1901 in China

← 1900 1899 1898 1897 1896 1901 in China → 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1901 History of China  • Timeline  • Years

The following lists events that happened during 1901 in the Empire of the Great Qing .

Incumbents

• Guangxu Emperor (22nd year)^{[ citation needed ]}

Events

• August - Eight-legged essay in imperial examinations is abolished
• September 7 - Boxer Protocol ^[1]

Births

• April 13 - Zhao Shiyan, Communist revolutionary
• August 26 - Chen Yi, general and politician
• November 6 - Yang Kaihui, wife of Mao Zedong

Deaths

• November 7 - Li Hongzhang

1. Lu, Suping (2019-12-06). The 1937 – 1938 Nanjing Atrocities. Springer Nature. p. 11. ISBN   978-981-13-9656-4 . Retrieved 2025-11-23.