Events from the year 1908 in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

Incumbents

* Emperor: Guangxu Emperor

Viceroys

* Viceroy of Zhili — Yang Shixiang * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Songshou * Viceroy of Huguang —

Chen Kuilong Chen Kuilong () (1857–1948) was a Qing dynasty official. He also Viceroy of Sichuan from 1907 to 1908 and Viceroy of Huguang from March 1908 to October 1909. Then he was the penultimate Viceroy of Zhili The Viceroy of Zhili, fully referred to ...

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Ruicheng Ruicheng County () is under the administration of the Yuncheng City, in the southwest of Shanxi province, China. It is the southernmost county-level division of Shanxi, with the Yellow River demarcating its border with the provinces of Henan to ...

* Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Shengyun then Changgeng * Viceroy of Liangguang — Zhang Renjun then Yang Shuxun then Zengqi * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Xiliang then

Li Jingxi Li Jingxi (; 1857–18 September 1925) was a politician in the Qing Dynasty and Republic of China. He was born in Anhui and was the nephew of Li Hongzhang. He was the Premier of State Council in May–July 1917. During the Qing Dynasty, he was t ...

* Viceroy of Sichuan —

Zhao Erxun Zhao Erxun (23 May 1844 – 3 September 1927), courtesy name Cishan, art name Wubu, was a Chinese political and military officeholder who lived in the late Qing dynasty. He served in numerous high-ranking positions under the Qing government, in ...

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Duanfang Duanfang (; 20 April 1861 – 27 November 1911), courtesy name Wuqiao (), was a Manchu politician, educator and collector who lived in the late Qing dynasty. He was a member of the Tohoro () clan and the Plain White Banner of the Eight Banners. ...

* Viceroy of Liangjiang —

then Fan Zengxiang then Zhang Renjun

Events

*March 4 – One of earlier financial service founded in this nation, China Bank of Communications was founded. *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 Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

ascended the throne at the age of three as the

Xuantong Emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi (; 7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967), courtesy name Yaozhi (曜之), was the last emperor of China as the eleventh and final Qing dynasty monarch. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate on 1 ...

, the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty.

Births

* Yin Linping *

Zhao Shangzhi Zhao Shangzhi (; 1908–1942) was a Chinese military commander. Born in Chaoyang, Liaoning, he participated in the May Thirtieth Movement in 1925, and joined the Communist Party of China in the same year. In November 1925, he went to study in the ...

* Zhou Yang

Deaths

*November 14 - Guangxu Emperor (b.

1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...

) *November 15 - Empress Dowager Cixi (b.

1835 Events January–March * January 7 – anchors off the Chonos Archipelago on her second voyage, with Charles Darwin on board as naturalist. * January 8 – The United States public debt contracts to zero, for the only time in history. ...

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References

1900s in China Years of the 20th century in China {{Asia-year-stub