1885 in China

Events in the year 1885 in China.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (11th year)
• Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Yang Changjun
• Viceroy of Huguang — Bian Baodi then Yulu
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tan Zhonglin
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Zhidong
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cen Yuying
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guoquan

Events

• Sino-French War
• January 3–4 — Battle of Núi Bop
• February 3–13 — Lạng SÆ¡n Campaign
• February 14 — Battle of Shipu
• February 23 — Battle of Đồng Đăng
• March 1 — Battle of Zhenhai
• March 2 — Battle of Hòa Mộc
• March 23 — Battle of Phu Lam Tao
• March 24 — Battle of Bang Bo (Zhennan Pass)
• June 9 — Treaty of Tientsin (1885), Sino-French War ends

Births

• January 16 — Zhou Zuoren, writer and brother of Lu Xun (d. 1967)
• April 17 — Sun Chuanfang, warlord in the Zhili clique (d. 1935)
• April 27 — Ma Xulun, politician, activist and linguist (d. 1970)
• April 28 — Qi Xieyuan, warlord in the Zhili clique (d. 1946)
• May 20 — Zaixun, Manchu noble of the late Qing Dynasty (d. 1949)
• October 30 — Song Zheyuan, general (d. 1940)
• November 5 — Li Jishen, military officer and politician (d. 1959)
• November 11 — Su Zhaozheng, labour movement activist and early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1929)
• November 30 — Ma Zhanshan, general in the Northeastern army (d. 1950)

Deaths

• June 15 — Consort Qing, consort of Emperor Xianfeng (b. 1840)
• July 21 — Zaicheng, Manchu noble (b. 1858)
• September 5 — Zuo Zongtang, former Viceroy of Liangjiang, Shaan-Gan and Min-Zhe (b. 1812)
• December 6 — Hu Xueyan, businessman (b. 1823)

Dates unknown

• Lin Hongnian, politician, writer and calligrapher (b. 1805)
• Zeng Fengnian, military figure (b. 1809)

References