Events from the year 1851 in China.
Incumbents Xianfeng Emperor (1st year)
Viceroys Viceroy of Zhili — Nergingge Viceroy of Min-Zhe Yutai Ji Zhichang Viceroy of Huguang Yutai Viceroy of Shaan-Gan Qishan Saying'a (acting) Yutai Šuhingga (acting, then de jure) Viceroy of Liangguang — Xu Guangjin Viceroy of Yun-Gui Cheng Yucai Wu Wenrong Viceroy of Sichuan — Xu Zechun
Events
Nian Rebellion the Nian begins raiding the grain stores and silver caches of villages.Pamela Kyle Crossley, The Wobbling Pivot: China Since 1800 108 (2010) Taiping Rebellion Jintian Uprising Mujangga dismissed from all government positions the first huiguan, the Kong Chow Company emerged seeing that the majority of Chinese already settled in California were connected to six districts collectively called Gangzhou
Births Chung On Siew (鄭安壽, 1851 - 1907), emigrated to British MalayaTwentieth Century Impressions of British Malaya: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources, Arnold Wright, H. A. Cartwright
Deaths Chui A-poo (?-1851), hangs himself before the British are able to exile him to Van Diemens Land
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