1849 in China

Events from the year 1849 in China.

Incumbents

 * Daoguang Emperor (29th year)

Viceroys

 * Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge
 * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Liu Yunke
 * Viceroy of Huguang — Yutai
 * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Qishan (Acting Viceroy)
 * Viceroy of Liangguang — Xu Guangjin
 * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Cheng Yucai
 * Viceroy of Sichuan:
 * Qishan
 * Xu Zechun
 * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Li Xingyuan

Events

 * 6 April — Shanghai French Concession created
 * Jianmoda Monastery built in modern Qinghai
 * August — The Passaleão incident, a conflict between Portugal and China over Macau in August 1849
 * 28–29 September — Battle of Tysami, a military engagement involving a warship from the British China Squadron and the Chinese pirates of Chui A-poo

Births

 * Lu Zhongyi (18 May 1849 – 26 February 1925) was the seventeenth patriarch of Yiguan Dao
 * Hong Tianguifu (23 November 1849 – 18 November 1864), son of Hong Xiuquan, the second and last king of the Heavenly Kingdom of Taiping
 * Sir Boshan Wei Yuk, CMG JP (1849 – 16 December 1921) a prominent Hong Kong businessman and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
 * Wong Nai Siong (1849—1924) as a Chinese revolutionary leader and educator from Minqing county in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China.