1854 in China

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Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s
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Events from the year 1854 in China .

Incumbents

• Xianfeng Emperor (4th year)

Viceroys

• Viceroy of Zhili — Guiliang
• Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Wang Yide
• Viceroy of Huguang — Wu Wenrong then Taiyong then Yang Pei
• Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Yi Tang
• Viceroy of Liangguang — Ye Mingchen
• Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Wu Raodian then Wu Zhenyu
• Viceroy of Sichuan — Yurui then Huang Zonghan
• Viceroy of Liangjiang — Yiliang

Events

• Nian Rebellion
• Taiping Rebellion
• Miao Rebellion (1854–73) ^[1]
• Red Turban Rebellion (1854–1856) ^[2]
• the first Chinese laborers arrive in Jamaica

References

1. Jenks, Robert Darrah (1994-01-01). Insurgency and Social Disorder in Guizhou: The "Miao" Rebellion, 1854-1873. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN   978-0-8248-1589-9.
2. Hsu, Madeline Y. (2000). Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home: Transnationalism and Migration Between the United States and South China, 1882-1943. Stanford University Press. p. 26. ISBN   978-0-8047-4687-8.