1880 in China

← 1879 1878 1877 1876 1875 1880 in China → 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1880 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

A list of historical events that took place in China in the year 1880.

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (6th year)
  • Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — He Jing (何璟)
• Viceroy of Huguang — Li Hanzhang
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan
  • Zuo Zongtang
  • Yang Changjun
• Viceroy of Liangguang
  • Yukuan (裕寬) – through 20 May 1880 (acting)
  • Zhang Shusheng
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen

Events

• Muslim women are forbidden to marry non-Muslims in Islamic law

Establishments

• Chefoo School

Births

• Chen Yuan (historian), (1880–1971), historian and educator who actively promoted the overthrow of the Manchu Qing dynasty^[1]
• He Peirong (何佩瑢; 1880 – 1942) was a military personnel and politician in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Beijing Government, Anhui clique.
• Bin Bucheng (賓步程; 1880- 1943) politician and educator, became the President of Hunan University
• Wan Fulin (Wan Fulin (Chinese: 万福麟; 1880–1951) the military governor of Heilongjiang province from 1928 and part of the Fengtian clique
• Zhu Xingyuan (Chinese: 祝惺元; born 1880-1945?) was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Wang Jingwei regime
• Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940) was a Chinese military commander and politician, member of the Anhui clique during the Beiyang Government.
• Leong Sin Nam 梁燊南(1880–1940) was a Malaysian businessman

Deaths

• Ng Akew, Chinese opium smuggler and house owner in Hong Kong

References

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