Events from the year 1875 in China.
Incumbents Tongzhi Emperor (15th year) Regent: Empress Dowager Cixi Guangxu Emperor (1st year)
Events Tongzhi Emperor dies without an heir, Empress Dowager Cixi selects her three-year-old nephew Zaitian as the Guangxu Emperor to succeed him Dungan Revolt (1862–77) February 21 — Margary Affair British explorer Augustus Raymond Margary and his entire staff murdered in Yunnan 60 to 70 Christian women in Amoy attended a meeting presided by a missionary John MacGowan formed the Heavenly Foot Society (tianzu literally meaning Heavenly Foot),不缠足会 opposing the practice of footbinding American trading company Augustine Heard & Co. becomes bankrupt
Births
Gao Enhong Wang Shoupeng Rong Desheng Yu Baoxuan Du Xigui Lin Xu
Deaths
Empress Xiaozheyi Ding Yan 12 January — Tongzhi Emperor
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