Events from the year 1897 in China.
Incumbents Guangxu Emperor (23rd year)
Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — Wang Wenshao Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Bian Baoquan Viceroy of Huguang — Zhang Zhidong Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Tao Mo Viceroy of Liangguang — Tan Zhonglin Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Songfan Viceroy of Sichuan — Lu Chuanlin then Gongshou then Li Bingheng then Yulu Viceroy of Liangjiang — Liu Kunyi
Events
Red Revenue incident, Chinese revenue stamps were overprinted (surcharged) and subsequently used as postage stamps in 1897
Births January 15 — Xu Zhimo, romantic poet and writer of modern Chinese poetry (d. 1931) February 16 — Wei Lihuang, general (d. 1960) April 28 — Ye Jianying, 3rd Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (d. 1986) May 28 — Dai Li, lieutenant general and spymaster (d. 1946) June 1 — Yang Zhongjian, paleontologist and zoologist (d. 1979) June 7 — Tan Lark Sye, founder of the Nanyang University (d. 1972) July 23 — Tang Feifan, medical microbiologist (d. 1958) August 24 — Cheng Fangwu, politician (d. 1984) September 19 — Zhu Guangqian, esthetician, modern literary theorist and scholar (d. 1986) October 25 — Wu Yun An, surgeon and soldier (d. 1993) November 26 — Zhang Guotao, founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1979) December 21 — Luo Jialun, historian, diplomat and political activist (d. 1969)
Dates unknown He Zhuguo, general (d. 1985)
Deaths July 31 — Li Hongzao, government official (b. 1820) Yang Changjun, 88th & 91st Viceroy of Shaan-Gan (b. 1825) Zhang Zhiwan, statesman and painter (b. 1811)
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