1880 in China

A list of historical events that took place in China in the year 1880.

Incumbents

 * Guangxu Emperor (6th year)
 * Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi

Viceroys

 * Viceroy of Zhili — Li Hongzhang
 * Viceroy of Min-Zhe — He Jing (何璟)
 * Viceroy of Huguang — Li Hanzhang
 * Viceroy of Shaan-Gan
 * Zuo Zongtang
 * Yang Changjun
 * Viceroy of Liangguang
 * Yukuan (裕寬) – through 20 May 1880 (acting)
 * Zhang Shusheng
 * Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Liu Changyou
 * Viceroy of Sichuan — Ding Baozhen

Events

 * Muslim women are forbidden to marry non-Muslims in Islamic law

Establishments

 * Chefoo School

Births

 * Chen Yuan (historian), (1880–1971), historian and educator who actively promoted the overthrow of the Manchu Qing dynasty
 * He Peirong (何佩瑢; 1880 – 1942) was a military personnel and politician in the Republic of China. He belonged to the Beijing Government, Anhui clique.
 * Bin Bucheng (賓步程; 1880- 1943) politician and educator, became the President of Hunan University
 * Wan Fulin (Wan Fulin (Chinese: 万福麟; 1880–1951) the military governor of Heilongjiang province from 1928 and part of the Fengtian clique
 * Zhu Xingyuan (Chinese: 祝惺元; born 1880-1945?) was a politician and diplomat in the Republic of China. He was an important politician during the Provisional Government of the Republic of China and the Wang Jingwei regime
 * Jia Deyao (賈德耀; 1880–1940) was a Chinese military commander and politician, member of the Anhui clique during the Beiyang Government.
 * Leong Sin Nam 梁燊南(1880–1940) was a Malaysian businessman

Deaths

 * Ng Akew, Chinese opium smuggler and house owner in Hong Kong