1861 in China

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Events from the year 1861 in China.

Incumbents

• Xianfeng Emperor (12th year)
• Tongzhi Emperor
  • Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
  • Regent: Prince Gong

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Hengfu then Wenyu
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Qingrui
• Viceroy of Huguang — Guanwen
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Xilin
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Lao Chongguang
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Lin Yuanhao then Fuqing then Pan Duo
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Chongshi then Luo Bingzhang
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guofan

Events

• Nian Rebellion
• Taiping Rebellion
  • Battle of Guanzhong (1861)
  • Battle of Shanghai (1861)
  • Battle of Wuhan (1861)
  • Ningbo surrenders to Taiping forces
• Eulenburg expedition
• Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
• Panthay Rebellion
• Xinyou Coup, Cixi seizes power
• Prince Gong made regent
  • establishes the Zongli Yamen after the Convention of Peking
• Tongzhi Restoration
• Self-Strengthening Movement begins

Births

• Cheng Biguang
• Duanfang
• Liu Guanxiong
• Jiang Chaozong, (江朝宗) Kō Kōketsu; 1861–1943) was a general in the late Empire of China and an acting Premier of the Republic of China in 1917.

• Wang Zhanyuan
• Zhan Tianyou (Jeme Tien-yow), the father of China’s railroads

Deaths

• Zaiyuan
• Xianfeng Emperor
• Sushun
• Duanhua
• Hu Linyi