaqub Beg, killed in the Qing reconquest of Xinjiang

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