1839 in China
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Events from the year 1839 in China.
Incumbents
- Daoguang Emperor (19th year)[1]
Viceroys
- Viceroy of Zhili —
- Viceroy of Min-Zhe —
- Viceroy of Huguang —
- Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — ?
- Viceroy of Liangguang —
- Viceroy of Yun-Gui —
- Viceroy of Sichuan —
- Viceroy of Liangjiang —
Events
- Daoguang Emperor appointed scholar-official Lin Zexu to the post of Special Imperial Commissioner with the task of eradicating the opium trade. He bans the trade of opium and writes a letter to Queen Victoria asking her to stop the illegal importation of opium
- early July 1839 - a group of British merchant sailors in Kowloon became intoxicated after consuming rice liqueur. Two of the sailors became agitated with and beat to death Lin Weixi, a villager from nearby Tsim Sha Tsui.[2][3] They are disciplined by British military court and the British refuse to hand them over to Chinese prosecutors
Ongoing
References
- ^ Mann, Susan (2007-09-28). The Talented Women of the Zhang Family. University of California Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780520250901.
twentieth year of the daoguang emperor.
- ^ Hanes & Sanello 2002, p. 61
- ^ Hoe & Roebuck 1999, p. 91