1908 in China

1908
in
China
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Events from the year 1908 in China.

Incumbents

  • Emperor: Guangxu Emperor

Viceroys

  • Viceroy of Zhili — Yang Shixiang[1]
  • Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Songshou[2]
  • Viceroy of Huguang — Chen Kuilong then Ruicheng
  • Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Shengyun then Changgeng
  • Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Renjun then Yang Shuxun[3] then Zengqi[4]
  • Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Xiliang then Li Jingxi
  • Viceroy of Sichuan — Zhao Erxun then Duanfang
  • Viceroy of Liangjiang — Duanfang then Fan Zengxiang then Zhang Renjun

Events

  • March 4 – One of earlier financial service founded in this nation, China Bank of Communications was founded.[5]
  • July 22 — The Qing government issues the Outline of Imperial Constitution, based on the Meiji Constitution of Japan, which establishes a framework for local and national legislative elections to be held.
  • December 2 — Aisin Gioro Puyi ascended the throne at the age of three as the Xuantong Emperor, the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.

Births

  • Yin Linping
  • Zhao Shangzhi
  • Zhou Yang
  • Zhu Zhixian

Deaths

  • November 14 - Guangxu Emperor (b. 1871)[6]
  • November 15 - Empress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835)[7]

References

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  4. ^ Deren, Liu (1989). 中国少数民族名人词典 (in Chinese). 四川辞书出版社. p. 203. ISBN 7805430330.
  5. ^ "交通银行 - 交银金融网". www.bankcomm.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  6. ^ "Guangxu | emperor of Qing dynasty". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ Kögel, Eduard (2015). The Grand Documentation: Ernst Boerschmann and Chinese Religious Architecture (1906–1931). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 290. ISBN 9783110401349.