1861 in China

Events from the year 1861 in China.

Incumbents

 * Xianfeng Emperor (12th year)
 * Tongzhi Emperor
 * Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi
 * Regent: Prince Gong

Viceroys

 * Viceroy of Zhili — Hengfu then Wenyu
 * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Qingrui
 * Viceroy of Huguang — Guanwen
 * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Xilin
 * Viceroy of Liangguang — Lao Chongguang
 * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Lin Yuanhao then Fuqing then Pan Duo
 * Viceroy of Sichuan — Chongshi then Luo Bingzhang
 * Viceroy of Liangjiang — Zeng Guofan

Events

 * Nian Rebellion
 * Taiping Rebellion
 * Battle of Guanzhong (1861)
 * Battle of Shanghai (1861)
 * Battle of Wuhan (1861)
 * Ningbo surrenders to Taiping forces
 * Eulenburg expedition
 * Miao Rebellion (1854–73)
 * Panthay Rebellion
 * Xinyou Coup, Cixi seizes power
 * Prince Gong made regent
 * establishes the Zongli Yamen after the Convention of Peking
 * Tongzhi Restoration
 * Self-Strengthening Movement begins

Births

 * Cheng Biguang
 * Duanfang
 * Liu Guanxiong
 * Jiang Chaozong, (江朝宗) Kō Kōketsu; 1861–1943) was a general in the late Empire of China and an acting Premier of the Republic of China in 1917.


 * Wang Zhanyuan
 * Zhan Tianyou (Jeme Tien-yow), the father of China’s railroads

Deaths

 * Zaiyuan
 * Xianfeng Emperor
 * Sushun
 * Duanhua
 * Hu Linyi