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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
• The Great Wall construction Was finalized

Births

• Chen Qimei, Tongmenghui member
• Tögs-Ochiryn Namnansüren, Mongolian independence leader

References

1. 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)
2. Brown, William A. and Onon, Urgunge (translators), "History of the Mongolian People's Republic", 1976, ISBN 0-674-39862-9. p 750, n. 157

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