1845 in China

Events from the year 1845 in China.

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Decades:	1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s
See also:	Other events of 1845 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

Incumbents

• Daoguang Emperor (25th year)

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Lin Yunke
• Viceroy of Huguang — Yutai
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Funiyang'a
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Qiying
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Guiliang then He Changling
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Gioro-Baoxing
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Sun Shanbao then Bichang

Events

• British Concession (Shanghai) created by the 1845 Land Regulations
• a wave of Jewish immigration occurs to Shanghai

Births

• Zhao Erfeng (1845–1911), courtesy name Jihe, was a Qing Dynasty official and Han Chinese bannerman, who belonged to the Plain Blue Banner. He is known for being the last amban in Tibet, appointed in March, 1908
• Li Rongfa (李容發; 1845–1891) was an eminent military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, and known during his military tenure as King of Zhong the second (忠二王)
• Wang Yirong (王懿榮; 1845–1900) was a director of the Chinese Imperial Academy, best known as the first to recognize that the symbols inscribed on oracle bones were an early form of Chinese writing
• Ma Jianzhong (馬建忠; 1845 Dantu, Jiangsu province –1900), courtesy name Meishu (眉叔), also known as Ma Kié-Tchong in French, was a Chinese official and scholar in the late Qing Dynasty
• Xu Jingcheng (許景澄; 1845 – 28 July 1900) was a Chinese diplomat and Qing politician supportive of the Hundred Days' Reform