Events from the year 1878 in China.
Incumbents
- Guangxu Emperor (4th 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
- Qing reconquest of Xinjiang
- Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–79[1]
- The Great Wall construction Was finalized
Births
- Chen Qimei, Tongmenghui member
- Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren, Mongolian independence leader[2]
References
- ^ Janku, Andrea (2001). "The North-China Famine of 1876–1879: Performance and Impact of a Non-Event" (PDF). Measuring Historical Heat: Event, Performance, and Impact in China and the West. pp. 127–134.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Brown, William A. and Onon, Urgunge (translators), "History of the Mongolian People's Republic", 1976, ISBN 0-674-39862-9. p 750, n. 157
